Date archive for: July 2014

New Beginning (BLOG #141)

Published by prateekkhamesra on July 31, 2014

Airport is a perfect place to experience your feeling. The feelings of going far away from your loved ones make you realize their true importance in your life. Before boarding my flight, my heart was skipping faster than the top speed of Ferrari. Suddenly, I knew in next few hours my life would change. I would find myself in a completely new world with a completely new different experience. There were millions of thought running in my mind, below are the few ones that I noted down. Focus on learning not scoring – Since childhood, I have been told the…

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Advice to Younger Me (Blog #140)

Published by prateekkhamesra on July 15, 2014

Few months back, I was travelling to Bangalore when I met a student who was going for engineering counselling (admission) to Bangalore. During our conversation, he asked me never ending series of question about college life such as which stream to choose? Which field has the widest scope? Which field has greater number of jobs and higher packages? Does raging still take place? After exhausting round of questionnaire was getting over, he asked me a final question that completely took me by surprise. He asked me ‘what is the one advice you would give to younger Prateek?’ I pondered for…

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Synopsis of BreakOut Nations (Blog #139)

Published by prateekkhamesra on July 11, 2014

“I’m so stunned by my prosperity that my happiness has begun to make me anxious” – Urdu Quote Below is the synopsis of ‘Breakout Nation’ by Ruchir Sharma. This book is a reflection of emerging markets such as Russia, Brazil, Turkey, China, India, South Korea and Mexico. The central theme of the book has been one single question -“Where else will the money go?” To trace money, he talks about the hot investment trend such as 1970’s spike in US company’s stock, 1980’s volatile market due to oil crisis, 1990’s Japan progression market growth and 2000’s market growth due to…

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Teach For INDIA (Blog #138)

Published by prateekkhamesra on July 8, 2014

I was standing in front of the Delhi Metro Station and asking myself – Why I agreed to visit a school in Delhi’s scorching heat instead of enjoying the cool gentle air of an AC? The story doesn’t begin with this question, but it starts at yesterday’s night when one of my friend, Amit Gupta asked me to visit his school. Why school? Because he is a fellow for Teach For India initiative, a project of Teach To Lead, is a nationwide movement of outstanding college graduates and young professionals who will commit two-years to teach full-time in under resourced…

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