There are no hard and fast rules in the world. None. Sachin Tendulkar did not copy Vivian Richards. Nor did he copy Don Bradman. So there are no ‘success rules’ that work for everybody. Start early – is a good rule, but Kentucky Fried Chicken was started by a man in his 60s, right? what […]

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A few years ago I was in a small city of India and was at a party. The table where I was sitting were three men discussing something which I could not understand at all. ‘I moved from a 1:7 to 1:3’ said the first person. Oh that is really good “I am not happy […]

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The fact is education in this country is in a mess and the politicians are largely responsible for this mess. A dominant group of powerful politicians from all states dominate it and how! When a few famous Indian professors got together to set up a school for International Business the Government of Maharashtra wanted them […]

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Almost every day somebody asks me this question! This question can take many forms – sometimes a student doing is engineering asks this question or sometimes it is the student’s parent asking this question. Even when a kid is 5 years of age parents need to plan for a ‘good’ education. Good education normally means […]

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Obama has made a passionate speech – while talking of reviving the economy. He has said his main focus will be on: education     health   transportation     alternate energy   defense    —— and there are websites dedicated to see how this is going to generate (or lose) jobs, etc. What looks like a nice ‘want to do’ may […]

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