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sanjeev.bhikchandani| Entrepreneurship| Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:43:57 -0500

Selecting the right business partner

Many small businesses have more than one promoter. Frequently it is team of two or three partners – sometimes more. As a start up entrepreneur managing your relationship with your business partner is one of the most important and yet the area you are m....
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Lindsay-Clinton| Entrepreneurship| Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:58:15 -0500

Employership vs Entrepreneurship

With more than half a billion people under the age of 25, India is sitting atop a potential powerhouse of intellectual and physical energy. But, India’s demographic dividend is only a ‘potential’ positive unless India’s social entrepreneurs become acto....
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sanjeev.bhikchandani| Entrepreneurship| Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:41:53 -0500

Entrepreneurs are risk averse

One of the things that I have most often heard being said about entrepreneurs is that they are risk takers. The unsaid implication seems to be that entrepreneurs are dare devils who will willingly defy death because risk is an aphrodisiac for them – they act....
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Prof.Arindam-Chaudhuri| Business & Management| Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:35:24 -0500

MBA Mafia

Management education as a term has been defined, redefined and today it is being ill-defined. It's common knowledge that management education can be imparted after doing graduation in any stream, be it history, geography, economics, biology, engineering etc. T....
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Gautam.Gandhi| Business & Management| Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:22:21 -0500

Can You Fire Your Friend?

Imagine that you are thinking about starting a new venture. You discuss the concept with family and close friends and then instinctively ask them to join. It seems logical, since your friends are known to you—you can trust them, you know what they are good a....
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Michael.Useem| Business & Management| Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:15:00 -0500

Building Business, The India Way

Indian and Western business leaders preside over demanding worlds that require strategic thinking, persuasive communication, and timely decision-making.  At the same time, they have evolved distinct styles for leading their enterprises, and the distinct w....
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HareRama.HareKrishna| Science & Technology| Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:13:05 -0500

Govinda Ala re, Online!

Every year in the month of August and September, the city of Mumbai takes on a special hue. There are two festivals that the denizens of the city celebrate with gusto, namely Ganesh Chaturthi and Gokulashtami.

Unlike rest of India, Mumbaikars celebrate ....
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Narayanan.Suresh| Science & Technology| Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:26:00 -0500

India's Anti-Tech Scientist

This can happen only in India. The nation continues to celebrate the success of its first space mission to moon, Chandrayaan, which has made many remarkable scientific discoveries and validation in a short span of 10 months. All the scientists who were part of....
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Infosys| Science & Technology| Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:19:43 -0500

Securing India’s science future

While India is uniquely positioned to use technology for progress, it has in the recent past lagged behind in the quality and spread of science research. The need for a strong science eco-system based on a sound research foundation has an integral connect with....
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premballabhpandey| World & Politics| Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:39:33 -0500

Problems due to present family based society and way to change

FAMILY: THE ROOT CAUSE OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS

The society of present man`s world is formed by the families in which mother, father and their children live. In some families other family members may also live. This is the smallest unit of our society. Many o....
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Madhav-Desai| World & Politics| Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:51:47 -0500

Kashmiri: Let them go...

Kashmir, an issue of pride for India and Pakistan has been burning since the both countries got their independence from the British Raj. Its a sensitive issue to talk about on this platform, especially by an Indian, as the sentiments that prevail in India, can....
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His.Holiness_The-Dalai.Lama| World & Politics| Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:09:14 -0500

A Buddhist Concept of Nature

Nagarjuna said that for a system where emptiness is possible, it is also possible to have functionality, and since functionality is possible, emptiness is also possible. So when we talk about nature, the ultimate nature is emptiness. What is meant by emptiness....
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MayankAusten-soofi| Sports & Entertainment | Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:27:23 -0500

Heera Mandi - The Dream House of the Whores

I felt like a bridegroom who had come to pick out one of the three beautiful sisters. Sitting next to each other on a blue sofa, they blushed and coquettishly glanced at us.

An old woman with a straight back and shining-white hair sat down on the floor ....
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ShahAlam-Khan| Sports & Entertainment | Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:13:10 -0500

Commonwealth Games and Kalawati

The so called “irresponsible remarks” by Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar (on the Commonwealth Games) have left the government and its beloved babus fuming. The routine and the alternative media is buzz with an outright condemnation of Mr. Aiyar, calling him anti-na....
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Dhabaleswar| Sports & Entertainment | Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:44:52 -0500

Defending The Indefensible

What you do when you were caught with your pants down? Simple - just make a comparison, how others were more naked than you in the past and how your latest nudity is of smaller proportion and get away with it. Well at least this was the mantra off Ma....
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Davey.Wavey| Health & Lifestyle| Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:30:31 -0500

Relationships are not like hats or gloves: Monogamy, polygamy, our society and you.

Relationships are not like hats or gloves—there is no one-size-fits-all approach that works for all of us.

Human beings are all very different. We have differing wants and needs, cultures, religions, goals, dreams and ideas. And despite this great div....
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Saneesh.Michael| Health & Lifestyle| Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:20:31 -0500

Could Premarital Sex be Justified

Sex, the most beautiful aspect in a male female relationship. No male and female affair ever bloomed on this planet without a shadow of lust and sex. People long to have sex, people commit crimes to have sex and as strong as the restrictions and barriers creat....
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Dhabaleswar| Health & Lifestyle| Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:48:00 -0500

Hygiene Is Not A Male Thing

If you are a normal male then you will do what a normal male does - take a shower every Sunday, whether you need it or not. If you are not a normal male then you might be inhabiting the bathroom on daily basis and talking nonsense about investments and stock m....
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HareRama.HareKrishna| My Life| Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:41:10 -0500

Shri Krishna Janmashtami - The Great Vow

In the Bhavishya Purana, Uttara-khanda, Shri Yudhishthira asks Lord Krishna: “O infallible Lord, please describe to me the vow of Janmashtami in great detail. When did this vow begin? What piety does it grant? How is it performed?”

Lord Shri Krishna....
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Celestine.Chua| My Life| Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:52:27 -0500

7 Habits of Highly Excellent People

Are you driven in life? Do you love to excel? I believe all of us do. We are born to be the best we can be and to make the best out of our lives.

When I was in high school, I wasn't exactly the kind of student teachers wou....
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Celestine.Chua| My Life| Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:38:04 -0500

What’s On Your Bucket List? Things To Do Before You Die !

A few days ago, I was surfing online when I came across someone’s bucket list. It quickly inspired me to create my own bucket list as well and write an article at the same time.

What’s a Bucket List?

If you haven’t heard about the bucket li....
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