Category: Memoirs
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Vanished in a second! When passion is more powerful than even life!
The Ferrari boys who gave up their life for racing Peter Collins- gone too soon…. Image courtesy: Museums Worcestershire Yes, that’s what it takes to take your life- just one second! Things move here and there, bizarre and unexpected, and wooooshhhh!!!! Before you could even think what happened, life’s gone out of the mortal body!…
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The legend of Bansal Sir of Kota- Part 2
This was the target sheet that I got when I started my journey of 2 years in 2006 with the Bansal Classes, as I entered 11th standard. Look at the dates carefully- TARGET JEE 2008, which was our sole aim at that point of time in life. Although I lost this sheet, but somehow got…
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Bottom-up approach to the human rights!
Source: United Nations website Yesterday, on 10th December, it was the International Human Rights Day. The theme chosen by the United Nations this year was- “Human Rights, Our Everyday Essentials”. There was a beautiful conference organized by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) at Bharat Mandapam to commemorate the occasion. The Chief Guest, the Hon’ble…
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1990s- The Golden age of pop songs in India
You may have different tastes in music- some love very old Bollywood songs, some love patriotic songs, some like the sad songs of the 1970s and 1980s era, some like the 1990s Bollywood songs filmed at exotic locations in India and abroad, some like the new-age 2000s music with a break from the 1990s songs,…
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The big difference between government and private sector
And do they share any commonalities? This is an issue of debate in our country and in abroad since last few decades. In the domain of public administration, this issue of government vs. private sector OR government and private sector has gained prominence in the academic domain. But, here I will discuss from my own…
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The signature of a city- its landmark monuments!
The experience of Hyderabad and its signature monument Char Minar What comes first to your mind when you hear about Paris? The Eiffel Tower! What comes first to your mind when you hear about New York? The Statue of Liberty! What comes first to your mind when you hear about Agra? The Taj Mahal! I…
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There are no free lunches in the world!
There are absolutely no free lunches in the world! Lunch here is just a metaphor for anything which is “supposedly” being provided to you for free. And if you are being offered something for free, then you have every reason to doubt the true intention behind that. Even in charity, people have their own self-interest…
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The nostalgia of going to Dusshera Mela in Kota!
Dusshera mela is celebrated with much fanfare and pomp across the country, yet there are a few places where the festival and the fair (mela) associated with it are much renowned for its grandness and scale like Mysore, Kullu, Bastar etc. One among them is my hometown, Kota! This year Ravan effigy at Kota was…
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Kota coaching industry- the collapsing bubble!
We live in the times of many bubbles, especially the technology has accelerated the growth of financial bubbles which can burst anytime! There are many bubbles like the stock market bubble, cryptocurrency bubble, real estate bubble. One such bubble, although lesser known, also formed in the mecca of coaching industry i.e. Kota coaching industry. Since,…
Anupam- The Dreamer 