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Featured People Society
The dictionary defines creativity as the ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, relationships, or the like and to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods, interpretations, etc.; The word creativity though is a highly used and highly misunderstood concept, as it is normally only associated with arts, films, music and other crafts that appeal to our five senses. So while the need to be highly creative and unique is extremely essential [...]
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Facts Featured People Society
The 2011 American film, The Adjustment Bureau, which grossed over $65 million in box office collections was based around a concept where the central plot of the story-line revolved around the question: Do we control our destiny, or do unseen forces manipulate us? A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him and realizes he wants something else. To get it, he must face overwhelming odds, and decide whether he wishes to accept [...]
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Featured People Society
It is a fact that beauty has no single definition, a truth that is echoed by the famous phrase Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder meaning that different individuals have different inclinations on what is beautiful. These differences in perception however are a result of personal experiences, education and perhaps more importantly today than ever before exposure to media. As the responses in the beginning indicate, our understanding of “real beauty” begins to blur as we grow older and then becomes clearer [...]
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Analysis Featured News
29 April, 2011 was truly a very special day in the history of the world. Not only because it was the first Royal Wedding in 30 years but also because it well and truly established that we are living in the digital age. More than the wedding itself which was a magnificent spectacle, it was the sheer scale of its viewership that was mind-boggling. An estimated three billion people or close to half of the world’s population saw the Live Broadcast of the wedding
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Featured Tips and Guides Travel
Located in the north of India (or as some might say the heart of India), New Delhi is the capital of the largest democracy in the world. Serving as the center of the Government of India, the city is home to a number of historic landmarks such as India Gate, Rashtrapati Bhavan, Red Fort and Qutab Minar. Delhi, along with the suburban areas, Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurgaon, is referred to as the National Capital Region or NCR. With a population [...]
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Featured Health And Wellness
Meditation is quite an enigma amongst those who are contemplating dabbling in the practice, and as such, there seem to be quite a few myths around its existence. In addition, people have huge expectations of meditation. I hope to gently break down some of those myths and reveal some of the truths I have discovered about meditation. ‘Yogash citta-vritti-nirodhaha’ = ‘Yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind’ (Yoga Sutras 1.1 – 1.4) [...]
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B-School Experiences Business Featured
Live in the present with an eye on the Future A practice that is applicable to every sphere of life whether it be personal or professional. This spiritual philosophy also holds true for businesses and you can see glimpses of this in the success of Apple today. As the world gradually moves into the digital age, businesses around the world are making sure they stay current so as to not lose out on present [...]
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Cricket Exclusive Events Featured News
Imagine a country with a population in excess of 1.2 billion, divided into 28 states with 22 official languages and close to a dozen different religions. An individual from the south of this country looks, speaks and behaves in a completely different way than someone from the northern part of the country. Despite its numerous external and internal wars, scandals, poverty and illiteracy, people in the country, from the rich to poor [...]
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Analysis Featured News Society Technology Trends
As Google & Co, BlackBerry and HP attempt to offset Apple’s first mover advantage with their own tablet devices, it’ll be heartening to see if anyone of them can manage to create a product that does something more than create a Feature Checklist Dysfunction or sort of iPad. The sight of young kids using the iPad with amazing ease and intuition makes you think for a moment that if Apple can sustain its vision, DNA and brilliant streak of innovation the future will belong to Apple.
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Analysis Featured News Society Trends
What drives Indians? How would you describe Indianness to an alien in four characters? A question doing the rounds these days for the simple reason that the answer is ABCD (A-Astrology, B-Bollywood, C-Cricket, D-Deals). While ABC are highly characteristic to Indian audiences, deals are loved by people around the world, a fact proved by the tremendous success of GroupOn in the US and its clones around the world. However the concept of deals and getting the lowest price possible for your purchases makes natural [...]
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B-School Experiences Business Entrepreneurship Featured
MBA programmes need to help entrepreneurs access talented students across programs.
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Featured Health And Wellness Lifestyle People Society Specials
Welcome to Part 2 of this feature. Checkout Part 1 here What does it take for a 40 year old mother to complete a marathon? If you said craziness, then you’re not entirely wrong. However it takes a lot of other special qualities to achieve such a feat. We continue our conversation with Suellen Hughes, founder and Chief Kick Starter at Transforme Australia as we try and live through the last few weeks of her preparation culminating with her crossing [...]
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Business Entrepreneurship Featured
In the month of October, 2010 after a notification regarding the GMAC MET Fund Ideas to innovation challenge on BusinessBecause caught my attention, I started think about whether it would be a good idea to participate. Despite the difficult odds of winning the competition I decided to give it a go since I had only recently completed my MBA and felt that I would be able to come up with some good ideas. The final idea that I narrowed down [...]
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Featured Health And Wellness People Society
A DelhiPlanet Exclusive – Checkout the introduction to the Inside Life Series here Life is a Race, if you don’t run fast you’ll be left behind So goes a line in the hugely successful bollywood movie 3 Idiots. That was however in a philosophical sense and was aimed at the highly competitive education system prevalent in India. Some people however take it literally, how else would you explain the concept of a Marathon as a competitive sport. Its amazing to [...]
