Udasi Haoa : The Sesquicentennial Tribute to Tagore
Indira and her band Nayontara presented "Udasi Haoa" an eclectic collection of Tagore songs at the Halo Heritage Art Gallery, Calcutta on 23 May 2010 This div will be replaced
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How should MBA graduates face corporate interviews and what is expected of them?
What is expected of an MBA graduate ? An MBA graduate should have the ability to handle uncertainty ! As a manager that is what you are paid for : for the routine stuff, companies have "other ranks" ! So when an MBA graduate walks into an interview the most important arrow in his quiver should be the ability to make sense of an uncertain situation and rapidly formulate a response that is best suited for the occasion. What can a candidate expect in an interview ? To begin with one should be prepared to give crisp, clear-cut answers on all aspects of his bio-data : academics, extra-curricular activities, family background, strengths, weaknesses, goals and career aspirations. How do interviewers evaluate a candidate ? No two interviewers are the same -- after the basic discussion on educational and family background -- each person will take a different approach. Some will go for theory : they will ask you detailed questions on specific topics of the MBA...
An Alternate Mahabharata
When I was in school, my knowledge about World War II was built up by reading war comics -- or Commando Comics, as they were called in the 1960-70s. This had led me to believe that the British soldiers were all smart and brave whereas the Germans were either fools or cowards and could only shout "Achtung ! Achtung !!" before they were all killed ! It was only much later, when I had come across an English translation of “The Foxes of the Desert” by Paul Carell that I came to realise that the Germans too were equally brave and smart. I also understood that history is generally written by the winners and in such history, the winners always come across with flying colours. Could this be the case with the Mahabharata ? And in this epic story of the war between Good and Evil, is it that the Pandavas are shown to be righteous and good simply because they won the war and had the luxury of writing the history ? How honest and righteous were the Pandavas anyway ? Consider the follo...
