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About to take new GRE?? And did not undergo any coaching? Do you need to bother? NO.YOU.DON'T.NEED.TO. Unless and until you know certain things!   New GRE is more like GMAT. Meaning, more than your vocab skills, your analytic and critical thinking skills     are exploited. It is highly likely that all the words they use are the ones you are already familiar with. So, what should you worry about? The trap lies in the fact that, many of a times, all the options given seem to be so good to fit the blanks provided. So, to get these questions right, start reading newspapers, magazines apart from practicing ETS questions regularly. Remember that, more than reading Kaplan, Manhattan, Princeton, Barrons, or whatever solving questions framed by ETS is very important. That is to get familiarized with the way ETS frames questions.  And regarding math, it is very very easy to crack the section and bag a score of 750-800. And getting a score of 500+ in verba...

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Recently, this discussion was sprouted as a result of another discussion we (Me and Raju Sir) were holding. The discussion was pivoted on 'How far it is necessary to award a death sentence-however serious the crime may be' and he (Raju Sir) seems to have good ideas and opinions which actually make sense, not only in a humanitarian way, but also in an economic and social ways. Is it necessary for a person to be killed as a punishment to his crimes ? Not exactly. The intent of a punishment is to make people know that they have done a crime and they are not supposed to repeat these acts, and also serves as a precedent to others who even think of committing a crime. Killing a person does nothing to him, although it triggers fear in certain people who think of committing the same offense. But, that alone is not enough, especially if you can do a lot more in addition. As the number of crimes being committed are increasing these days, fear of law is clearly declining which challeng...

The following content is originally a mail I have written to panelonsexworkers@gmail.com in order to give my views and ideas to curb prostitution and providing remedial solutions for those who are involved. The 'Article' that is referred here is as appeared in Hindu dated 25the August, 2011 by the name 'Court:Impart technical skills to sex workers' While the court's decision to impart technical skills to the sex workers is laudable, it is limited in terms of acceptance of their services from the major section of public. So, apparently, this decision of court is not seemed as a remedy for those who are in the sex-working domain, instead, simply as a loss of existing livelihood, as correctly put forth in the article. I suggest a few solutions to solve this problem : A possible solution for this could be their relocation and complete wipe-off of their previous identity, which helps them to face the public confidently and lead a normal life. This means, there should ...

Anna Hazare fast against corruption claiming to be following Gandhiji who never supported satyagraha in a republic INDIA               The fierce battle between Government (UPA) and the Anna Hazare's team over whose version is more acceptable has been the hot topic of discussion among media, different NGO's, opposition parties, different sections of people these days. Everyone discussing the issue in what areas it helps or affects them, their sphere of social, economic and political life, if applicable.                While the agitation over passing civil society's Lokpal bill is gaining support among people, certain sections have difference of opinions in the way he chose to stage his protests. First of all, a person claiming himself to be Gandhian should understand that, Satyagraha, Civil disobedience and other tactics that hinder normal life o...

Perceptions: Good and bad, useful and useless, interesting and boring, vivid and dull has nothing to do with the subject or the situation you are in. All that we feel is the play of perceptions. What we perceive good may be perceived as bad for someone else. And these perceptions, as many may feel, are not hardwired and can, instead be changed, in a way that is productive to use. Problem with the wrong or unfruitful perceptions: When you have been asked to do a job, say, to prepare a document that has nothing to do with you, and of course not a regular job for you, you feel disgruntled. Instead, think of it this way, ‘hey, I got an opportunity to learn something new, which I do not do often, so, let us give it a try, being poised.’ That is how you have to think. After all, if not to learn about things, what else is the life for?’ And once you feel a positive urge, you will see things dramatically changed, for good, and outcome, grand. What as a st...

