It's not the ordinary CAT. And to bell this CAT you need to be smart, hard-working, having the quality of good time-management, planning, perseverance skill. One more thing that you you need to have is LUCK. Yup, it's very important because, luck could put you in either side of the fence.
Till now, you have never been tested on LUCK. But, this time it's one of the factor and you have no control on it.
Yup, i am talking about the CAT 2009 - a prestigious exam to get into IIMs - the world class business school. There are more than 2 Lakhs of candidate writing the exam every year, and only few get through it. It's not the end, you need to clear the interview as well, wherein there is no dimension defined against which you might be tested. I would like to restrict myself with the CAT, 1st round only.
CAT went online this time and you have mouse to bell the CAT. It's very first time that the government body initiated the technology adaption in one of the biggest event. Kudos to the CAT Management and Govt. of HRD. CAT, always known for it's management skill, did experience few hiccups during the event. The paper was saved or should i say greenery was preserved but, a lot of pressure and luck was put upon the cat aspirant writing the exam.
The technology part of it was outsourced from India to the US firm prometric. Prometric, who conducts the exam for GRE and TOEFL and many other bodies, is one of the best in this. It happened to be a bad luck for prometric as well this time. Things went wrong starting from filling up the form to writing the exam. There were so many glitches in the software.
I think, it's ofcourse the management failure. I really appreciate the way the process was defined and being executed throughout the process in the event. What went wrong was the collaboration with the Prometric, which caused all this. Few glitches scared the Lakhs of people. The other reason being, there is no good infrastructure here to support so many candidates writing the exam. One needs ample amount of time to closely look at different to promise that, the show will go on perfectly.
The candidates during the exam are into so much pressure and any small thing could put one into trouble. Even if the re-schedule happens, the candidate doesn't feel comfortable and get into a huge amount of pressure.
What could have been better is the Organizer's planning and forcasting would have been better so that they get ample amount of time to get everything ready and nobody runs into trouble. I hope, CAT and rest all learn from the mistakes done and do care for the sentiments of people attached with the event. I wish best of luck to CAT organizers and prometric.
Thank You.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
Sachin R. Tendulkar & Rahul Dravid
I remember those days, more than 5 years back, when i used to appreciate Dravid, Mr. Wall, a lot. I was a big fan of Dravid. He was and is a class player for sure. Sachin is the God of Cricket and anything talking about him would be less. Those were the days when people used to appreciate the team and the members of the team for what they were good at.
Of late, i have been hearing a lot about something like...Dravid not getting recognition as that of sachin. Dravid always gets overshadowed by Sachin. Media covers dravid more than Sachin. There are more no. of wins for India, when dravid scores century than when sachin scores century. Media covered a lot when sachin completed 20 Years in crecketing career and they didn't, when Dravid scored a century and brought India in a good position from the worst position just the other day. Where is it coming from? Why are we linking dravid with sachin for every event, especially when we see that Dravid is not getting much appreciation? They are two good players, playing there bit for themselves and the country. I would never think that, they would have ever felt of being in competition with each other. But, what are we doing? We are saying that sachin is the reason for Dravid not being as famous as he could have been.Hearing all this a lot, to be frank, my support for dravid has decreased, because, to me both were and are the great player. But, when you keep saying that because of one great player, the other great player is not getting recognition and all, it actually decreases the popularity of the other great player.
I would request you guys to please get out of this mindset. Look at the root cause. It's not like dravid is not getting much recognition because of Sachin being there. What i feel is, it's the media fault to an extent. But, you don't always agree to media, for whatever they say. So, listen to media and have your opinion with you. I also believe that, to an extent it's the fault of IPL as well. You know, the IPL brought in the regionalism feeling in the Cricket and also in the People attached with cricket. Cricket, which used to unite the nation. Nobody ever wanted to know, from which region Dravid or Sachin belong. We just knew that they are Indian, playing for India. I loved it, Cricket brought the nation together. But, after the IPL, we have been sparked with the feeling of regionalism. Delhi folks would favour Shehwag, Karnataka folks would favour Dravid or Kumble and so on.
