Model United Nations (also Model UN or MUN) is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about current events, topics in international relations, diplomacy and the United Nations agenda. The participants role-play as diplomats representing a country or NGO in a simulated session of a committee of the United Nations, such as the Security Council or the General Assembly. Participants research a country, take on roles as diplomats, investigate international issues, debate, deliberate, consult, and...
The Wall Street Journal calls Ravi Subramanian, the award winning author of four bestselling books, as ‘The John Grisham of banking’. This may sound a bit exaggerated but Subramanian deserves this kind of praise. ‘The Bankster’, his latest fiction novel, proves it rightly so. The multi – layered thriller novel keeps the audience gripped from cover to cover, an effect usually created by John Grisham books. The prologue provides a good start to the story and explains to us the structure of the novel. The novel has three...
Rating: 3.8/5 History, as we are well aware, has always been narrated through the victor’s perspective. It is proof of how the hero chooses to portray the villain. Never have we doubted the mythological stories. Asura is one such narration that actually makes you think why the hero gets to be the hero and the villain, to be the villain. It is a tale of the loser, a story of the vanquished and this...
Life hasn’t been too kind lately for Pat Solitano. He’s just been released from a court ordered stint in a mental hospital after severely beating the man he caught cheating with his wife. Diagnosed as bipolar with mood swings, Pat has a difficult journey ahead of him but he’s optimistic. With a rallying cry of “Excelsior,” he believes...
‘Jugaad’ is something that we’ve learned from our school days. Remember those ‘waste makes best’ slogans we shouted out as we made those pen holders from empty cola cans? Well seems like the future holds Jugaad innovations to high esteem. They should in fact, considering the all round benefits they offer. Also corporate are increasingly reserving funds for frugal innovations. Intense...
When he achieves a paltry 55 marks in his English boards, Arjun’s plans of going to his dream college for further education are severely thwarted. The wounds deepen when he has to settle for a second hand college. A lot of us (even yours truly personally) will relate to this part of the story quite well. One fortunate thing being Arjun’s friends-Pandit, Rish...