Last week we observed the first anniversary of 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai. This is certainly not an event which we should have an anniversary of. We have had events of terrorist striking our cities and killing innocent people in past, but attack on 26/11 shook every Indian from within. Entire nation stood still while witnessing the havoc created by 10 terrorists. We all were helpless watching innocent people dieing.
Looking back, in past one year there are many questions still unanswered. Kasab's court trial is taking a long time. Pakistan is repeating the same old stories and doing nothing against the masterminds behind 26/11 attack. Our forces are not ready to counter terrorism. They are not equipped with latest weaponry. None of the politicians are not held accountable for the attacks and they are politically reinstated.
But amidst this there are some positive things happening. A new NSG base is set up in Mumbai. This will have a quick turn around time in case of emergency. This will be helpful for not only for Maharashtra but also many surrounding states. We all stood as a Nation against the attacks and demonstrated our unity. Even after a year has passed, the sentiments of people towards 26/11 attack are not changed much. People are no more numb
We have neither forgiven nor forgot the attacks. We shall never forget what has happened in Mumbai. Shall never forget the sacrifice of Hemant Karkare, Vijay Salaskar, Ashok Kamate, Major Unnikrishnan and many other brave police and fire brigade personnel.
Lets keep their memories live. Lets pay our tribute to the martyrs of 26/11.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Bell the CAT
After much hype and intrigue the online CAT 09 is finally out. Specially this year's CAT is in news because of all technical problems students faced, labs getting collapsed, exams getting rescheduled etc etc. I appeared for it yesterday. To my surprise it went well without much technical difficulties although I had a tough time logging in the system and starting the exam.
Quite happy with my attempt keeping in my my preparations for exam. This new online avatar of CAT is very good. However it does have many shortcomings as compared to traditional paper pencil format. The biggest challenge being reading on a computer screen. This becomes worst when it comes to Data Interpretation questions. For me it was a 50-50 experience.
There is drastic change in CAT papers' format this year. There are total 60 questions to be solved in 135 minutes. Out of 60 questions 20 are verbal and English. The verbal section was very straightforward with only 4 types of questions. There were 3 paragraphs for reading comprehension with total 9 questions. A set of questions dedicated to grammar and punctuation. Rest questions were for completing a paragraph with most appropriate sentence and chronological arrangement of sentences.The difficulty level was medium to hard.
The rest 40 questions had a mix of quant and DI. There were 3-4 problems on DI with 10-12 questions among them. Along with it there were 3-4 questions on Data Sufficiency. The difficulty level for DI and data sufficiency was easy to medium. The rest all were quant questions. Some of the quant questions were real tricky. The key to quant questions was mathematical formulas. Most of the quant questions were based on simple algebra and geometry formulas.The quant section had medium difficulty level.
For someone who has studied seriously, CAT 09 was a free lunch. As the paper was easy one can expect the cutoffs to go steeper. IIMs might change the selection criteria completely. That will come out after the results are out.
Overall it was a good encounter with CAT 09. Lets keep fingers crossed till 22nd Jan 10.
Quite happy with my attempt keeping in my my preparations for exam. This new online avatar of CAT is very good. However it does have many shortcomings as compared to traditional paper pencil format. The biggest challenge being reading on a computer screen. This becomes worst when it comes to Data Interpretation questions. For me it was a 50-50 experience.
There is drastic change in CAT papers' format this year. There are total 60 questions to be solved in 135 minutes. Out of 60 questions 20 are verbal and English. The verbal section was very straightforward with only 4 types of questions. There were 3 paragraphs for reading comprehension with total 9 questions. A set of questions dedicated to grammar and punctuation. Rest questions were for completing a paragraph with most appropriate sentence and chronological arrangement of sentences.The difficulty level was medium to hard.
The rest 40 questions had a mix of quant and DI. There were 3-4 problems on DI with 10-12 questions among them. Along with it there were 3-4 questions on Data Sufficiency. The difficulty level for DI and data sufficiency was easy to medium. The rest all were quant questions. Some of the quant questions were real tricky. The key to quant questions was mathematical formulas. Most of the quant questions were based on simple algebra and geometry formulas.The quant section had medium difficulty level.
For someone who has studied seriously, CAT 09 was a free lunch. As the paper was easy one can expect the cutoffs to go steeper. IIMs might change the selection criteria completely. That will come out after the results are out.
Overall it was a good encounter with CAT 09. Lets keep fingers crossed till 22nd Jan 10.
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