I think, we should respect both the players. We should respect all the players, whatever region they belong to. Don't start favouring dravid a lot at the favour cost of sachin, because of Media or the IPL fault. And please, don't start finding out faults in sachin, just to show that dravid is better than sachin for so and so thing. In someone, your extreme favour for dravid at sachin's cost might reduce the favour for dravid. Let's take them as the national player, playing for nation. Either sachin does well or dravid, if the Country wins, we win. That's all.
Wish you Good Positive Luck !!!
Of late, i have been hearing a lot about something like...Dravid not getting recognition as that of sachin. Dravid always gets overshadowed by Sachin. Media covers dravid more than Sachin. There are more no. of wins for India, when dravid scores century than when sachin scores century. Media covered a lot when sachin completed 20 Years in crecketing career and they didn't, when Dravid scored a century and brought India in a good position from the worst position just the other day. Where is it coming from? Why are we linking dravid with sachin for every event, especially when we see that Dravid is not getting much appreciation? They are two good players, playing there bit for themselves and the country. I would never think that, they would have ever felt of being in competition with each other. But, what are we doing? We are saying that sachin is the reason for Dravid not being as famous as he could have been.Hearing all this a lot, to be frank, my support for dravid has decreased, because, to me both were and are the great player. But, when you keep saying that because of one great player, the other great player is not getting recognition and all, it actually decreases the popularity of the other great player.
I would request you guys to please get out of this mindset. Look at the root cause. It's not like dravid is not getting much recognition because of Sachin being there. What i feel is, it's the media fault to an extent. But, you don't always agree to media, for whatever they say. So, listen to media and have your opinion with you. I also believe that, to an extent it's the fault of IPL as well. You know, the IPL brought in the regionalism feeling in the Cricket and also in the People attached with cricket. Cricket, which used to unite the nation. Nobody ever wanted to know, from which region Dravid or Sachin belong. We just knew that they are Indian, playing for India. I loved it, Cricket brought the nation together. But, after the IPL, we have been sparked with the feeling of regionalism. Delhi folks would favour Shehwag, Karnataka folks would favour Dravid or Kumble and so on.
I think, we should respect both the players. We should respect all the players, whatever region they belong to. Don't start favouring dravid a lot at the favour cost of sachin, because of Media or the IPL fault. And please, don't start finding out faults in sachin, just to show that dravid is better than sachin for so and so thing. In someone, your extreme favour for dravid at sachin's cost might reduce the favour for dravid. Let's take them as the national player, playing for nation. Either sachin does well or dravid, if the Country wins, we win. That's all.
Wish you Good Positive Luck !!!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
India & China - The Road dispute
Hello Folks,
Recently, there was a hot news on India stopping the road construction in Laddakh, inside the Indian Border, because of Chinese Army's objection. My room-mate told me about it. I replied back saying, there might be some concern from our neighbour, it's our duty to listen and clarify if there is any doubt from the other side. I have seen it happening in villages, where the land for eveny man is not clearly defined and hence, whenever, once creats some boundry or house, the neighbour might have an objection saying if you are capturing any bit of land. So, one needs to clarify with the neighbour and get it sort out. I extended this concept to a nation and thought china might be having some doubt on land getting captured or any other things such as military deployment.
Later after reading some news and getting into the depth of issues, i found out that, the road construction which was going on, was completely inside indian territoy and it was not for the military deployment. The village, where it was being constructed was the last village in indian territory. The raod was being constructed under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, under which, the villages are getting connected through good road, which solves the problem of commute as well as the Employment. But, china might not be aware of the policies that india has and that too at this level. So, to an extent, i didn't feel that bad about china's concern. And, as a neighbour it's our responsibility to keep a good understanding between china or any other neighbours.
Later, after reading some more articles about previous relationship with china, i found out that, Chinese have these concepts of concentric circles from the early days. Wherein, they consider the immediate neightbour (Circle) of Chinese (king's) territory as the enemy and the next to the neighbour (next circle) as an ally. And, this cause China to always have a suspicious relationship with India. I agree, that China has no rights to stop any work which is going on, in India's territory. Some say, India should have kicked them out using our great army. But, i believe, war is not the solution and words is. From my perspective, the reason for Indo-China relationship, a little bitter, is the perception that is there in both the countries about each other. I hope, we (especially China) could think in a fresh perspective and understand each other better and live a better life than to live with suspicious mind for each other and keep the relationship bitter.
