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Switch
‘Switch’ by the Heath brothers turns out to be an highly engaging book about the dynamics involved in the whole arduous, multifaceted and complicated process of change. The book is a functional...
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Whiplash
“I don’t think people understood what it was I was doing at Shaffer. I wasn’t there to conduct. Any moron can wave his arms and keep people in tempo. I was there to push people beyond what’s expected...
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Book Review – How the Mighty Fall
“Whether you prevail or fail, endure or die, depends more on what you do yourself than on what the world does to you.” — Jim Collins It is usually the way of the world; the old and the mighty fall to...
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Movie in Focus – Apocalypse Now
Films are a reflection of the times that we live in, and they remain one of the most effective ways of understanding the human predicament. All influential films that deal with the plight of the human...
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Classic in Focus – Lord of the Flies
William Golding’s compelling story of a group of British schoolboys stranded on a remote island provides the core of the narrative for Lord of the Flies. Their gradual degeneration into a savage horde...
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Classic in Focus – The Picture of Dorian Gray
You may fool the whole world down your pathway of years, And get pats on your back as you pass, But your final reward will be heartache and tears, If you’ve cheated the man in the glass. – Peter Del...
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Classic in Focus – Don Quixote
The story of Don Quixote is an allegory of the conflict between idealism and pragmatism. It deals with the philosophical discussion of the human survival. The portrait of Don Quixote hangs in the...
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Executive Presence: The Missing Link Between Merit and Success
Executive Presence is a combination of qualities that communicate what one is in charge of or deserves to be. It isn’t about how one performs but is a measure of image: how much one is able to signal...
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Book Review – Confronting Terrorism
The book “Confronting Terrorism” highlights different facets and forms of terrorism in India and how they ought to be effectively dealt with. In an anthology of essays by nine strategic experts edited...
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India: A Wounded Civilisation
“India: A Wounded Civilization” by V.S. Naipaul is the second book of his famous India trilogy. Neither as despondent as the first one nor as forgiving as the second, this one looks at India with just...
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