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    TUCK (Applied: Nov Round, Nothing heard yet, Result: 06 Feb, 2009)
    ISB (Applied: R2, Result: Rejected w/o I/V)
    More Schools: Reassessing my MBA Game Plan.
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    TUCK (Applied: Nov Round, Results: Denied)
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    Darden (Applied: R2, I/V: Feb. 16 - Mar. 2, Results: 25 March)

    More Schools? --- Not this year.
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A must read.

Posted by abeautifulmind1 on March 29, 2009

Here is a link to what people (of India) should read before voting during the upcoming LS elections:

Who is a Sharif Dadmash? Who is a toothless tiger?

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Revering-sharif-badmash-Manmohan-Singh-and-Lincoln/articleshow/4329339.cms

However he is an architect. An architect of India’s economic reforms.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3725357.stm

 

Mr Clean or Mr Bull’s Eye:

He has a spotless track record and a very high success rate at the LS elections. He is one of the few politicians in India who refused to contest LS elections on moral grounds in 1996 when his name was linked to the Jain-Hawala scam.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/590391.cms

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2075803.stm

 

The man who can fight with fire. A fire called Terror. Also a man who knows how to attract investment(s).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narendra_Modi

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1958555.stm

 

Finally, a man good with numbers. He has served his party very well. He has introduced new types of taxes to increase government revenes. He has put in efforts to reduce the government debt. But has he done something for the common man?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3741169.stm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P_Chidambaram

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When somebody walked into my life.

Posted by abeautifulmind1 on January 21, 2009

What happens when somebody walks into your life? Somebody who is beautiful and has a mellifluous voice. You wish you had met her before but then she comes into your life only when the time is right.

She gives me a call every morning. I get up from the middle of my sleep (I am a lazy boy who hates to get up early during the winters) to talk to her. She spends her time with me and then suddenly disappears. I get happy and delighted whenever I notice she is there. But then I feel sad and embarrassed when she goes away.

I know it’s awkward but I can’t describe how I feel every-time I see her. She makes my day even brighter. Sometimes she allows me to touch her and she puts her hand on my hand. But this is all I know about her. I do not know what she feels, I do not know what she likes the most. I do not know whether this will continue as it is, I do not know what to do. I do not know what to do. I think I will continue to talk to her and I wish we stay together as we are now. I want to know more about her, I want to spend more time with her.  

The next morning she calls again. I start approaching her and suddenly I hear something. I hear a loud noise that gets on amplifying. I realize that it is a familiar noise, I realize it is the moment. It was the moment to realize that she was not there anymore, it was the moment to get up and start my day.

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Another app goes in

Posted by abeautifulmind1 on January 7, 2009

I submitted my app for Darden today. Another huge sum goes in and a new phase of wait sets in. I dropped another school which I think is now out of my reach (after receiving a Ding w/o I/V from ISB) chose Darden because  I was done with my app and re-polished it.

I want to give  it a try because it is an amazing school (considering the feedback I have received from a current student at Darden). I know that it is a rigorous program and it completely relies on the CASE STUDY method. This is the primary reason  I have applied to Darden. Since I am willing to INVEST  a HUGE SUM for my MBA, I believe that an MBA from Darden will give one of the best ROI. I believe that the Case Study method will be a completely new kind of learning experience for me and it will dramatically add to my knowledge. It will enable me to learn form real life examples and the learning will be usefult to me for the rest of my life (provided I get an admit).

So for this year I have applied to three schools. One confirmed Ding, Tuck results on 6th Feb (not expecting much though as I haven’t got any invite for an interview) and the third wait started today. As for more schools are concerned, I am thinking of applying to NUS (at the most) now. Will update once confirmed.

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My First Ding…

Posted by abeautifulmind1 on December 27, 2008

Its official. I have been rejected from ISB and that too without an interview. ISB was my top choice and one of the only two schools that I have applied this year. So much for my time and efforts to apply. I spent numerous hours or days to prepare my ISB app, write those 6 essays, get the recos and what not. But they don’t have time for me. Come on man, you could have rejected me after the interview at-least. May be they already have people like me, may be my profile isn’t up-to their standard or may be I applied very late (should have applied in R1) .

What is it that you need man? Do you need a higher GMAT score (mine is 710/6.0, which according to me is good), do you need more number of years of experience or do you want me to be not what I am but what you want me to be (in the essays off-course)? 

