My IIM Bangalore Interview was aeons ago – so, pardon my memory but a part of it went like something like this. Interviewer 1: So, which newspaper do you read regularly? Me: None really, sir Interviewer 1 (attempting a gentle correction): None in particular, or none regularly, you mean? Me: No, sir. I almost NEVER read ANY newspaper....Read More

Uncertainty has a way of causing a brain-freeze. Inaction comes most naturally as a reaction to something unknown and possibly horrific. But my not having written for a while wasn’t inaction. I was simply busier than ever. The lockdown has been a magnificent challenge. It has forced, naah inspired, us at MBAGuru to learn new things, practically every...Read More

Most of us want 99 Percentile in CAT. And many of us believe we can’t get it. We lay the blame on lack of ability, average past academics, our CAT Coaching or some other ‘uncontrollable’ or ‘luck-based’ factor. The one truth we don’t face is that becoming really good at anything requires you to do the...Read More

CAT-2020 and T-20 are quite similar in one aspect. If you watched the last few nail-biting T20Is between India and New Zealand (or that fabulous Australian open final between Djokovic and Thiem!) you could well be wondering about what could have been! And although a 5-0 scoreline suggests otherwise, it wouldn’t have taken much to...Read More