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Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das | If a top ranker in class suddenly slips to #3 or 4 or 5, what’s the advice you would offer him or her? Posted on 27 May,2022 | under COLUMNS If our question makes you smile and think we are asking this in reference to an A&M rankings development, perish the thought. Since it’s school results time, we thought it would be good to get some wisdom from our Wizard with Words. Here’s Dr Bhaskar Das’s response to the question in the May 27 edition of Das ka Dum. Read on…

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das | Since you watch IPLs so closely, which of the ads in the 2022 edition have you found most striking? And effective? Posted on 25 May,2022 | under COLUMNS It’s always good been our attempt to pin down our Wizard with Words for a direct answer. Though it can be very difficult, since he’s always so geo-politically and socialy correct. But we are at it nevertheless, and for a change he responded with names. Here’s Dr Bhaskar Das in the May 25 edition of Das ka Dum. Read on…

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das | In the Cred ad, Ravi Shastri says the one thing he hates about modern cricket is talking to journalists. Jest, in line with the Cred ads? Or a below-the-belt jibe at the news frat? Posted on 24 May,2022 | under COLUMNS Okay, perhaps we were over-reacting but there were a few souls who did feel that the jibe was unnecessary. So we asked Dr Bhaskar Das the question for the May 24 edition of Das ka Dum. Read on…

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das | The favourites tumbled out, newbies are shining. Takeaways or lessons from the IPL 2022 held thus far? Posted on 23 May,2022 | under COLUMNS We love doing it with festivals and assorted observances so why not ask our Wizard with Words to give us his learnings from the performance (or lack of it) in IPL 2022?! Here’s Dr Bhaskar Das in the May 23 edition of Das ka Dum. Read on…

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das | Is Meta going to be the Maata for all of us in A&M? Since you’ve embraced the ‘verse, any advice to lesser evolved folks on the concept and applicability? Posted on 20 May,2022 | under COLUMNS Meta, maata… a forced play on words indeed. But, it’s a Friday, and we’re allowed to loosen up sometimes. Here’s Dr Bhaskar Das in the May 20 edition of Das ka Dum. Read on…

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das | For someone who has stuck around in one job for 3-4 decades, and then a few back-to-back changes, albeit all for more than 2-3 years, what according to you is the best career strategy Posted on 18 May,2022 | under COLUMNS Once again, any resemblance to recent or distant events is purely coincidental. We asked this question to Dr Bhaskar Das for the May 18 edition of Das ka Dum only to enlighted ourselves and you, dear read. #Just. Sachchi, really. Read on…

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das | In the stockmarkets, there is a concept of a ‘stop loss’. At what stage of one’s career or in a job, should one exercise that so that a decay can be arrested? Posted on 17 May,2022 | under COLUMNS These are leading questions, one may say. But we genuinely have asked ourselves something like it in the instance. For instance, is there any point living in a big city, when one can enjoy a better lifestyle in a smaller town. Or till what time should one continue the way we are in our business/job. So we posed the question to Dr Bhaskar Das for the May 17 edition of Das ka Dum. Read on…

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das | We saw you run up to the stage for Madhuri Dixit, SS Rajamouli. Five days after your xxth birthday, tell us: what’s the secret of your energy? (Not Boost, puhleez!) Posted on 13 May,2022 | under COLUMNS Note, the xxth is not a typo or the xyz and ??? that you often in see in editorial text where the writer/ editor has forgotten to add/ correct certain information. We just didn’t wanted to reveal the real age. Meanwhile: here’s Dr Bhaskar Das the question in the May 13 edition of Das ka Dum. Read on…

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das | When a TV channel quotes its viewership number, should one first look at the fineprint (disclaimer) or the headline? Posted on 12 May,2022 | under COLUMNS No specific reason for asking this question, but over a period of time, our eyes always go to the fine print, after reading the claim of course. So we asked Dr Bhaskar Das the question in the May 12 edition of Das ka Dum. Read on…