I see many people disinclined to acquiesce that movies do good to oneself. It is difficult to grab the intent at first mention. Before getting to the point, I would like to share with you a quote I stumbled upon in Forbes India magazine, this month.. It goes "By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; third, by experience, which is the bitterest." - confucius  You might have got an idea by now. Exactly!! that is what I am talking about. If you want to know about yourself and in turn about the society at large, you need to follow what confucius said, knowingly or unknowingly. The first method is what people advise you to follow and the last method is what most of the people end up, following. But recently, the second method is gaining pace and popularity for you have a good option of watching so many movies( not the morally bad ones and the emotionally damaging ones) gives you a bird's eye view of ...

This always happens in college!! If you buy some laptop, as a student, especially a college going one, you expect others to feel envy about the laptop you use. And that is not wrong. Naturally what happens is, friends easily kill your argument about the best things in your laptop, by quoting that they have seen all those in the past. So, its really important for a student to select a laptop which would host technologies that are not so common.  As an Acer user, I am not so proud of my laptop as it has nothing special. Although it has a brilliant 1360X780 HD display with a stunning 732 MB video graphics memory, that would only help enhancing your movie experience. It does not appeal much for a geek as it has less appreciable computing power and storage capabilities.  Acer has released recently, ICONIA series which features 15.4" HD touch screens. I said 'screens' because there are 2 such touch screens and they name it as manipulation area and display area. Hosting ...

Anna Hazare Firstly, I would like to express my full support to the formulation of Jan Lokpal bill, with norms as suggested by Mr.Anna hazare, a former army man. While it is becoming increasingly popular to threaten or black mail the government by non-violence and violence methods, we cannot quote this sort of action badly!! He grabbed the attention of public and media so quickly because he is in no way connected to any political party or any organization that involves in political activities. This sort of protests have been made before on the issue of corruption and none of them were taken so seriously as this. This might be because, all those protests are concentrated on a single segment of corruption and seeks to get justice in that issue. A single issue that's brought into front light is always vulnerable to criticism as a lot of loop holes can be found to get out of it. But, Hazare's protest is very different. He is not asking for justice in a segment, he is asking to a...

Honestly, no one in their teens can experience true love. At least, that's what I believe. And to believe in something, you have to have a strong point with you. I got mine, after watching a few movies about love in two ways, teen and adult. When we are in our teens, we tend to attract towards girls ( assuming you are a boy!!) or boys (assuming you are a girl) and it is also very natural to get these sexual feelings at times. Suppose, you met someone special in the first day of your college, without a second thought you want to walk all the steps for a relationship that you don't even know you wanted. Its all about getting noticed and being popular among friends or peers. Once you stepped in a relation, now see, that will be a roller coaster ride for you as you don't have serious views on the relation to stand up. It starts with SMS and a few calls a day. Goes up to like a few less in the coming days, and you suddenly start thinking that you were wrong about the other per...

SAGA OF COLORS             Speaking of colors is not as simple as it seems! It intertwines physics of light , the physiology of vision and our psychological perceptions . Colors have been used in psychology for mental and physical healing. They have been used across almost all cultures and countries to represent certain beliefs and ideas. For example: Indians consider white as the color representing peace, saffron for sacrifice, green for happiness and likewise red has been considered as the color for danger all over the world and hence it is used in painting danger boards, important instructions that are not supposed to be missed etc., Although many such things are formulated based on aesthetic appeal made by the color, some have scientific explanations too, which I will be covering in this article. Similarly, we will also discuss the role of colors in science, entertainment, psychology, pho...

Study of STARS             How do you measure the size of a star? How do you estimate it’s mass? How do you know hoe distant it is? When you are asked how distant is place-A from place-B (assuming these two places are on Earth), you same some x km. When you are asked, how do you know that, you try to say that I measured it when I traveled by bike or you can say any measuring technique including Geo-mapping. But, you have never been to a star, nor did any machine, nor anything that we know. Still, how are we so certain about the parameters of a star? Read on to find out... DISTANCE AND LUMINOSITY:             When you look at a star, what you see is the apparent brightness of a star rather than its absolute brightness. This apparent brightness is measured in terms of magnitude. The scale is same as that of old catalogs which assigned 1 st...