First: a resounding standing ovation to Gaurav Sabnis for refusing to be cowed down by the venal IIPM’s hectoring tactics. A second round of ovation also for displaying courage that is rare in these days of cynicism: electing to quit from his job. The Indian blogworld has risen to the occasion: Gaurav has received support the magnitude of which is really unprecedented.
It would rather be stale on my part to repeat the sordid saga of IIPM’s false promises, and outright lies about its offerings. Desipundit has done–as usual–a terrific job of aggregating links to all blogs that have expressed their support to Gaurav. This blog is also on Gaurav’s side, hats off Gaurav for doing what you did. It strikes me rather unusual for a public entity to be openly brazen: from the dubitable educational qualifications of Arindam Chaudhuri to (mis)using Aaj Tak’s name (wake up, Aaj Tak!), IIPM has blazed a trail of deceit.
To contribute my bit, here’s a partial list of bloggers who are in the fight against Indian Institute of Phony Management:
Patrix
Amit Varma
Nitin
Secular Right
Falstaff
Nilu
Selective Amnesia
Gigaom
Mridula
Let’s take this battle against IIPM’s goondaism further. I propose likeminded bloggers to get together and create two Google bombs, one for Arindam Chaudhuri and the other for IIPM so they’re exposed to the world for what they’re worth. Out with your thinking caps…
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I got a threat message from GigaOM for registering BroadbandBlog.in
He claimed that he had trademarks and copyrights over this term… And his lawyers are very eager to sue him. I did not even care to bother about his response.
A guy with a dual personality? I do not like him.
Posted on October 15, 2005 at 6:30 AM.
Varun's blog | ThoughtfulChaos says:
is about freedom of expression – our inalienable right to freedom of speech. It isn’t simply a buzzword but an important aspect of a society that distinguishes it from communist or Taliban-esque rule. Google bombing and Wikipedia Sakshi andSandeep say we should try googlebombing IIPM. A Google Bomb is 1 more potent weapon at our disposal… lets use it! Ravi says we should link to the IIPM entry in Wikipedia using the word ‘IIPM’. He has even taken the pains to
Posted on December 17, 2005 at 3:24 PM.
thanks,idon’t know dis type of dual mentality
Posted on May 11, 2006 at 6:18 PM.
:twisted::shock:
Posted on June 25, 2008 at 7:44 PM.