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		<title>Positive Conversations &#8211; A 1-5-100 mission to give 100k elders the freedom to be truly alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2022 17:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As part of the Pococare journey, it is extremely satisfying to see the joy on the faces of the seniors when their opinion is sought, their experience respected, and they get to share their wisdom. It is all about engagement. But they sulk because the society (includes most stakeholders in their world) wants them to&#8230; <a href="https://rangarajaniyengar.wordpress.com/2022/08/04/positive-conversations-a-1-5-100-mission-to-give-100k-elders-the-freedom-to-be-truly-alive/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Positive Conversations &#8211; A 1-5-100 mission to give 100k elders the freedom to be truly&#160;alive</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Covid and Lessons from Mythology</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2021 04:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[covid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kali]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lakshman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meghnad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mythology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raktabheej]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[There are 2 stories from mythology that inspire me to write this brief article. One was about an asura called Raktabheej and the other, a conversation in the book, Asura, between Ravana and his son, Meghnad / Indrajit. Story 1: Raktabheej received a boon from Lord Brahma. It granted him superpowers. Every drop of his&#8230; <a href="https://rangarajaniyengar.wordpress.com/2021/04/14/covid-and-lessons-from-mythology/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Covid and Lessons from&#160;Mythology</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Brutality of the Red Rose</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2016 06:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chennai Trees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cyclone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[November Rain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vardah]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[At the mention of a red rose, one would typically think of a romantic scene. If, on the contrary, I were to recollect a sad scene with red roses, top of the mind recall is the November Rain song by Guns N Roses. What if an enemy gives you a red rose with thorns in&#8230; <a href="https://rangarajaniyengar.wordpress.com/2016/12/19/brutality-of-the-red-rose/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Brutality of the Red&#160;Rose</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Safari &#8211; Messages from Nature</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2016 15:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Peelasophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[random thoughts]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The boat safari started on an exciting note with a muscular guide at the front of a 22 seater boat. He was about 50 years old, with a thick salt and pepper moustache and a hat that looked more like a helmet or an inverted Coracle. He resembled Shikari Shambhu that I had read long&#8230; <a href="https://rangarajaniyengar.wordpress.com/2016/12/13/safari-messages-from-nature/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Safari &#8211; Messages from&#160;Nature</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Positive Conversations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2016 08:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After a fairly long hiatus, Rangananda Baba side of me is back to scribbling random thoughts again. For the last few months, I have been dabbling with the idea of having positive conversations with self and others. Positive conversations as an idea or philosophy is inspired by the book, Three Laws of Performance, introduced to&#8230; <a href="https://rangarajaniyengar.wordpress.com/2016/09/07/positive-conversations/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Positive Conversations</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Movie Review of Dhoom 3 and why is it a mega hit?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2014 07:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dhoom 3]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[part time movie critic]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The success of Dhoom 3 continues to baffle critics. Purists are embarrassed to explain the logic of making such ‘meaningless’ films. Ha Ha, in more ways than one I find this situation very similar to AAP’s success. But more on that in another post another day, maybe! If we look at the success of Chetan&#8230; <a href="https://rangarajaniyengar.wordpress.com/2014/01/02/movie-review-of-dhoom-3-and-why-is-it-a-mega-hit/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Movie Review of Dhoom 3 and why is it a mega&#160;hit?</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Book Review of Ajaya: Roll of the Dice by Anand Neelakantan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Dec 2013 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ajaya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anand neelakantan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counter story telling genre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jai Suyodhan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shame on Yudhisthir the Gambler]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We have heard and seen that there are 2 sides of a coin. When Asura was released, it was seen as the other side of the coin of Ramayana. After hearing about Ajaya I confess spending restless days waiting for the book after hearing that this was going to be another counter story. Giving us&#8230; <a href="https://rangarajaniyengar.wordpress.com/2013/12/25/book-review-of-ajaya-roll-of-the-dice-by-anand-neelakantan/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Book Review of Ajaya: Roll of the Dice by Anand&#160;Neelakantan</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ishant Sharma, my confessions and Vastu Shaastra</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Cricket]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[how i was part of so many Indian wins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ishant Sharma and the new Amul ad]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As I see a rather cruel ad by Amul, asking Ishant, Sharm hain kya?, I felt rather odd and guilty at what I had done &#8230; Let me do a brief flashback. My father and I have been cricket fans ever since I knew him and most of our discussions were around cricket. A big&#8230; <a href="https://rangarajaniyengar.wordpress.com/2013/10/24/ishant-sharma-my-confessions-and-vastu-shaastra/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Ishant Sharma, my confessions and Vastu&#160;Shaastra</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Nose Knows .. Noses Know, Whatever!