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A dreamer by birth. Engineer through graduation. Manager by compulsion. Professor by choice. Writer by passion. These days almost a full-time doting father. In the free time, I teach Technology to MBA students, travel, do photography, write blogs, play with electronics and grow orchids.

Literature

I wait to Tie My Lace: A Poem for Everyone

Prof. Ashutosh Kar Jul 22, 2021 1

The endless wait out of the pandemic I wait to tie my laceShare breaths with someoneDrive to a mart, fill a real cartLoaded with eggsAnd my girl’s laughing legsI wait to breach the front doorAnd get on the bloody roadShow my face…

Education

Internet is not Knowledge. Exploration is.

Prof. Ashutosh Kar May 16, 2021 0

A lot of people think that knowledge these days is just a click away. All you have to do is search. Several years back, I had read a student of some b-school naively say in the Times of India, 'The world has two kinds of people. Those who…

Culture

A House for Mr. Kar

Prof. Ashutosh Kar May 26, 2020 0

On the first floor of my parent’s house is a locked room, beige on the outside and yellow-ochre inside. It’s unlocked only when we visit — ma says she never lets anyone use the room, or its attached bath, even when the house is…

Society and Life

A Colourful Crime

Prof. Ashutosh Kar May 22, 2020 8

I remember my two plants in Pune which never came out of their owner-induced coma. The Gerbera only opened up its nursery-gifted buds and died right after I managed to sprinkle some water on its pink flowers and relished the clichéd shot…

Book Review

The Seasons of Trouble: A Touching Tale of Lives Ripped Apart

Prof. Ashutosh Kar Mar 27, 2019 0

The Seasons of Trouble: Life Amid the Ruins of Srilanka's Civil War is the debut work of the svelte Bangalore-based journalist Rohini Mohan. Though five years of undercover reporting, she puts together the post-LTTE life of Srilanka…

Travel

Odisha Maritime Museum: The Intrepid Seafarers of Kalinga and their Forgotten Legacy

Prof. Ashutosh Kar Mar 13, 2019 0

The Maritime Museum at Cuttack is a fitting testimony to Odisha’s glorious maritime past. Built at the site of a factory that produced large forged iron equipment during the British era, today the museum is home to several rare…

Photography

Birds of the Same Minar

Prof. Ashutosh Kar Mar 11, 2019 0

Old Delhi's famous Qutub Minar against the backdrop of a setting sun and home-bound pigeons.

Society and Life

Happy Teacher’s Day, I Wish Myself

Prof. Ashutosh Kar Sep 5, 2018 0

As I sit in my cool cabin under a puddle of light from a meek table lamp, a few early gifts by my side, outside a predicted rain merrily jumps off a white corrugated roofing sheet, needlessly smoking and clearing my window pane, its…

Education

Eight checks to pick the better MBA institution

Prof. Ashutosh Kar Feb 11, 2014 0

Picking an institution for studying MBA can sometimes be a herculean task. First, there are several B-schools, with new ones popping up each day, vying for attention; second, most of these schools make tall claims (including top-ranks and…

Education

Six mistakes MBA Aspirants Frequently Commit

Prof. Ashutosh Kar Nov 7, 2013

Couple of years back I was in the same boat as many of today’s MBA aspirants are. Today, as a professor, I sit on the other side of the table taking GDs and Interviews of students who are in search for that coveted B-school tag; a ticket to…

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