Nathuram Godse

Nathuram Godse's personality has always intrigued me. I have never been an ardent follower of Gandhi's principles;but am not a Gandhi hater. either. My feelings towards Gandhi have been quite ambivalent.I have been reading about Godse for quite some time now. Got to know certain trivia (I can't help it ;it runs in my blood;the tendency to remember such useless information!!) about him which adds a new dimension to his personality.
Not many people know that he was brought up in a devout god fearing Maharashtrian family; and was a follower of Gandhism since his childhood. He is said to have saved the life of a Harijan boy by diving into a well when everyone else stood around without offering help as they feared geting ostracized from their community.He was a school dropout but still a very well read man who is said to have had deep knowledge about Indian scriptures. He worked tirelessly to abolish untouchability; freely mingling with people of the lower castes much to the chagrin of his brethren. He had his own local vernacular newspaper called "Hindu Rashtra" the front page of which was left blank as a mark of protest against partition on 15th August 1947. what made such a person take the extreme step of assasinating the "Father of the nation"?I guess this link will provide us useful insights towards answering that question. It makes interesting reading . And sharpens the debate between the right wing "fanatics" and the pacifists even further.

http://ngodse.tripod.com/defense.htm.

CAT-An afterthought

Phew!!Its finally over.......I am not going to comment on how I fared in CAT and blah blah......I am going to write about my experience while preparing for the exam........To start - as one of my close friends recently put it-CAT is the MOAE...(Mother of all exams)....Now this is something I can't completely agree with.But yes there is no doubting the fact that CAT is a fundoo exam nonetheless. But I somehow feel that it is slightly skewed towards a certain section of population. After all CAT is an exam for entry to the IIM's.....and as is widely believed IIM's are but the best refuge for people from the middle and upper middle class background; those who have had privileged education especially in good English schools ....It does not test your raw intelligence in any way.....IIT-JEE does that......I know comparing two exams of completely different " genres" might be termed a crime still I just can't hold myself back...I have had this bad habit of comparing things and thereby evaluating their worth and it somehow shows here...:-)....Anyways I still feel that the exam is a fundoo one...why?? Well for that section of the society which belongs to the class I have just mentioned above CAT holds promise. Its their ticket to a better life at least am sure lakhs of students who appear for the exam every year feel so. The exam is always well devised...though its never free from errors!!....The questions asked are generally not the typical "run of the mill" kind questions....though this year I was disappointed with the questions...but for the last 2 years the questions that appeared in the Quant and DI sections were novel and required just about adequate amount of thinking discretion and prudence to crack within the stipulated period of time...This time the questions were pretty straight forward, questions which you could easily find in any preparatory material provided you have practiced extensively....only reason why I feel I did decently well in Maths this time was because of this...(not that it helped greatly...am not getting calls this time anyways!!!)......To be contd...back to work now!!!!

Tensed!!!

I am in a state of tension sinxce morning. A feeling which has gripped me aftera real long time. Why??
Many reasons. To put it in a short and precise way...lots of milestones to achieve and have to put in my best effort for each... Time Management is the mantra...need to hone that skill for success