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2013 14:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[BRUT deo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hmm ... i am not able to get over my Waterman loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Old Wine in New Bottle - this is that only aa?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[who makes ads for deos and soaps - copy pasters!]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Soap for Men Matters: After the previous post on Aramusk that generated some interest especially among friends who had used this product before, I want to give an update now that I am the proud owner of several Aramusks! The old Aramusk texture and feel is retained but the smell has been tampered with. This&#8230; <a href="https://rangarajaniyengar.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/nose-knows-noses-know-whatever/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Nose Knows .. Noses Know,&#160;Whatever!</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Book Review of Dhandha: How Gujaratis do business by Shobha Bondre</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[book review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreward by Narendra Modi and Intro by Amitabh Bachhan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gujju Bhais and Bens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kitna aa raha hain kitna ja raha hain]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Unbelievable passion and ambition of Gujjus]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[To tell you what the book is about, I shall borrow the next paragraph from Goodreads .. Shobha Bondre’s Dhandha is the story of a few Gujaratis: Jaydev Patel—the New York Life Insurance agent credited with having sold policies worth $2.5 billion so far; Bhimjibhai Patel—one of the country’s biggest diamond merchants and co-founder of&#8230; <a href="https://rangarajaniyengar.wordpress.com/2013/09/20/book-review-of-dhandha-how-gujaratis-do-business-by-shobha-bondre/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Book Review of Dhandha: How Gujaratis do business by Shobha&#160;Bondre</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>My dear Waterman &#8230; I promise I will never lose you again!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 06:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[and i lost you]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hee hee silly senti man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[i love fountain pen and only that particular pen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[senti o senti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Penn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you may not understand my love for it but this is true love indeed]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is over now. It was absolutely fantastic while it lasted. Cant stop asking the cliched question, &#8216;Why must every great thing come to an end&#8217;? Sad that our wonderful relationship too had to come down to this. I am depressed and distracted. I don’t like attending meetings without you, I hate going to office&#8230; <a href="https://rangarajaniyengar.wordpress.com/2013/09/12/my-dear-waterman-i-promise-i-will-never-lose-you-again/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">My dear Waterman &#8230; I promise I will never lose you&#160;again!</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Book Review: The Ekkos Clan, debut novel by Sudipto Das</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2013 16:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[book review is fun for me and hope the authors dont hate me for this :-)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the ekkos clan]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Imagine a necklace with a hundred pearls. If these pearls are numbered from 1 to 100, it would be easier to identify them and arrange them in a particular sequence, right?  If these pearls are scattered in an open room with little or furniture, it will be relatively easy to get the pearls and string&#8230; <a href="https://rangarajaniyengar.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/book-review-the-ekkos-clan-debut-novel-by-sudipto-das/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Book Review: The Ekkos Clan, debut novel by Sudipto&#160;Das</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Something</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2013 11:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[hai yeh saturday afternoon waala neendh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sleep i love you and love u most on sat and sun afternoons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[this has to be my sleepiest post ever]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am so bored that I need to write something. &#8230; Something!! Sorry, that was reusing a dismal PJ &#8230; So what I need to actually write about is Something indeed! Something chatpata / something that is interesting while writing and hopefully interesting for the reader too! Obviously, it leaves out several topics like rocket&#8230; <a href="https://rangarajaniyengar.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/something/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Something</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Nirbhaya, Jagruti, Damini and a Child&#8217;s Play</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Complaint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[random thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Cause]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3 years for such a case is not done!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[damini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[delhi rape]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Karishma Kapoor]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Not sure if you have seen the movie, Child’s Play. After the success of the first one, it had several sequels too. To borrow from Rotten Tomatoes: the film opens with serial killer Brad Dourif taking refuge in a doll factory. Dourif is killed by the cops, but not before he has invoked a voodoo&#8230; <a href="https://rangarajaniyengar.