Dhimant Chovatia

This is a post that I have written as part of my application to become a facebook beta tester. A great PowerPoint presentation can go a long way in the making of a successful deal. Business or recreation or learning, PPTs today, rule our world. And if you are good at it you do get noticed. But if you are bad at it you surely get noticed. The other way that is… Here are therefore six points that one may keep in mind while making a presentation and be sure of not being noticed the other way. Length of PPT in terms of slides is one of the most important factors in a business presentation. The thumb rule is minimum of 6 and maximum of 20 slides keeping in mind the average “interested” human attention span. Anything beyond 20 and it will bore your audience except if you are Megan Fox or Brad Pitt. If the limit of slides is 20, it never means that you cram all that you have got in 20 slides and feel happy about it. A slide with too much information whether text or images is st...

This is a post that I have written as part of my application to become a facebook beta tester. While it may sound absurd to discuss disadvantages of Democracy in the World’s largest democracy, it seems there if some weight in the arguments that democracy has not been entirely good for this nation. In a nation where about 40% (400 Millions) of the population is illiterate and about 25% of the population (250 Millions) live below poverty line which is less than a dollar a day, one can only imagine the kind of governments thrown up when this 40% votes. In the last General elections held in India, in 2009, only 59% of the eligible population voted which given the demographics of the country is about 30% of the total population. Of these 30% voters 30% voted for the UPA which therefore won and came to power. The UPA actually received about 153 million votes which are actually only 10% of the population. So in a country where 10% votes can win you power and you have 40% people who are i...