It’s time to get back to my ISB app and look for what can be changed. I hope to get a feedback from ISB but need to check the process for that. Don’t know if I have to contact them or they will send me a link. Nothing was mentioned in the mail from ISB except that they don’t find me so good.

Lets now go back to my other R2 apps and reassess my MBA game plan.

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Every Indian should read this.

Posted by abeautifulmind1 on November 28, 2008

Looks like people not from India are more intelligent to understand who actually is responsiple for India’s current state:

India’s Antiterror Errors

Years of caving to militants has made the problem worse

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122780278130061753.html

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Bombay (Mumbai) under the siege of terror…..whom to blame?

Posted by abeautifulmind1 on November 27, 2008

It’s been almost 24 hours now that some of the most iconic places in Mumbai were struck by terrorist attacks. The Taj Mahal hotel and the Oberoi-Trident hotel, both are still under the control of the terrorists and repeatedly we are hearing explosions inside the buildings. More than 100 people have died and countless number of people have been injured. We still dont know the exact number but these numbers are not small.

These terrorists were surely not new to Mumbai. They knew the most important spots in mumbai very well and it clearly indicates that they have been in these locations many times before.

 

The biggest question now is:

Who are these Terrorists and why MUMBAI?

Terrorits, the unwanted species on earth and the species that doesn’t understand that by killing inocents, they are actually booking a place in HELL. The almighty GOD (or the ALLAH for them) will definately not forgive them for there acts and it appears that they dont’ have any religion. May be they do it for religious reasons, may be for money or may be for some other reason. They don’t deserve to live on this earth.

Mumbai: The place which contributes more than 40% of India’s tax revenues and the place where people come to fulfill there dreams. Indeed, Mumbai is the place where your dreams will come true. For the common man in India, Mumbai will fulfill your dream by giving you jobs.

And for the Terrorists, Mumbai will fufill there dreams by giving them easy targets. They get people who are not from there religion or country at easy to blow locations. They intend to kill people of other religions because there religion says that such people don’t deserve to live. You can kill them, you can rape them and you can make them slaves. All because they don’t follow the same religion that these terrorists follow.

 

Who is to blame?

Well, these so called Terrorists are not the only ones to be blamed for all this. The first bunch of cowards and heartless people who encourage such things are the Politicians.  Why? Here is the answer. The security establishments of India are headed by these illiterate Politicians who, even though hold numerous degrees, don’t understand how to work. The only knowledge they have is the knowledge of VOTE BANKING.

They understand how many people will vote for them if they remove the strict anti-terrorist rules. They understand how many illegal immigrants live in there assembly and they definately do not understand how of those illegal settlers are capable of turning terrorists.

They are opposed to most of the tools that the anti-terror agencies use for tackling terror. They are completely opposed to tough anti-terror laws and would not even harsh language against the jehadis.

Out home ministry will not wake up even after we had terrorists atacks in Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Surat, Guwahati and now Mumbai. A simple compilation of all the attacks since October 2005 will be enough to fill an entire page. So just forget about the total number of attacks in India.

November 26, 2008: Atleast 101 dead in attacks on more than 12 places in Mumbai. This includes numerous foreigners and police officers. More than 300 injured.

October 30, 2008: At least 40 killed in a string of bomb explosions in north-eastern state of Assam. More than 150 others were injured, mostly in the main city of Guwahati.

October 21, 2008: 17 killed in a powerful blast near Manipur Police Commando complex.

October 14, 2008: Eight people injured after bomb planted on a rented bicycle went off Colonelganj market in Kanpur.

September 29 2008: One killed and several injured after a low-intensity bomb kept on a motorcycle went off near a mosque in Modasa, Gujrat.

September 29, 2008: Five people died after a bomb kept in a motorbike went off in a crowded market in Malegaon, Maharashtra.

September 27, 2008: Three people killed after a crude bomb was thrown in a busy market in Mehrauli, New Delhi.

September 13, 2008: At least five explosions in crowded shopping areas kill at least 21 people and wound at least 100 in New Delhi.

July 26, 2008: At least 45 people killed in a string of bomb attacks in Ahmedabad. Within an 17 bombs exploded in residential areas, market places, hospitals and on public transport. 

July 25, 2008: Seven small bombs hit Bangalore, a southern city that is the hub of India’s technology industry, killing at least two people.

May 13, 2008:  Seven bombs tear through crowded markets and rip apart streets outside Hindu temples in the western city of Jaipur, killing at least 80 people.

November 24, 2007: A series of near-simultaneous explosions rip through courthouse complexes in the north Indian cities of Lucknow, Varanasi and Faizabad, killing at least 16 people.

