Proud to be an Indian!

Happy 57th Republic Day! Saare Jahan se Accha Hindustan Hamara, hum bulbulen hain iski ye gulistan hamara!

Now about the image, i chose it because it depicts the very core beliefs shared and experienced by every Indian. The lensman needs to be commended for taking such a simple yet transfixing image. I have been hearing in the news, that India is on every delegate's lips at the summit for the World Economic Forum being held at Davos. The gross magnitude of India's domestic market has simply led to one conclusion, that India cannot be ignored anymore. Add to that a continuous growth rate of 8% for 9 successive quarters, now this implies India means business this time round.

But going back to the image there are over 260 million people below the poverty line. That means people who cannot even afford one single square meal everyday, and a majority of them are children, very similar to our girl in the image shown above. It is the common people who have been left out the India's success story over the last decade. I know its better said than done , but just imagine if we all priviledged lot, do our bit in making people aware and even lending a helping hand sometime, then this would go a long way in shaping a brand new India.Today i read an inspirational article on women officers training in the Indian Army's special weapon's unit. Its actions such as these which will propel India into the Big league.

Much Ado about Nothing!!

The hype for MBA placement season has well and truly started. The IIM's, XIM's and other top rung Management Institutes are ready to declare their triumphs and thus keep on rolling their colossal juggernaut forward, into the new year. But as is always the case , there always lingers an uneasy air over what is told and what actually is true. Reputed MBA schools harboring the top management brains in the country, certainly have a penchnat of going over the top when it comes to quoting the placement records for their respective institutes.

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Winds of Change!

I have always felt that people who deem themselves to be able instructors, clearly define out the pros and cons of situations and then make a decision. After a long time the critical vein in me has managed to thwart all other topics and decided to concentrate on a very burning issue. I hate to say it but certain respectable educational institutions in India have taken it upon themselves to defame the very principles upon which they were founded.

Looking at the past two years and the two years before that, the influx of indian students into Assumption University has undergone a galactic sea of change. I am not questioning the modus operandi of the selection process but the objectivity behind it. In the first two batches i had a firm opinion that quality and accountability were the sole benchmarks considered during selection. These factors have somehow been overshadowed and by the looks of it , quality has certainly given way to quantity. And its but understood that where we have quantity , quality grossly underscores. What could have emerged as one of the best examples of cross-cultural educational success stories to emerge out of India, is sadly heading towards total oblivion. It might take a few years though before wisdom dawns on the responsible perpetrators.

The title aptly describes the mood of other students from the previous batches as they are reluctantly pulled into this new formed quagmire. Well i guess when the going gets tough the tough get going , and optimism for the future stills hangs by a narrow thread. The time has come to seperate the men from the boys.