U can carve YOUR own way !

'Show me a bookshelf and i will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him' - Walter Mosley Reading, that already underrated habit (at least in this part of the world) is dying and is dying quickly.  The ideas, the inspiration and the pleasure that these books give aren't going anywhere but the entire ecosystem of reading (which was anywhich scarce) has been replaced by brain-numbing social networking sites and mindlessly binge-watching on Netflix.  To begin with, reading at leisure for pleasure and satisfaction had never been a part of our culture. From our school days, reading was always associated with rot learning & 'by-heart' the syllabus and once it was completed, books were thrown away at a corner to be never looked back. So, while growing-up, reading became more of a punishment or compulsion and never a ritual and that habit remained with us forever.  The walk to the library has now been replaced by a casual stroll to the nearby malls or ...

It is exciting to realize that we all are 'one' interview away from landing that dream role in some great companies that we always aspired to work for but equally scary when we come to terms with the fact that 'networking, connections, randomness and luck'  play an unevenly important part to make that interview happen. When we are seeking to get that breakthrough, we tend to look at others and people around us to see and learn how those before us have done it. At  the same time, companies and their HR partners are looking at easier & less costlier ways to find people to work for them. And I guess, that is what gave birth to 'networking'.  Applying for a job online has become a numbers' game where the odds of your resume getting shortlisted is staked heavily against you. Research has shown that, 70% of people were hired at a company where they already have a connection in place. And on top of it, it has come down to this - it is only not about who you kno...