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At times love is arranged: A Short Story

by admin | Dec 11, 2012 | Book Reviews by Ilika Ranjan

Sometimes when cupid doesn’t strike, you have to find the bow and the arrow, stand behind cupid, aim from above his shoulder and hit!!

At times love is arranged.

Destiny got Monica, koyal and Pikoo together to share the same hostel room while pursuing their studies at Pune. Monica is in the third year of law course while Koyal and Pikoo are in the second year of management. The three shared the hostel room last year and despite the glaring difference in personalities, became a family, each rendering endless support to the new fangled camaraderie.

Monica is a Punjabi damsel (more…)

As Gender bias grew, Economics gave God the solution!

by admin | Jan 14, 2012 | Book Reviews by Ilika Ranjan

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Economics gave God the solution!

This little short story dawned in my mind when I was reading one of the travel books on ancient India. The exact lines stated were ‘cattle and women were the movable properties that men could carry as they moved from one land to the other.’ I felt a surge of temper and my head could sense the tightening of veins. We women feel so deprived and disrespected even now, then what would these cattle equivalent women must have felt? Unfortunately even education fails to change many mindsets for women. Then what is the solution……………Economics and believe me God has discovered the solution!

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Times of India :14th Nov..Indian kids EQ declining

by admin | Nov 14, 2011 | Book Reviews by Ilika Ranjan

Today’s TOI front page news stated Indian Kids EQ declining fast.

Are we surprised? When the adults of today are engulfed in the stressful challenges of life and spare hardly anytime to pass the values and share the warmth with their children, is this a shocking fact?

A more relevant question is ……Do Indian Adults of today value EQ( Emotional Quotient) at all?

Infact being emotional is taken to be a negative trait at workplace, where one spends 3/4 of the day. Then how is one to realize emotions are important.

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