I was going thru a frnd's Yahoo 360º webspace and I came across this article - Indian Blogger quits IBM because of campus fracas. What I read over the next 1 hr in blogs after blogs and other online news portals had me stunned! An educationist stooping to such deplorable levels and exercising his cash muscle to quash the truth...nothing can be more tragic for the Indian academic system than this. But ofcourse the educational backgrounds of the founder of the institute in question - IIPM - has itself been questioned! It was rather sad that Gaurav had to resign his job over all this, but after reading comments of Amod Paranjpe, a lawyer by profession in his frnd's blog (here and here), things become much clearer. Infact Amod goes on to say so much so that "...Gaurav and Varna have enough grounds to proceed against IIPM for infringing on their fundamental right to practice any trade, profession of their choice." There is a saying in hindi that goes "...apne pare pur khud kulhadi marna..." (axe ones' own leg) and I think it best applies to IIPM right now! :D
With postings on Wikipedia (here) and other regularly read blogs and online news coverage at NDTV (here), DNAIndia (here), its been made sure that prospective students/parents who are well informed and connected to the world wide web have been forewarned, but what about the ones who aren't...? Wouldn't they rather believe what they say in national newspapers (full page ads!) and hear on TV! Ofcourse Rashmi has done a wonderful job with Jammag, but if bloggers who have frnds in print media could come forward with help like Mandar Talvekar , (who brought this issue to Amod's notice), it would be a shot in the arm for this campaign!
Hats off to Gaurav for the way he handled this situation...Its one thing to say that they have principles, but to actually be able to walk that path is what distinguishes the brave from the rest!
Anyone intersted in reading more on this, this issue is being very well pursued and documented at Desipundit
Vineet.
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saw ur comment at Sid's blog. seeing ur name after ages. how r u dude?
BTW this is narayanan from 97psbb. cudnt find ur contact on ur profile so leaving a comment here.
Hey Narayanan nice to hear from you! I suppose you are the one who was in my class 12B and used to hang out mostly with Lachu rite...but if you are the one in the foto...then I am not sure if I remember u...!
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