

CREATION OF AN INSTITUTION
(The ‘behind-the-scene’ story of D A V Model School, Durgapur) The D A V Model School as it exists today The year was 1975 and all the...
Jan 309 min read
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Operating Without Standard Operating Procedures
When I started working in 1981, Indian organisations were evolving. The evolution was largely by trial and error though companies had...
Apr 14, 20245 min read
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Reflections from XLRI: A Journey of Learning
In 1979, I secured admission to XLRI, Jamshedpur, a prestigious management institute founded in 1949 by the Jesuits. Father Enright was...
Mar 10, 20242 min read
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Navigating Adulthood Musketeer-Style
So, there we were, living together in the A. N. Jha Hostel in Allahabad (now known as Prayagraj), navigating the labyrinth of adulthood...
Feb 26, 20243 min read
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An era bygone...
Durgapur had some very good schools but unlike a city, did not have any college for undergraduate studies except for one Government...
Jan 22, 20245 min read
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Two Schools of Thought
My childhood was spent in the industrial town of Durgapur in West Bengal. My primary education was in a government run school, i.e. from...
Jan 7, 20244 min read
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Just Say Sorry
Life would be a lot simpler if we admit our mistakes. I learnt this lesson very early in my life – at the age of about 5 years. My father...
Jan 5, 20244 min read
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