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Analysis Facts Featured News Society
Very often thinking from a psychological point of view leads to a very clear and crisp understanding of things. Looking at society from a third party perspective makes one see and realize facts that one would not be able to appreciate normally as the focus is always on
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B-School Experiences Business Featured
Most MBA students around the world today belong to Generation Y and in some instances Generation X. The former were born into a world where consumer technology witnessed explosive growth. Starting from the late 1980′s personal computers had started to become common place. Today as we well and truly step into the second decade of the 21st century, iPhones and iPads are changing the way people spend their time on a daily basis. The free flow of information and the [...]
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Analysis Featured News
It kinda sounds pretty logical and is something that most of us have experienced at many points in time. A simple shut-eye for 10-15 minutes when you need it the most goes a long way in revitalizing you for a couple of hours and is much more productive than a coffee break. Therefore given these facts it should be pretty normal to have a power-nap when you feel like one, isn’t it. Not really, turns out that a power-nap or any kind of nap is viewed in a negative way by most people, specially those who hold good full-time jobs.
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B-School Experiences Business Featured
I am pleased to advise that your application for a place in our MBA Program has been successful. Congratulations on this fine achievement ” I still remember the night, more than two years ago when I received an e-mail with this message, it was like a dream come true. As you may expect, I spent the next hour singing, dancing, e-mailing and calling friends who were still awake at that late hour. As with most people, even today, my [...]
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Featured Random Events Society
Sept 21, 2010: It’s 7 am on a cool and cloudy Tuesday morning in the city of Gurgaon, Haryana. I wakeup to the sound of slight rain and a couple of blaring horns (my room overlooks the main road). I decide to fetch the newspaper and have a look at the latest developments in the past few days. While I’m a keen technologist and consume a lot of media online, there’s still no replacement to the ritual of reading the [...]
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Featured News Society Technology Trends
Take a close look at the picture above and what do you see ? At the outer fringes you will find brands that are now so widely known that they are an intrinsic part of your lives (so I would assume if you are reading this post). Studies indicate that the first thing young women do in the morning is to check their Facebook accounts for updates (as reported by Mashable here). Not till long ago, taking a break from [...]
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Featured Health And Wellness Lifestyle People Society Specials
A DelhiPlanet Exclusive – Checkout the introduction to the Inside Life Series here We’re back with the last and final part of our series on the Inside life of a Fitness Instructor. Checkout the first part of this series here. We continue our conversation with former gymnast and fitness expert Lia McInnis and delve in deeper into what her daily life is like: DelhiPlanet (DP) : What kind of challenges would you say are involved in this profession. Do you [...]
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Analysis Facts Featured News Society
10 years, 100 million blogs and a new blog every second , yet, we still don’t know the founder of the blog. While Tim Berner’s Lee is credited as the founder of the world wide web and Vint Cerf as one of the founding fathers of the Internet. There is still no consensus on who started the first blog. But there are a few contenders for the title of “First Blogger”. Dave Winer is one of the contenders, his website Scripting News is believed to be one of the first blogs and has been running since 1997.
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Analysis Featured News
Despite all it’s problems and troubles Venezuela has made it’s mark in the world and is known as the land having the most beautiful women in the world. It has the distinction of winning five Miss World pageant titles (the most by any country and tied with India which also has five) as well as five Miss Universe pageant titles. It is one of the few countries of the world which has a thriving beauty economy which has now become Venezuela’s second biggest industry after oil. So how do the beauty queens from Venezuela manage to shine on the world stage [...]
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Featured Lifestyle People Society Specials
We’re back with the last and final part of our exclusive interview with the amazing Kristin Mcgee. If you’re new to yoga and are looking for a place to start then look no further cause with Kristin McGee’s invigorating yoga techniques you’ll find yourself on the road to fitness much earlier than you imagined. You can catch our previous coverage on Kristin and her yoga programs at the following links: Uniting The World With Yoga : An Interview With Kristin [...]
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Dp Featured Festivals Lifestyle Society Specials
Its Diwali, the “Indian Festival Of Lights“. A time when people all across the country and Indians all across the globe adorn their houses with lights and lamps. It’s a day which people celebrate with great fervour and enthusiasm and is one of the biggest festivals in the country. In the 21st century this festival continues to carry forward its religious and cultural significance. While the festival is supposed to have originated to commemorate the homecoming of King Rama of [...]
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Facts Featured Lifestyle Society Specials
Can you believe that someone in Tamil Nadu at Vaithiswarankoil (290 kms from Chennai) keeps the records of your past, present and future. No way, is what you might think but the truth is quite different and very shocking. In reality everything about you has been written and recorded centuries ago by great sages on palm leaves. By just using your thumb impression it is possible to tell everything about you, your parents, your siblings and your future. Welcome to
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Featured Lifestyle Places of Interest Specials Travel
“A carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken, bat or snake”. Yuck, is probably the first word that comes to your mind after you’ve read the definition above. Well, as disgusting as the description seems, it just happens to be one of the explanations for the word geek. In daily life however the word geek refers to a highly intelligent and capable person who lacks social skills.
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Featured Lifestyle Specials
What one event happens when any of these events take place? A Birthday, entering a new house, passing an examination, getting a better job, getting a promotion, getting married, new year’s eve. The answer is PARTY, and just like any other human activity, a party too needs to be held at the right place and should have
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Ashok is an Equity Research Analyst and writes for the Financial Advice section at DelhiPlanet. 
Elad is a lawyer, MBA and soon to be a PhD Student. He specializes in Management and Organizations and writes opinions related to the Business World. He has his blog at http://comparativeadvantage.wordpress.com/ 
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