Monthly Archives: July 2009

My stint with reading started after I came to Delhi in 2002.  I was doing BBA from an International University but we were asked that it would be best that we also have an Indian graduation degree. I came from PCM background but hated science. So going for B Sc. was out of question and since I had no background in commerce so B Com also took a backseat. I had three options, either I do simple BA, BA in English Hons. and BA in Political Science. BA Political Science didn’t interest me much, BA pass had Hindi as a compulsory subject and English Hons. was tough nut to crack for someone who didn’t know how to write and had never read a single novel in her life. Ooops!  I eliminated political Science on the first thought and eliminated BA Paas because I could study any subject but Hindi. Even if I would have been  given 6 years to complete the degree I would have flunked in all the 6 years in Hindi. The only option left was that I do English Hons. All my friends except one chose BA Paas because it required less studies to clear the examination. By the way, English Hons required both reading and writing skills, we had to complete around 40 books -poems/ literature in three years. My friends warned me against taking the huge burden but I had only one reason that I could not study Hindi.  The other girl who took English Hons was a writer and had been reading novels since her childhood. Anyways, I took the challenge.

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i am feeling very demanding today and insisit that things be done my way.

“i don’t want to start my senetnces with a Capital letter.”
“i want to write wrong splellings today.”
“it is a no-grammar-rules day for me today.”
“i want to eat maggi for lunch today-only if somone would cook for me.”
Yawwwwwwnnnnnn!!
pass me my phone, plesse. .

LOLLLLL!! I was flipping through the channels. And guess what? I stopped at a programme called “Rakhi ka Swayamwar” .” Dammit! I dug my face in pillow and kept laughing all alone for 15 minutes. Through this show our very own “Rakhi Sawant” is off to choose her life partner. And prospective candidates came from wide range of professions starting from Marriage consultants, police officers, choreographers, stunt men, interior designers and even a 22 year old college student.  The 21 year old chap talks about becoming an “aadarsh pati“. One of them is already married with three kids.

So these chaps are trying to impress Miss Sawant. They are are looking for true love and each one is willing to settle in Mumbai.

Anyways, after Miss Sawant is done with interactions with boys. Mr Ravi Shankar (the supposed brother) comes into picture. So he pops up  the question to boys:

Tum log khoobsurat ladke ho. (men….khoobsurat? huh? )

Jawaani pooori ubaan par hai tum logon ki (no clue what ubaan is. :P)

Ek ladki kya dekhti hai shaadi mein.

Darn! This can’t get cheesier than this. Men come up with answers such as  “pati sukh” , “bachhe sukh”, ” sachhi moahbbat, “suyogya var”.” Freaks! And men said they are not attracted to Rakhi Sawant physically. Like yeah! we are going to buy it. And all of them are truly in love with her.

I felt like a loser. I took 4 years to decide that TG was the one whom I wanted to get married to.

Boy! Boy! I will pass now.

Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.  ~P.J. O’Rourke

One simple way to crack the Verbal section in CAT or GMAT is to read. There is no other mantra. We might teach you the techniques to tackle different types of questions but we have no control over how you comprehend the written words. The rule is simple. If you read more, you will comprehend better; the better your comprehension is, the better are your chances of getting the questions right. We believe in the rule so, we suggest the same. There are two kind of reactions that we get when we ask students to read at least two novels a week.

Category 1. Reading is not for me or I don’t think I have enough time or You must be kidding me.

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