I write this not as my editorial, but as a protest to see if there are any listeners… because my blood boils in anger over the way another human being in the world’s largest democracy is being robbed of her freedom of speech. And the way everyone from the mainstream media to intelligentsia has maintained the conspiracy of silence! Taslima Nasreen, the author of famous books like Lajja and Dwikhandito (the book whose controversial passages landed her into trouble with vario...
It is also a well known fact that after the war was over and the American objective of ousting the Russian army was served, they dumped the Mujahideens, which finally resulted in the emergence of Osama. Eventually, when the American funding stopped, these armed Mujahideens turned their heat on the Americans, finally culminating into 9/11. And now the US government has decided to extend military training beyond the Pakistani Army, to their paramilitary forces. This decision could no...
Well, no prizes for guessing, you get some blindly dictatorial American laws for the globe. In fact, this time, President Bush and his ‘Administration’ have surpassed all the limits of deforming any civilised society by claiming that they can ‘kidnap’ any foreigner, if they are wanted for crimes in the United States of America. What more, they have the sanction of their Supreme Court as well. In fact, till now it was assumed that American law permits kidnapping ...
The US should have a special ‘Thanks giving day’ for India, looking at the manner in which premier Indian Institutions have been supplying talented manpower to them, absolutely free of cost!!! I repeat, absolutely free of cost! And from a pool of amazingly brilliant students across India! For long I have been advocating the fact that the Government of India should levy a tax from all those students of the country’s premier institutions who go overseas and join various globa...
The ghost of possible nuclear holocaust in South Asia simply refuses to die down. While in the last few years the chances of a nuclear catastrophe have come down considerably, time and again some or the other incidence has kept the region in perennial tenterhooks. The recent revelation that Pakistan is building a third nuclear reactor comes as a shocker and adds to the existing paranoia. Well if Pakistan puts forward the contention that it is building this nuclear reactor to mitigate the probl...
Castro, ChÁvez and now the entire Latin America is showing that it is time for the world to get together and embrace happy capitalism After celebrating the execution of Saddam and (almost) writing the obituary of Fidel Castro, the US was sitting pretty and eying an opportunity to engage with Iran. But, the hale and hearty revival of Castro and his iconoclastic interview, blasting Bush for freeing a terrorist and his biofuel plans, terming the latter as a genocide, had put sudden halt...
India, for all the hype of being the second fastest growing economy of the world, with one of the largest foreign exchange reserves, still remains among the bracketed nations where having a decent home remains an elusive dream for millions. In most of the metropolitan cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bengalooru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune and even Kolkata, the price of having a decent dwelling today is beyond the reach of the common man. At times, rationale fails to justify the reasons for suc...
This time, when I was actually thinking about the issue to cover in the TSI editorial, I had initially thought about writing how the Americans exhibited the true essence of democracy and proved that even if the American government might be inhuman in more than one ways, the common American is still left with humanity within himself. But at the last moment, I had to change my plan when I had a chance to glimpse through the latest copy of UNDP’s Human Development Report 2006. Well, for thos...
IT WAS a paradigm-boosting experience." reflects a second year student of the 51 member team of the students and faculty members of the Indian Institute of Planning and Management. New Delhi: as they return from Geneva, Switzerland as a part of the second of stories of the (global Opportunities and Threat -Analysis (GOTA) programme organised by the institute. The GOTA programme is a pioneering endeavor of the institute towards providing a first hand experience on ...
Apart from the culture curry and the rural drive, Ahmedabad students also experienced and relived one of the greatest successful revolutionary stories in India, when they got an opportunity to visit the manufacturing unit of Amul and the corporate office of GCMMF. Students were taken to a museum, which has been dedicated to the Dairy industry, and it was established way back in the year 2000 by Mrs. Molly Kurien, to mark the 80th birthday of Dr. Vergese Kurien, who is known as the father of &l...
Articles excerpted from The Last Days of America, Book by P rof . A rindam C HAUDHURI that focuses on growing degeneration of the American socio-economic set-up, the dangers of mindless imitation of the free market system and the innate strength of the Indian society For long, economists have considered Darwin's theory of’ survival of the finest' the sole functional maxim for the capitalist economy. In the process, however, they have forgotten that the...
Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Interview:- Sharpen your marketing skills What is marketing management? Normally marketing management is defined as a process of identification of the needs existing In markets (consumers) and satisfying them in a manner resulting in an increased market share for the organisation. The whole effort is directed at making the consumers more satisfied in order to beat the competition and Increase profits. Thus theoretically speaki...
A Management Degree With A Difference ONE WOULD wonder how different another management institute offering the same Management degree be different from similar zillion others which have mushroomed all over the country The Indian Institute of Planning And Management (IIPM), insists Dr. M. K. Chaudhuri, Director IIPM, is miles apart from all the other institutes. “All other institutes other than IIM, Bangalore are reared towards helping the private sector IIPM trains students to have a...
Infrastructure The 8 Wi-Fi IIPM Towers are modern architectural wonders equipped with air-conditioned classrooms, auditoriums, huge state-of-the-art computer dromes & well stocked libraries. Each student is also given a laptop computer to accelerate the learning process. In New Delhi, IIPM has a sprawling eight storied building : IIPM Tower-I & a 40,000 sq. ft. building on 1 acre of land : IIPM Tower-II, both in Qutub Institutional Area, the most prestigious institutional a...
Work hard through the day and then loosen up with SALSA!!! This is what we believe in IIPM because after all – All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy right? On the 24 and 25th of November, the Cult Club organized a Salsa event which was held at our very own campus. Mr. Ashley, a professional Salsa performer and choreographer thoroughly enjoyed his time spent teaching students the basics of Salsa. This first ever attempt taken was indeed a huge success as the students enthusiastically ...