Wish you all the best India & China.
Recently, there was a hot news on India stopping the road construction in Laddakh, inside the Indian Border, because of Chinese Army's objection. My room-mate told me about it. I replied back saying, there might be some concern from our neighbour, it's our duty to listen and clarify if there is any doubt from the other side. I have seen it happening in villages, where the land for eveny man is not clearly defined and hence, whenever, once creats some boundry or house, the neighbour might have an objection saying if you are capturing any bit of land. So, one needs to clarify with the neighbour and get it sort out. I extended this concept to a nation and thought china might be having some doubt on land getting captured or any other things such as military deployment.
Later after reading some news and getting into the depth of issues, i found out that, the road construction which was going on, was completely inside indian territoy and it was not for the military deployment. The village, where it was being constructed was the last village in indian territory. The raod was being constructed under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, under which, the villages are getting connected through good road, which solves the problem of commute as well as the Employment. But, china might not be aware of the policies that india has and that too at this level. So, to an extent, i didn't feel that bad about china's concern. And, as a neighbour it's our responsibility to keep a good understanding between china or any other neighbours.
Later, after reading some more articles about previous relationship with china, i found out that, Chinese have these concepts of concentric circles from the early days. Wherein, they consider the immediate neightbour (Circle) of Chinese (king's) territory as the enemy and the next to the neighbour (next circle) as an ally. And, this cause China to always have a suspicious relationship with India. I agree, that China has no rights to stop any work which is going on, in India's territory. Some say, India should have kicked them out using our great army. But, i believe, war is not the solution and words is. From my perspective, the reason for Indo-China relationship, a little bitter, is the perception that is there in both the countries about each other. I hope, we (especially China) could think in a fresh perspective and understand each other better and live a better life than to live with suspicious mind for each other and keep the relationship bitter.
Wish you all the best India & China.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
We hold our future!!!
Hi everyone,
We know what's in news these days. The terrorism act that has shaken our Nation. I was having a conversation with one of my friends, the other day, on why should we (innocent people) suffer when we didn't do anything wrong and what can we (innocent people) do to stop this act of terrorism being it external or internal. And, that's when i thought, lets pass on something that i think on this terrifying act and what we, as an individual or as a group, can do to make our nation a safer place to live in.
We Hold our Future!!! As an individual, i feel, an individual can influence/manipulate each and every moment of it's own life. An individual is responsible for it's act done in the past or being done in the present or will be done in the future. But, there's always the exception, that's where individual would need to collaborate and a group or team or society or Nation comes into picture and then, we as a group or team or society or nation would be able to influence/manipulate each and every moment of our life and so, we as a group or team or society or nation would be responsible for our act done in the past or being done in the present or will be done in the future.
I am gonna start with something that i learned during a session in Infosys training. If we hold this concept close to our heart and mind of course (I trust mind more than the heart :-)) , everyone of us would be the king of our own castle, and on top of this, after applying a bit of our brain, there won't be any regret ever for any act but, just a learning which is good always. Yes, i am talking about COC (Circle of Concern) and COI(Circle of Influence).
A Circle of Concern encompasses the wide range of concerns we have, such as our health, our children, problems at work, the amount of government borrowing, or the threat of war.
A Circle of Influence encompasses those concerns that we can do something about. They are concerns that we have some control over.(-courtesy: http://www.idea.gov.uk/imp/aio/1033448).
The idea is to expand the COI so that you could totally enclose the COC. What it means in simple term is, you have the control over all your concerns and so live life the way you want to live. To give you real life scenario, i would ask you a simple question. Here it goes...
There is this guy called Ram working in an MNC. He needs to walk for one KM. to reach the office. One day, he got late for the office because, it started raining on the way. So, what would be your reaction on this situation? Now, most of you would think, may be you too that, it's normal...not a big deal...There was a problem i.e. raining and so, he got late for the office. But, i would say, he could have avoided this situation easily and reach the office on time if he would have made the COI bigger or closer to COC. To say few, he could have carried an umbrella or overcoat or he could have taken auto for a day. He could have left early if it was gonna rain. He should have always kept some time as a buffer time in reaching the office to handle these kinda situation. I hope, you understood i am trying to convey.
