Group discussion and essay writing : Session 1

Our today's topic is :
"Should foreign universities be allowed to have their campuses in India?"

• First answer the above question in simple terms. Yes/No. That is decide you stand, favor or against.
• If your answer is yes then why it is yes?
• If your answer is no why it is no?

Here I have provided my personal view on this topic:

I believe that foreign universities should be allowed to have their campus in India. 

Primary reason for me to be in support is that it stems out the very serious problem that our country is facing today. That is brain drain. Students of the our country go their and study. And most of them settle there only. As a result India loses its talent.

Second thing I would highlight over is research. Foreign universities provide facilities and encourage research. Against that hardly any research takes place in Indian universities as compared to foreign universities.

Third, it will give us entire new pedagogy.

Fourth, it will give rise to cosmopolitan culture. This is important for a person's personal progress. India is a country of many religions, languages etc. and If a person belong to X state, he will tend to be his own state and will always try to work with the people of his own state. This creates hindrance is his progress. Hence exposure to cosmopolitan culture eliminates this problem.

Thank You! 

Group discussion and essay writing

Group discussions and personal interviews are very powerful as well as frequently used tools. Be it a campus recruitment or be it a admission process to any damn good B school either of two, or may be both of them would me there.

Many students who do well enough at CAT fail to get seat in IIMs or even in few of the top B schools just because of their lack in abilities to express themselves. Just because they can't figure out points in favor or in against the topic stated. Some students make a grave mistake of not making their stand clear and stating their views randomly just for sake of speaking. Actually it is must that you either be in favor or be against.

GDs and and essay writing are undertaken to test you decision making abilities. They want to know how well you can analyze the situation and provide basis for why you took that decision. They are least concerned with what side have you taken...are u against or in favor...that really does not matter at all....  what matters is how well you justify your stand.

We shall see one topic today to get the fair idea about how to tackle the topics. Check out my next post!

Vocabulary session - 3

Our next root is HOSP/HOST means both host or guests.

Words that originate from HOSP/HOST are:

• Hospitality
• Hospice
• Hostel
• Inhospitable
• Hostile
• Hostage

Today I have not provided you with words in context. That is because you can get the meaning of the words without sentences. Give it a try! Don't forget to jot those judged meanings on paper. 

Hospitality :

Hospitality is something that a host is expected to show to its guests. Its a generous and friendly treatment.

Hospice:

It is a place or a program undertaken by few organisations to help terminally ill patients. Usually patients are admitted in hospice when there is no scope of improvement in their health.

Hostel:

It is a supervised place and relatively cheap for the travelers to stay overnight. Now a days it also refers to the place where students stay while they are studying in the place far away from their home.

Inhospitable:

Inhospitable is someone who is unfriendly.

Hostage:

Hostage is someone who is held or exchanged so as to maintain the truce( truce is a small period during which there won't be any violence between two groups). Sometimes kidnappers take people hostage so as to get money or concessions. Obviously hostage are not "guests"!! So etymology may give you wrong meaning over here if you have not know this word. So its better to use etymology to remember meaning of words rather than using it to derive meanings of new unknown words.

That is enough for today!!!! Good day!!!