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My e-Zest story

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Every MBA course has a 2 or more months of industrial intern-ship embedded in it or at least mine was. This is the sole reason why I came in contact with e-Zest Solutions. The whole intern-ship thing started to take shape during the early summer of this year i.e 2014. Intern-ship is generally not taken that seriously and is just a matter of the completion certificate for few, but I was very much interested in the whole experience. The first interview that I gave was of KPIT and I was not selected. Somewhere at the back of my mind I decided that I needed to go in an IT company for the intern-ship.So, the next company I applied for was e-Zest Solutions Ltd. Frankly speaking, I had never heard of the company but as long as it was Pune and IT, I was fine.4 people were called for the interview and I alone got selected. There was no actual celebration but I was happy. The intern-ship started on June 2nd. Not much happened on the first day. But second day on wards it was a roller coaster. I

Mistakes. We should make some

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We live in a world of perfection. A world where perfection is worshiped, desired, praised. No one wants to fail or commit smallest of mistakes. Student want to achieve the highest grade, employees want to grab the highest incentives, parents want there children to ace in exams and at the same time want them to be good at sports. Everyone wants to do the right thing, at the right time, at the right place in the perfect manner. No one wants to fail or rather no one wants to be wrong. So why we feel so? The answer lies in the core reason behind all our actions, 'What the world will think of us?' We don't want to be seen as a failure or looser. We are ready to do anything to avoid one bad thing said about us or to achieve the so called perfection. Another reason could be, we don't want to be different. Those who are different are talked about, criticized. not supported, looked at differently. We don't want a crowd to stare at us or to talk about us, right. We live for

Luxury of criticism

Criticism is generally of two types, positive and negative. But this definition is only limited to the way it is intended. The effect though of any criticism is almost the same in both cases, which is sadness, feeling low, depression, some might even feel agitated, even rage at some extent. Criticism normally puts the criticized off balance. This shows that criticism might not hold great value for the criticizer but effects immensely to the criticized, however small the criticism might be. Thus, we can call criticism as a luxury for the criticizer where a very little prize is paid by him/her. I am calling it a luxury for one more reason; the act of criticism is enjoyed by most of the critics. The authority to criticize generally gives them a sense of power over the criticized. The point I want to make here is the current ratio of appreciations to criticism around the world is dropping at a very huge rate. Let’s not get into the state where the criticism will be done, just for the p