From “desire is the root cause of all suffering” to “burning desire is the starting point of all achievement” – there exists a full spectrum. And somewhere along it, lies a quiet shift from selfishness to selflessness. Desires have a…
There used to be a joke that first 100 seats for IIT Bombay Computer Science are reserved every year. For the rest, you’re welcome to give a shot. This joke, however, is not far from truth. Top 100 rankers of…
Some things in life naturally balance out – pendulums swing back and forth. One day you’re up, the next you’re down. Your mood, your emotions, your energy – they fluctuate, but eventually, they neutralise. But then there are things that…
I probably watched every Steve Jobs video there is in my early 20s. I’ve read the biographies by Walter Isaacson and Brent Schlender, and Steve Jobs in his own words, in Make Something Wonderful. There are certain things that he…
For those who are truly serious about their education – it doesn’t matter which IIM gives what weightage to which selection criteria. Because after you crack the admission interview, the same cycle continues -you’ll ask your seniors for past years’…
If you’re in your early 20s, consider shifting your path by just a few degrees. Life comes with a default path – school, college, work experience, higher education, job. It’s predictable and well-trodden. Now if you add reading non-fiction books…
The world will keep you occupied with milestones, one after the other – entrance exams, internal exams, Group Discussions, personal interviews. And you will keep crossing those hurdles – preparing two weeks before internal exams, a few months before entrance…
Don’t showoff the average/median/highest package in your reports. How many of your students are creating jobs? What difference are they making? What contributions have they made to advance their fields? You fill an educational institution with the all-obeying students who…
The MNC job era after 1991 promised people a steady paycheck, a home with a balcony view, two vacations a year, and a comfortable retirement. It was a dream worth chasing then. But when I see people in 2025 running…
Rebels, backbenchers, and low GPA club, listen up: I know things don’t add up right now. I know you think you’re at the wrong place, studying the wrong course, and stuck in the wrong trajectory. Most of you just want…
A ₹40 Coca-Cola bottle faces more competition in the market than a ₹40000 watch ever will. A fresher applying for his first job faces more competition in the job market than a senior manager making 10 times the salary ever…
I screwed up my CAT attempt in 2020. And then an hour later I reached home and ordered pizza. By that time I had checked a few prep groups and realised most of us were in the same boat. So…
During my late teenage, I was quite inspired by a young entrepreneur in Bengaluru. So one day I decided to give a call at his office. A man on the other side picked up the phone. I told him that…
I’m not sure how often this happens, but in 2016, a guy at Thapar University bagged an internship and full-time job with 3 active backlogs in his final year. To acknowledge the role of luck, that company didn’t mention any…
One of my father’s friends pursued his Master’s at IISc Bangalore during the early 1980s. There, he discovered that his batchmates were the toppers from Universities of Delhi, Mumbai, and Chennai – among other places. “They used to talk Maths…