How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each prayer accepted, and each wish resigned I was reminded of these famous lines by Alexander Pope as I saw a group of nuns growing impatient in the afternoon heat as their bus was getting […]

Bureaucratic hurdles are not unheard of in India but when they derail academic plans, it becomes a matter of concern. Contrary to popular perception and as being commonly believed by all, the Common Management Test (CMAT) is not being held abroad. The Ministry of External Affair is apparently sill sitting on the file and not […]

As this is supposed to be the concluding part of the story. I will try to get to the point pretty quickly. As I mentioned earlier that I failed in my last 2 attempts at CAT, still I was ashamed to call myself as quitter. I had the persistence of Saddam Hussein. But my greatest […]

If you are a CAT aspirant, some questions have definitely bogged you. We at PaGaLGuY have listed a few such below and asked officials from both, Prometric as well as IIMI to answer. There is always an issue with CAT centres every year? Prometric: We follow a working process that has been decided mutually by […]

Have you ever felt completely frustrated and aggravated so you feel like just completely giving up and bailing out on the idea of being successful at what you do? I sure did. Many times. There were times where I would check my mock test results and be in tears saying to myself, “Why I am […]

“The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.” – Edwin Schlossberg And that’s what we want you to do when you sit on the typing board for writing on Channels. Here are ten more ideas to get you authors out there thinking. 1. Supreme Court has given voters […]

I want to be a manager one day. But yes, I don’t want to write this stupid test. I simply get filtered out every time even though I strongly believe that I’m better than 99% of the people who apply, when it comes to skills that a manager requires (I still haven’t met a manager […]

With less than 3 weeks to go for CAT, time has come for aspirants to burn the midnight oil. To help you plan the last lap, we asked a few NITIE students to share what they did in their last 20 days before CAT. Darpan Thacker who scored 99.78 in CAT 2012 had to manage […]

Just read an article here in PaGaLGuY about why the food security bill doesn’t make sense . And its not just this one article ; the internet is getting filled up with many such arguments ever since the bill was passed. Lets look at these arguments one by one: 1)Rs 125000-150000 crores! – The alleged […]

CAT Convenor Prof Rohit Kapoor and his Common Admission Test (CAT) team from the Indian Institute of Management Indore have had their ears stuck to telephone instruments since a week. They have been on a calling spree, reminding everybody who has bought a CAT voucher to register. This seems like a concerted effort to up […]