The decline in the number of CAT-takers continued as this year saw around 1.85L students appearing for CAT 2011, a significant drop (Ref. graph) from CAT 2010. Put this in perspective, this number also includes the JMET applicants who would have applied for the IIT-SOMs. Looking at this trend I can’t help but think about the future of CAT and consequently about the applicants for IIMs. CAT has lost its claws – Like it or not! With the new format and the blunders of CAT 2009, all has been ensured
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Kanti Prasad Bajpai comes from an eminent family of Indian diplomats: his father, Uma Shankar Bajpai was a former Indian High Commissioner to Canada;[5] an uncle, K.S. Bajpai was a former Ambassador to United States; and his grandfather, Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai, was Agent-General for India in the United States prior to India gaining independence.His all family enrolled to study at The Doon School. After leaving Doon in 1972, Bajpai obtained Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Master of Arts in Political
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A Precarious Experiment and Vision for a Nation These two programs cover the period immediately following the American Revolution. It starts with the Resignation of prime minister and ends with the resignation of American’s first president George Washington. After the previously mentioned prime minister resigns, Richard Oswald is sent to Paris to negotiate with Benjamin Franklin and John Jay. Franklin and Jay had been told by congress to consult with the French government but instead ignored this
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about race and the difficulty of overcoming racial divides. Cooper suggests that interracial mixing is both a good thing and a bad thing. The Autor praises the strong longtime friendship between Hawkeye, who is white and Chingachgook, who is a Mohican Indian. Hawkeye and Chingachgook’s shared communion with nature that sees through race, enabling them to team up against their Huron enemies and to save white military leaders like Heyward. On the other hand, though, The Author shows that he feels interracial
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Politics from the past The great philosopher Aristotle stated the bare truth when he said centuries ago that man is "a political animal". He and his equally famous disciple Plato strongly denounced politics. Plato went so far as to say: "O, men of Athens, if I was engaged in politics, I would have perished long ago and done no good either to you or to myself." Since then, however, politics has pervaded every sphere of life, and the number of politicians has grown beyond measure. There is
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delivering a premium experience. - Vijay Mallya Brand Kingfisher I am the brand ambassador; I am the `King of Good Times',said Mallya, the brainchild of Kingfisher brand launched in the year 1980. Reports say that Mallya, while working in Kolkata (Indian city in the eastern state of West Bengal), felt that none of the existing beer brands Black Label, Kalyani, etc., were stimulating. Mallya, wanting to create a vibrant brand, went back to Bangalore (Mallya's hometown), rummaged through archives and
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Gandhi was a non-violent leader of Indian independence. He worked tirelessly to improve the rights for Indiana immigrants in South Africa. In South Africa is where he learned his passive resistance against injustice. When he returned to India, after being in South Africa, it was not long before he was in the forefront of the struggle for independence from Britain. He protested many of the injustices in British ruled India. His protest of the tax on salt landed him in jail, in 1930. Gandhi
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SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE INTRODUTION Subhash Chandra Bose is one of the most dynamic leaders of India's struggle of independence, He is popularly known as Netaji. Bose is a legendary figure in Indian history. His contribution to the freedom struggle made him a brave hero of India. He left his home and comfort with the determination to liberate his motherland. Subhash Chandra Bose believed that an armed rebellion was necessary to get independence from the British rule. He was born in Cuttack, in
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GEORGE WASHINGTON “THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY” BORN: February 22, 1732 in Westmorland, Virginia, British America DIED: December 17, 1799 in Mount Vernon, Virginia, United States SPOUSE: Martha Dandridge Custis Washington RELIGION: Anglican/Episcopal GEOGRE WASHINGTON “THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY” Introduction: George Washington was born on February 22 “February 11, Old Style,” 1732 in Westmoreland county, Virginia and died on December 14, 1799, in Mount Vernon, Virginia. Washington was
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minutes | Country | United States | Language | English French Mohawk Huron | Budget | $40 million | Box office | $75,505,856 (United States)[1] | The Last of the Mohicans is a 1992 historical epic film set in 1757 during the French and Indian War and produced by Morgan Creek Pictures. It was directed by Michael Mann and based on James Fenimore Cooper's novel of the same name and George B. Seitz's 1936 film adaptation, owing more to the latter than the novel. The film stars Daniel Day-Lewis
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