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Mackenzie Masaki, International MBA student, Nyenrode Business Universiteit

Travel widely: an MBA reflection

By Nyenrode Business Universiteit Tue, Dec 13, 2011 6:12PM UTC View Comments

“Kutembea Kwingi ni kuona mengi”: Swahili proverb that means one learns a lot by traveling widely. The academic year is in full swing and the adjustments I have had to make over the past few weeks have been many and rapid as well. To put things into perspective, I have 21 nationalities represented amongst my...

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Nehru Memorial society meets finally with PM, Sonia in attendance

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Sat, Oct 29, 2011 3:05AM UTC View Comments

Nine years after it last met, the General Council of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Society met in New Delhi on Friday, October 28, 2011. The dozen odd members who chose to attend included Prime Minister Mannohan Singh and chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance, Sonia Gandhi, and they listened to the proceedings in rapt...

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Demystifying Thailand through October 6, 1976 massacre

By Siam Voices Wed, Oct 06, 2010 9:48PM UTC View Comments

By Pokpong Lawansiri Today is the 34th anniversary of the October 6, 1976 massacre. The BBC World Service’s Witness Programme reports the significance of the massacre in Thai politics. The programme includes the interview with Thongchai Winichakul, a former student leader-cum-historian, and the recorded voice of the late Puey Ungpakorn, the rector of Thammasat University...

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