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Success in life doesn't hinge on a mark sheet
“Success in life
doesn’t hinge on a mark sheet”, sums up a title in The Times
of India, just a day before the start of the CBSE class X
exam, which was taken up by around 1.5 million students.
Creating Social Awareness amongst the youth
Does
the educational system followed in our country pay attention
to the holistic development of a child or does it merely
focus on churning out youngsters with an emphasis on
academic excellence?
Nick Vujicic - man with no limbs and no limits
Nick Vujicic, a man inspires millions, born with a very rare
genetic disorder
characterized by the absence of all four limbs.
This young man was born with missing arms and has
one small foot with two toes
protruding from his left thigh.
Dealing with Pressure
School, preparatory class for IIT, tuitions, homework, the list is endless. There is very little, if any, time to stand and stare as in the poem ‘Leisure’ by WH Davies...
The
Trap of Fundamentalism
The terror attacks in Mumbai and the media blitz that
accompanied it, is bound to have a negative impact on the
psyche
Developing a Positive Self Image
A random examination of advertisements targeting pre-teen or teenage girls or television serials and movies aimed at this particular group reveal a rather unpleasant trend....
Attitude
Today, having an ‘attitude’ is considered ‘cool’ among the youth. By and large, this translates to anything that is non-conformist.
Attitude Vs Aptitude
Attitude:
Jung's definition of attitude is a "readiness of the psyche to act
or react in a certain way"...Aptitude:
An inherent ability or a talent...
Bill Gates - Love him or hate him
Bill Gates gave a speech at a High School about 11 things students may not have learned in school...
Peer Pressure
The Wikipedia describes
peer pressure as that pressure which is exerted by a peer
group ...
Brand effects on Teen Behaviour
In days
gone by, educating a youngster meant paying the college fees
and bearing the conveyance expenses of the journey to and
from college. Today, it’s a very different scenario...
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Career in languages
An interest/flair in
languages was never seriously considered as a career option.
However, this attitude is slowly changing with times. Today,
a flair for languages offers a plethora of opportunities.
Career in Food Processing
Food technologists find ample
employment opportunities in both the private and the public
sector. In the private sector, many MNCs offer lucrative
employment in the field of Research & Development.
Ten Great Careers You've Probably Never Heard Of
Technology, demographic shifts, new legislation, and consumer preference changes have effectively eliminated many jobs. However, there's an upside to obsolescence: the creation of jobs that, until recently, no one had ever heard of--and perhaps you still haven't..
Photography
Photography is turning out to
be a mainstream profession and is no longer a hobby like it
was a few years back..
Success need not be spelt as 'IIT'
On an average,
every year, approximately 1.5 million students enroll for
secondary education in India, of which approximately 2.5 -3
lakh students become engineers...
Actuarial Science
In
our earlier posts, “Success need not always be spelt “IIT”
and “Is there a better career option than that of a
Techie?”...
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Global financial crisis:
Why the world coughs when US catches cold?
The Global Financial
Crisis has its origin in US. Before one tries to
understand the financial crisis, it is necessary to
understand how important the US economy is to the rest of
the world.
What are sub-prime loans?
The global financial
crisis which has shaken the world today has its origin in
the “sub-prime home loans” in the United States of America.
What does a sub prime loan mean?
What Freddie and Fannie did?
It is important to know
how sub-prime loans issued by banks in the USA were
converted into bonds and freely traded across the globe.
What are CDSs?
A CDS is like any other ordinary insurance wherein a small
amount is paid as an annual premium, usually 0.5% - 1.0% of
the bond value to the CDS seller, who could be an insurance
company, a bank or financial institution.
Whodunnit?
The financial crisis which has engulfed the whole world
had many architects. It is important to know who are they
and what role they have played in perpetrating the crisis.
The Domino Effect
All those who had a role to play in the crisis suffered massive losses.
Lets see who lost what.
The Impact on India
The impact of the global
financial crisis on India is in many ways different from the
effect it has had on the US and other western countries.
Transition to Economic Recession
Economic recession becomes visible when there is a
downtrend in production by companies and is normally
accompanied by job losses, which in turn, leads to loss of
income and therefore reduction in spending power.... |
What is Satyam scandal?
The news of an ‘accounting fraud” by
the company promoter, Ramalinga Raju, in the books of Satyam
Computer Services Ltd., has shocked everyone, from the
regulators to everyone in the business community as also the
investors and clients of the company. It is by far one of
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My motto in life is that nothing is impossible, no target
unachievable - one just has to try harder and harder."...Kiran
Bedi
Ayush Das is a freelancer-a web designer by chance. He has had no formal training in web designing but today he is a much sought after web designer. He has worked for some very big internet marketers and copywriters such as Russell Brunson, Mike Chen, Jeff Dedrick, John Tanner, Ray Edwards, Bob Bastian and so on. Catch up with this young and successful web designer.
An inspiring story of selfless commitment to the society.
Saalumarada Thimmakka, a casual labourer and her husband Chikkanna, who planted and reared about 10000 trees along the entire stretch of a road that connected her village to the neighboring village.
“My dad died when I was very
young and it was a big struggle for all of us. My elder
brother, Pradeep had to stop his studies after the eighth
standard and go to work. He is a carpenter. And my mom had
to work for daily wages”, says
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