August 25, 2007: At least 43 people are killed by three explosions at a park and a street-side food stall in Hyderabad.

May 18, 2007: A bomb goes off during Friday prayers at a historic mosque in the southern city of Hyderabad, killing 11 worshippers. Police later shoot and kill five people in clashes with hundreds of enraged Muslims protesting the attack.

February 19, 2007: A train heading from India to Pakistan is torn apart by two bombs, sparking a fire that kills at least 68 people.

July 11, 2006: Seven blasts rip through railway stations and commuter trains in Mumbai, India’s commercial capital, killing at least 187.

March 7, 2006: Three explosions rock a Hindu temple and a train station in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi, killing 20 people.

October 29, 2005: Sixty-two people are killed when three blasts rip through markets in New Delhi ahead of Diwali, a Hindu holiday.

 

After every attack, the Home Minister will come out and say that they had informed the corresponding state department of such a possibility but they didn’t do any thing. They will compensate the kins of those who have died and the situation is under control.

If somebody from Mars would look at this and listen to what our government has to say then i am sure that he will scratch his head for the next one hour. The government is uncapable of tackling with terror, they don’t want to stop it by tougher anti-terror laws as this will deprive them of there votes and we, the highly-skilled educated global Indians, will not bother about this. We will report to work the next day as if nothing happened.

  • May be its because we are tired of these same things happening again and again and we don’t realize that such things are only going to make our life more mierable.
  • May be we will only play the blame game with our neighbours but never do something about them.
  • May be we will only blame the politicians for the huge influx of the illegal immigrants in India, but when somebody does something about them we will stop him on the grounds of human rights.
  • May be we will only contribute a few hundred rupees to the relief funds for the welfare of those who have now died or are now injured.
  • And after all this we will again go back to home and watch Cricket…..

 

And the most important thing now is that we will never notice that these terrorists in Mumbai were definately not here for the first time. We will never notice this and our new channels will only talk about how many foreigners were killed and what our home minister or the prime minister said. They will never help the security forces fighting the terrorists rightnow but will only take interviews of the survivors with smilling faces.

Long live our India….Short live our Politicians….

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Chandrayaan-1

Posted by abeautifulmind1 on November 2, 2008

Chandrayaan-1. A lot has been written about it and a lot has been said about it. The only thing that has not been described much about it is whether India, the country that is home to some of the poorest people on earth, really needs such a thing or not. For those of you who don’t know what Chandrayaan is here is a brief description of it. Chandrayaan is an unmanned lunar exploration mission by ISRO, India’s national space agency. The estimated cost of the project is around Rs. 4 billion. This is a huge investment by India and I personally believe that we need it. YES!!! We need such a huge investment because of many reasons.

First of all, Chandrayaan-1 is expected to provide India with high resolution mapping of the topographic features of the surface of the moon. This will include the information on the mineral composition of the moon. Chandrayaan-1 is also expected to provide us with information related to the chemical and mineralogical of the permanently shadowed north and south polar regions of the moon. Such information is available in a limited amount across the globe. The various space agencies of the world (NASA, ESA, JAXA and CNSA) have limited information on the composition of the moon and it’s not easy for ISRO to get this information. The exchange of information has always been limited with India, primarily because of unwillingness from their side. However, NASA has been particularly helpful this time. It has provided a low power imaging rader for Chandrayaan-1. This will be useful to identify regions of interest for a future lunar base.

Secondly, Chandrayaan-1 currently carries more than 11 scientific insturments that will carry out several investigations. Some of these instruments are from other space agencies and hence in a way, the collaboration between ISRO and other such agencies has started. I hope this will continue and will result a in good outcome for everyone involved.

Chandrayaan-1 is to be followed by Chandrayaan-2 for more detailed research and then finally Chandrayaan-3. Chandrayaan-3 is a manned space mission expected to begin in 2015. This, even though very expensive and risky, will surely be a major milestone for everyone across the globe.  We need to step up our efforts to setup a landing base on the moon so that India has the ability to conduct such missions on its own in the future.

Speaking about the cost of the project, we need to understand that the cost is just a fraction of what NASA, ESA or JAXA would have invested to do the same thing. In a way this will be helpful for India in the long run. The country has already started launchng small satelites for other countries and can, at a later stage, start an outsourcing bussiness wherein it will launch similar lunar missions for other countries. This will help India in generating a source of income for its own research and hence the tax-payer will not have to pay for such missions.

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