Archive for July 2009

PLAGIARISM OR RACISM?

The recent news about the issue on racism in Australia has actually got me thinking about racism in a broader perspective . The issue that has been raised cannot entirely be called a race issue .The issue is about plagiarism rather .It has been discovered that a great number of students from India,Bangladesh and Pakistan have copied their masters thesis to in the IT programme . The anger of the Australian people are justified . Read more

Plagiarism – A threat to Originality

Plagiarism is the biggest threat to originality. There are some important fields that badly demand the element of creativity. Let’s take the example of Bollywood industry that has a number of plagiarists who are earning great name and fame. I don’t understand the fact in spite of being such big plagiarists why are they being so loved and appreciated by the crowd of millions. Read more

Management and Ramayana II

Being a management student we are expected to read management books and what the modern day management gurus has to say. Although I don’t have a long list of management books I’ve read to boast about or huge number of gurus I’ve listened to, but till date I have not found one book which is full of management lessons as much as in Ramayana. Read more

RAJMATA GAYATRI DEVI

I was just going through the articles on “The Times of India” on the late Rajmata Gayatri Devi . I went through her pictures where I got glimpse of the person that she was . There were many people commenting about her on her death . People had various opinions about the Rajmata and her death . I just happened to read a comment by a person , who has written that “what have we lost?” There were certain more things in the comment but the sentences that I would like to highlight are – “What have we lost?…….She has lived well………Has she done anything for the society ? Many middle class women are much better than her balancing their career and housework . ” Read more

‘Rakhi Ka Swayamvar’ – The Biggest Drama on TV

The queen of controversy has once again grabbed all the attention worldwide. I guess the TV channels are growing smarter day by day. The show Rakhi Ka Swayamvar on NDTV Imagine got started 3 weeks back. The idea of telecasting such a show is just to mark a hike in the TRP. Read more

Rain Rain Come Again

After a wait of over a month, finally it rained in the national capital. The overall rainfall we received this year is far from normal; had it not been to the Monday’s downpour this figure would have been almost zilch [56% of total rain received was on 27th]. Read more

Misbehavior With Tourists

It is sad to notice that the sector recording maximum revenue, the tourism sector, has a bad side also. Don’t take me wrong as here I’m not talking about our guests who come to pay a visit in our country and want to explore more about our cultural heritage , but here I want to throw light on those who in spite of respecting them take advantage of their innocence and lack of awareness Read more

Rishikesh Rafting

There are some things, to which you get stuck for lifetime. No matter how many times you do them, they never get boring. Infact more you do them, more in love you fall with them. Adventure sport is one such activity. Although adventure sports as a whole have a tendency to get you hooked, but out of all the options available there is always one which catches your fancy. Read more