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3 IIMs, ISB on Asia-Pac top 10 B-school list

Feb 22, 2012

New Delhi: Indian business schools have strengthened their standing among international employers as four Indian institutions have made it to the list of top-10 B-schools #B schools #Education #IIM #Indian Institute of Management Bangalore #ListsEtc #MBA
Dealing with Chennai’s fearsome board exams

Feb 21, 2012

Editor’s Note: A shocking incident of a teacher’s murder in Chennai, gave us an opportunity to revisit the important choices that children make today. We #Board Exams #college applications #Education #Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan #ToWhatEffect
School vs coaching class: Who wouldn’t want to be in IIT?

Feb 17, 2012

Editor's Note: A shocking incident of a teacher's murder in Chennai, gave us an opportunity to revisit the important choices that children make today. We #Education #engineering college #Entrance exams #ToWhatEffect

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It’s time to revisit MBA entrance processes

Feb 14, 2012

The father of the girl asks the prospective son-in-law – “Son, we hear you were very good at studies and you have a good job #CAT #Education #Financial Times Group Ltd #Harvard #HowThisWorks #Indian Institutes of Management #Indian School of Business
Sports or education? How do you choose?

Oct 8, 2011

Education is hard. Sports is hard. But choosing between the two is the hardest part. All sportspersons in India have faced this dilemma at some point #Education #InMyOpinion #NotJobsButPassion #Peter Rasmussen #Roger Bannister #Sports
Why are IT honchos plumbing for education?

May 23, 2011

Last week one of the marathoners of the IT industry called it quits. Pramod Bhasin, CEO of Genpact and one of the founders of the #Education #Pramod Bhasin #WhyNow

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Quoteflections
Theme Series: 16 Quotes on Education

2012-02-22 23:21:00

Education has been, and is close to my heart as a former English teacher. For most people, there is always an opportunity for learning and teaching. Here is a select list of quotes exploring the nature of education: - In education there should be no clas #Joseph Campbell #Helen Keller #Nelson Mandela
Hurriet Daily News
Formula for mandatory education opens debate

2012-02-21 22:36:00

A group of deputies presented a draft law to Parliament yesterday to increase the term of mandatory education in Turkey to 12 years. The draft law proposes to redefine the terms of mandatory education in Turkey on the basis of three tiers, with each tier #Recep Tayyip Erdogan
CBC News
PM to announce aboriginal education plans for North

2012-02-23 03:43:00

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Mary Simon said she is concerned at the lack of funding for social housing or mental wellness facilities in the Arctic. (The Canadian Press) Prime Minister Stephen Harper is heading to the Arctic in the dead of winter to #Stephen Harper #Canada

Editor's picks

Chote Nawab Saif Ali Khan ka bada mukka; actor gets bail

Saif Ali Khan was arrested this evening and has been released by the police on bail after being charged with assaulting an NRI businessman.
Why now? Mamata to PM on NCTC

The West Bengal chief minister said the NCTC in the current form will harm the federal structure of the country disturbing the Centre-state equation.
Let's not deny something's wrong in the Indian dressing room

“There is some kind of confusion reigning in the dressing room. Let’s not deny that. Why are people speaking in such disparaging voices and so randomly?” asks senior cricket writer Ayaz Memon.
Courts, lawsuits, divorces: 2G mess won't be cleaned up till 2013

The telecom policy crisis emanating from the SC’s cancellation of licences is the third time the sector is falling apart. It will take all of this year to unravel.

How to stop Google and FB from spying on you

Google’s privacy violation issues have become bigger with Microsoft jumping in this tale by proving that the search engine did the same with Microsoft’s, Internet Explorer.
Why we can not accept 'this' Sachin

Tendulkar has more cricket left in him – good, world-class cricket. But he isn’t playing it today and that is the only issue.
Yes, Kingfisher is sinking. But it's not the only one

Almost every airline is crumbling under the pressure of high operating costs, fierce undercutting of tickets by rivals, and heavy debt loads.
Rahul Gandhi's fatal flaw: The Santa Claus who never delivers

His critics attack him as elitist. In truth, however, all good Indians know, it’s the bade log who make things happen. It’s when the powerful don’t deliver that their big name pedigree becomes a huge problem.

Married to the Gandhis: The unbearable burden of being Robert Vadra

Robert is discovering that it’s no fun being the nation’s first damaad, or bahu for that matter.
The Sehwag-Dhoni rift: Real, imagined or both?

Where do Dhoni and Sehwag want the team to go? Because even in a fight, one’s guessing, someone has to win. But if India loses, then the both of them lose too.
Budget may provide Rs 5,000 cr to improve grain distribution

Plans to expand the bill food are a likely vote-winner for the ruling Congress but could worsen strained finances as a flagging economy crimps revenue.
Indian food is not beer and curry for five pounds: Tamarind's exec chef

Firstpost spent a day with Alfred Prasad, executive chef at the London-based Michelin starred Tamarind restaurant. And watched him cook his best dish.

Bracing for failure, Rahul redefines 'success' in UP

Even a two-year-long campaign in UP and brazen pandering to voters hasn’t given Rahul Gandhi and the Congress much room for optimisim in UP.
India's 'peanuts' snub may change future of aid policy

Firstpost spoke to foreign aid expert Dr Nilma Gulrajani who sheds light on the reasons Britain insists giving aid to India, when they clearly do not want it.
Rajiv Gandhi, the wrestler baba and Ram Lalla of Ayodhya

Two decades after the demolition of the Babri Masjid, meet a man whose connection to that history is both direct and controversial. But few know of Baba Dharamdas’ other link – to the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Why India gets away in Kashmir

India’s position is quite indefensible, it is true, and it really has no case to make except for the accession document signed by a monarch.

First straight male hooker in US: I am like Gandhi

Marcus Bestin is a man on a mission: to fight the unfair double-standard that makes male prostitution illegal in Nevada. If only this self-described Gandhian could get his history right.
Why we need an anti-rape campaign that targets men

When it comes to the anti-rape debate, everybody has answers on how to keep the victims safe. How about looking at the perpetrators of the crime instead of blaming the victim?
Ekk Deewana Tha: Yet another failed love story

First Mausam, then Rockstar, and now Ekk Deewana Tha. This is the season for failed epic love stories. Perhaps it’s time to stop and reflect on the irrationality of what passes for love in these movies.
Should PMO be crowing about arm-twisting Coal India?

The PMO claims it has solved a major issue in the power sector, but it has not really dealt with the problem.

Sahara makes BCCI, Srinivasan eat humble pie

The whole fiasco will serve as a reality check for the BCCI. They will now realise that there is a world beyond their offices at the Wankhede stadium.
Apple-China row: Amazon to pull iPads from Chinese resellers

Amazon has pulled the iPad 2 from its online stores in China setting off a flurry of speculation as to the reason due to an ongoing trademark dispute over the tablet in China.
Shades of change in Kolkata: City of Joy feels the blues

The City of Joy is now feeling the blues. Kolkata is on a painting spree. Forget the Orange Revolution and the Green Revolution. Now Kolkata gets its state-sponsored Blue Revolution. Apply two coats and you are done.
Wrong number: Ficci trashes Amartya Sen on Food Bill

It should be easy to withdraw tax concessions to the rich and finance food security. But the numbers prove otherwise.