Alright, let's consider a situation that terrified India as a Nation. Let's talk about our nation. We saw many unfortunate acts of terrorism by those inhuman being in the past. We had the anger against the politician, navy, etc. for not being able to stop it in the first place, which is obvious. But, what i want to convey is, these unfortunate acts can be avoided if every citizen of india becomes little proactive and concious on these matters. If we do our duties as a citizen of India with all our heart and mind of course. If, we feel as responsible as the police dept. to make the nation a safer place to live in. But, what we usually do is we blame the Govt. the police etc. for anything that happens to us in terms of all these unfortunate acts. Complaining the Govt. or the police or the navy is totally ok as they have the responsibility of making the Nation a safe, secure place to live in .
But, i wanna ask you (all the citizn of India) one thing. Do you deserve to blame the Govt. or the police for these unfortunate act? Do you think that you are doing your duties as a citizen of india? Do you think, you are as proactive as the police or the Govt. is for your safety? Do you choose the right people as the Leader to serve you? Do you always abide by the rules such as the traffic rules etc? Do you always do things which are legal and try to stop any illegal activities simply by informing the concerned people? Do you try to keep the Nation clean and green? Do you have the feeling of helping others in need to make the Nation a better place for all of us? Do you have the feeling of being a citizen of the Incredible India? Now, if you answer "YES" to all of these questions, you difinitely deserve to ask the Govt. for the explanation of any unfortunate act. But if not, please don't just play a blame game.
Now, don't tell me that you alone, being proactive and concious, doing things right won't make a difference. we, an individual grouped together makes the nation. If each individual does the right thing, the whole country is doing the right thing and we will achieve what we want to achieve as a nation. Don't bother about whether others are doing the right thing or not. Everybody takes different amount of time to react on different issue. You should be on your on and wake up as an individual doing things right. You might be the reason to wake some1 up for good. And, have patience, "Rome wasn't built in a day". It will take time, but gradually, we would be reaching at better stage.
At the end, i want to say. Before, blaming some one for any situation, ask yourself, did you do your part of duty with your heart and mind? Ask yourself, if you could have done something differently in the first place, it would have avoided the whole goddamn thing. Most of the time, it would be "Yes" and that should be a great learning.
U control Ur life.
U r what U r coz of the decision made by U.
U have achieved all this coz of all ur good work.
U r responsible of all Ur act.
U can influence every moment of Ur life.
U can make the difference.
U can make the whole Nation a better place.
U have a great power.
Thanks,
Kumar Pritam
p.s. I apologize, if i hurt anyone's sentiment, if i said something wrong against someone. It is all my perception based on what i have seen till now. Please, let me know if i put anything incorrectly or if u have any suggestion or any comments in this regard. The whole idea of this blog was to make u feel that u r the one who can do anything, u can make a difference, u can make the nation a safer place. U have a great power. Thanks for reading. Do post ur views. Thanks :-)
We know what's in news these days. The terrorism act that has shaken our Nation. I was having a conversation with one of my friends, the other day, on why should we (innocent people) suffer when we didn't do anything wrong and what can we (innocent people) do to stop this act of terrorism being it external or internal. And, that's when i thought, lets pass on something that i think on this terrifying act and what we, as an individual or as a group, can do to make our nation a safer place to live in.
We Hold our Future!!! As an individual, i feel, an individual can influence/manipulate each and every moment of it's own life. An individual is responsible for it's act done in the past or being done in the present or will be done in the future. But, there's always the exception, that's where individual would need to collaborate and a group or team or society or Nation comes into picture and then, we as a group or team or society or nation would be able to influence/manipulate each and every moment of our life and so, we as a group or team or society or nation would be responsible for our act done in the past or being done in the present or will be done in the future.
I am gonna start with something that i learned during a session in Infosys training. If we hold this concept close to our heart and mind of course (I trust mind more than the heart :-)) , everyone of us would be the king of our own castle, and on top of this, after applying a bit of our brain, there won't be any regret ever for any act but, just a learning which is good always. Yes, i am talking about COC (Circle of Concern) and COI(Circle of Influence).
