Chetan Bhagat once remarked that life of a student transforms totally at IITs and leaves permanent changes on it. His “Five Point Someone” describes that experience vividly. IITs are famed for producing wizards. In fact, those who get there are no less than wizards themselves. Most of them for sure! Nothing can be more oft-repeated [...]
Movies are a powerful tool of communication. They guide, they inspire,they help us rediscover ourselves, etc.etc.. In fact, there are a hell lot of things that they do. Here we give you a list of some movies that you must watch to get an insight into the various facets of life. The movies are of [...]
I was always a brilliant student right from my childhood. One who always scored 100 in Maths. One who proudly referred to it as ‘1 gola gola’ whenever anyone enquired about my mathematical prowess. My parents always thought that I would become an engineer and that became my natural career choice. The passing years at [...]
2012 is about to begin and with that will begin the thought process about the New Year resolutions to be taken. Students are the most enthusiastic lot of these resolution takers. Since they have a lot to accomplish in their lives, it is only natural to expect resolutions from them. So, here we take a [...]
Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength. Take, for example, the story of one 10-year-old boy who decided to study judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident. The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was doing well, so he [...]
One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget.As he stood in front of the group of high-powered overachievers he said,”Okay, time for a quiz” and he pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouth mason jar and [...]
There were two men and both of them decided to get a horse. One man found a red Rhone with much spirit. The other chose one more docile. They would go riding together every day. It so happened on the route they would take around the countryside, there was a ditch about eight or nine [...]
There is a story of identical twins. One was a hope-filled optimist. “Everything is coming up roses!” he would say. The other twin was a sad and hopeless pessimist. He thought that Murphy, as in Murphy’s Law, was an optimist. The worried parents of the boys brought them to the local psychologist.He suggested to the [...]
An old farmer had plowed around a large rock in one of his fields for years. He had broken several plowshares and a cultivator on it and had grown rahter morbid about the rock. After breaking another plowshare one day, and remembering all the trouble the rock had caused him through the years, he finally [...]
Lord, are you trying to tell me something? For… Failure does not mean I’m a failure; It does mean I have not yet succeeded. Failure does not mean I have accomplished nothing; It does mean I have learned something. Failure does not mean I have been a fool; It does mean I had enough faith [...]