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/nirbhaya-jagruti-damini-and-a-childs-play/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Nirbhaya, Jagruti, Damini and a Child&#8217;s&#160;Play</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Book Review: 7 secrets of Vishnu by Devdutt Pattanaik</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2013 09:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[devdutt pattanaik]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[got reminded of engineering math and am sure cant sleep tonight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[just cant draw for nuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sab maya hain and things like that]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the torture of lagranges polynomial]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Let us start with the negative aspects of this book. Does that make you want to know more? If yes, then, please stop for a moment. You are in the wrong place. I am just a simple wanderer who never tries to untie the knots of highly complicated logic to understand the true significance of&#8230; <a href="https://rangarajaniyengar.wordpress.com/2013/08/31/book-review-7-secrets-of-vishnu-by-devdutt-pattanaik/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Book Review: 7 secrets of Vishnu by Devdutt&#160;Pattanaik</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Spirituality Gyan: Stay distracted &#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2013 09:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[mainey tumse kuchh nahin maanga bhagwaan magar aaj maangta hoon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stay distracted and spiritual]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It feels good to acknowledge the spiritual side. Look at yourself using a mirror of honesty and when the reflection is aided by deities of two of the most popular temples in India: Lord Ayyappa at Sabari Mala and Lord Krishna at Guruvayur, calmness of mind is taken to a different level. I felt relieved&#8230; <a href="https://rangarajaniyengar.wordpress.com/2013/08/24/spirituality-gyan-stay-distracted/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Spirituality Gyan: Stay distracted&#160;&#8230;.</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Book Review: Interpreter of Maladies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 12:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[celebration and meaning of what is subtle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interpreter of maladies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jhumpa lahiri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shayad main senti ho gaya rey is kitaab ko padh kar]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Somehow managed to squeeze time to read a book into my somewhat packed schedule and frankly I am unable to articulate what I feel after finishing the book. My friend, Tanuja saw my Facebook update, thanks to Goodreads.com and almost immediately commented that this book was melancholy at its subtlest best (or something very similar).&#8230; <a href="https://rangarajaniyengar.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/book-review-interpreter-of-maladies/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Book Review: Interpreter of&#160;Maladies</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chennai Express &#8211; Ek Avur review, woh mera hoti!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2013 18:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[bollywood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movie review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deepika Padukone is so awesome in Chennai Express]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IamSRK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mera review ko kuchh galat bolti tho main lungi utaathi aur disco dikhati]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharrukh Khan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yenamma kannu ... rowith settiar]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[With an infinite array of opinions on Chennai Express, I am obviously too late to review it. But that isn’t my job either. So, why did I give myself this difficult assignment to write a 1200 word review of the movie? Justu lykk that! becaas I yam verri tempted to time paassu saar. One Naarth Indian&#8230; <a href="https://rangarajaniyengar.wordpress.com/2013/08/10/chennai-express-ek-avur-review-woh-mera-hoti/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Chennai Express &#8211; Ek Avur review, woh mera&#160;hoti!</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Inertia of Reluctance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2013 02:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Management gyan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ab chod yaar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kya farak padtha hain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roll up your sleeves]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Continuing with my previous post in some way …. It was interesting when I discussed the topic of Class Participation with a fresh MBA graduate as part of his interview. The topic seemed to hurt him and yes, I could relate to that too. I liked his brutally honest assessment. “I speak only when I&#8230; <a href="https://rangarajaniyengar.wordpress.com/2013/08/08/the-inertia-of-reluctance/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Inertia of&#160;Reluctance</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>To be or not to be-school or Be-Tech!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2013 09:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[hope is about getting freedom from hopeless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[less hope is not same as hopeless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what to say saar?]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This post is triggered by a disturbing, although not surprising article about several B-school start-ups that had to shut down in the year that whizzed past. Employ-ability remains a concern and even the average salaries of those graduating and getting jobs is low. Except for the top B schools, there certainly is an issue with&#8230; <a href="https://rangarajaniyengar.wordpress.com/2013/08/07/to-be-or-not-to-be-school-or-be-tech/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">To be or not to be-school or&#160;Be-Tech!</span></a>]]></description>
		
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