A Circle of Concern encompasses the wide range of concerns we have, such as our health, our children, problems at work, the amount of government borrowing, or the threat of war.
A Circle of Influence encompasses those concerns that we can do something about. They are concerns that we have some control over.(-courtesy: http://www.idea.gov.uk/imp/aio/1033448).
The idea is to expand the COI so that you could totally enclose the COC. What it means in simple term is, you have the control over all your concerns and so live life the way you want to live. To give you real life scenario, i would ask you a simple question. Here it goes...
There is this guy called Ram working in an MNC. He needs to walk for one KM. to reach the office. One day, he got late for the office because, it started raining on the way. So, what would be your reaction on this situation? Now, most of you would think, may be you too that, it's normal...not a big deal...There was a problem i.e. raining and so, he got late for the office. But, i would say, he could have avoided this situation easily and reach the office on time if he would have made the COI bigger or closer to COC. To say few, he could have carried an umbrella or overcoat or he could have taken auto for a day. He could have left early if it was gonna rain. He should have always kept some time as a buffer time in reaching the office to handle these kinda situation. I hope, you understood i am trying to convey.
Alright, let's consider a situation that terrified India as a Nation. Let's talk about our nation. We saw many unfortunate acts of terrorism by those inhuman being in the past. We had the anger against the politician, navy, etc. for not being able to stop it in the first place, which is obvious. But, what i want to convey is, these unfortunate acts can be avoided if every citizen of india becomes little proactive and concious on these matters. If we do our duties as a citizen of India with all our heart and mind of course. If, we feel as responsible as the police dept. to make the nation a safer place to live in. But, what we usually do is we blame the Govt. the police etc. for anything that happens to us in terms of all these unfortunate acts. Complaining the Govt. or the police or the navy is totally ok as they have the responsibility of making the Nation a safe, secure place to live in .
But, i wanna ask you (all the citizn of India) one thing. Do you deserve to blame the Govt. or the police for these unfortunate act? Do you think that you are doing your duties as a citizen of india? Do you think, you are as proactive as the police or the Govt. is for your safety? Do you choose the right people as the Leader to serve you? Do you always abide by the rules such as the traffic rules etc? Do you always do things which are legal and try to stop any illegal activities simply by informing the concerned people? Do you try to keep the Nation clean and green? Do you have the feeling of helping others in need to make the Nation a better place for all of us? Do you have the feeling of being a citizen of the Incredible India? Now, if you answer "YES" to all of these questions, you difinitely deserve to ask the Govt. for the explanation of any unfortunate act. But if not, please don't just play a blame game.
Now, don't tell me that you alone, being proactive and concious, doing things right won't make a difference. we, an individual grouped together makes the nation. If each individual does the right thing, the whole country is doing the right thing and we will achieve what we want to achieve as a nation. Don't bother about whether others are doing the right thing or not. Everybody takes different amount of time to react on different issue. You should be on your on and wake up as an individual doing things right. You might be the reason to wake some1 up for good. And, have patience, "Rome wasn't built in a day". It will take time, but gradually, we would be reaching at better stage.
At the end, i want to say. Before, blaming some one for any situation, ask yourself, did you do your part of duty with your heart and mind? Ask yourself, if you could have done something differently in the first place, it would have avoided the whole goddamn thing. Most of the time, it would be "Yes" and that should be a great learning.
U control Ur life.
U r what U r coz of the decision made by U.
U have achieved all this coz of all ur good work.
U r responsible of all Ur act.
U can influence every moment of Ur life.
U can make the difference.
U can make the whole Nation a better place.
U have a great power.
Thanks,
Kumar Pritam
p.s. I apologize, if i hurt anyone's sentiment, if i said something wrong against someone. It is all my perception based on what i have seen till now. Please, let me know if i put anything incorrectly or if u have any suggestion or any comments in this regard. The whole idea of this blog was to make u feel that u r the one who can do anything, u can make a difference, u can make the nation a safer place. U have a great power. Thanks for reading. Do post ur views. Thanks :-)
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