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Why India does not need its poor??

Poor people are the victim of vicious cycle of poverty where causes and effects are so entangled with each other that it has become almost impossible to break it. Effects of poverty are such that they never occur alone; they are interrelated in a way that the task is difficult to deal with them. To name just a few hereditary plagues: no school or education, child labors to help their parents, lack of basic hygiene and transmission of diseases. Unemployment and very low incomes create an environment where kids can't simply go to school resulting in increase in poverty and subsequently adding them to the vicious cycle of poverty.

Keshav Sharma16 Aug 2014

Happiness is for real. So is Money.

What motivates us to do well in our life and keep us going from one milestone to another? Why do school toppers want to recreate the same success stories in JEE and CAT? If happiness is indeed an illusions and all that one needs to do is to settle in to their respective comfort zones, then why do we consider Warren Buffet and Steve Jobs as our role models? Research shows that progressing toward and achieving important goals increase people’s satisfaction with their lives and themselves. Yes, we all want a great corporate career, we all want that esteemed institutional tag and we all want happiness. And happiness can be found late night in a hyper active cubicle, working on a tight deadline. Bagging the best corporate job out there in the market and the highest pay package and then working up through the corporate is one of the most conspicuous and rewarding means to happiness.

Sohini Sarkar16 Aug 2014

Are You Experienced? If You Are, It’s a Good Thing

This post is an entry for the Great Indian B-School debate 2014

Nadeem Raj16 Aug 2014

Marketing – An Evolutionary Chronicle

Nikhil Mukhija13 Aug 2014

You CAN be a good manager despite not being completely comfortable with numbers

Professor Maurizio Poli mentions in the Article

Ankita Thakur13 Aug 2014

Rhonda Byrne is no Bi**h

Shreyash Jhunjhunwala12 Aug 2014

The Sarcasm Activists

So the other day I was sitting in my room, trying to ignore my group’s entreaties to come help them out with our class presentation, and whiling away time by researching random stuff on the Internet. During my excursions, I came across a rather funny video about the FIFA World Cup which was at that moment in full swing. And even though it was about 14 minutes long, it held my attention throughout because it was so hilarious. But once that outburst of mirth had subsided, I found myself deep in thought. Because though the video had been thoroughly entertaining and the content side-splitting, it actually spoke about a couple of very serious issues - the riots happening in Brazil over the hosting of the World Cup and the rampant corruption present in football’s governing body, FIFA. For those of you who haven’t already guessed, I am talking the FIFA and the World Cup episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (see the video here).

Nadeem Raj06 Aug 2014

Lie or Not Lie : A Controversial Daily Question!

The very first lesson a small kid is taught by his parents, even before “charity begins at home” is “do not lie”. But how many of us are born Yuthisthira, someone who prided for his vow of not uttering a single untruth word, but still somewhat failed to withhold it at the time of war? So, is it so much necessary that one cannot do without? Or we all have fallen prey to some inescapable peer pressure that it’s the only the feasible option most of the time?

Debasmita Das05 Aug 2014