Can Men Wear Pink?

Pink was, is and will always be one of my favourite colours. During my childhood, I had the privilege of wearing several pink dresses and playing with pink coloured toys. My parents would buy me pink coloured things without any doubt because I would them at the first sight. Even if they want to buy me something that they know I would not use or wear, they would buy me a pink one and trick me into using or wearing it, mentioning it as my favourite colour. Maybe because of these childhood memories, I have always attributed pink to be of feminine nature and thought that it is meant only for girls and ladies. But we also see some boys and men wearing a pink attire or buying and using pink coloured things on a daily basis.

I wanted to explore the idea of men wearing pink further and tried to gather some historical details. It seems that in the 18th century men used to wear pink clothing with embroidery designs on them and pink was associated with masculinity, strength and high levels of confidence. Pink was a derivative of red, which was considered to be a very strong colour and thus pink was also thought to denote youthfulness and of masculine nature. It was only after the 1940s that pink became a "girly colour" due to several product advertisements targeting the female population and novels depicting instances of pink ribbons being gifted to girl babies and blue ones for boys. That is how people started to believe that pink represented femininity.

I was curious to know if men really preferred to wear pink. To get some insights from a large crowd, I decided to apply my Research Methodology skills and created a poll on my Instagram story. The men had to answer if they would like to wear a pink shirt or trouser. 67 percent of the respondents responded with a "YES", saying that they would not mind wearing pink, while 33 percent of them said a straight "NO". There were many who did not respond, maybe out of hesitation to reveal their opinion and choice.

Here are three amazing reasons for men to choose pink and continue wearing it.

1.) Wearing pink would mean carrying forward the long legacy of manhood, as men wore pink in the past.

2.) Most women like pink and different shades of it as they relate it to high confidence levels. So, you would become a centre of attraction and would get the attention of people around you.

3.) Pink goes well with almost all the colours and thus makes it very convenient to wear. You can easily match it with dark shades like royal blue, black etc or with light shades like white, purple etc.

The above mentioned facts and reasons are strong enough for a man to go for pink without having any second thought.

I believe that after reading this article, your opinion about whether men can wear pink would have changed immensely just like mine.

Note - This article was presented in the form of a speech as part of my Corporate Communication assignment in MBA.

My TCS Interview Experience!

I would like to share my interview experience and the selection process of TCS.

I appeared for the TCS Future Forward Careers National Qualifier Test (NQT) on 18th Jan, 2020. It was a national level aptitude test. It had five sections - Verbal Ability, Reading Comprehension, Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, and Data Interpretation. There were 50 Qs that had to be solved in 50 minutes. Practicing questions from IndiaBix.com was very helpful. I received my results on 31st Jan and was extremely happy about getting selected for the interview.

My interview was scheduled on 24th Feb, 2020. There were three rounds - HR, Technical, and Managerial round.
The HR round was the most important round. We were given a general topic and had to express our views on it for a minute. It was a JAM round (Impromptu).

The Technical round was completely based on my resume and I was asked questions about my graduation course, projects, my strengths, etc.

The Managerial round was conducted in a telephonic mode at the venue itself and I was asked about my educational background, my long term goals, my weakness and whether I had any issues working during weekends or in night shifts.

After the three rounds of interview, the results were declared that day itself, which I think was the best part.

I successfully cleared all the rounds and got selected.

Tips and Suggestions:-

1. Reach the venue in time, dress up in formals and carry all the necessary documents.
2. Every round of interview will be an elimination round. So, you should give your best in every round.
3. Answer all the questions with confidence. They mainly test your self-confidence and language skills.
4. Stay calm as this is just an interview and not the end of your dreams and goals.
5. Have patience while going through the entire process as hundreds of candidates come for the interview on a single day.

Hope this helps.

All the best!

(Note - This article was published on the website of Indiabix.com for the benefit of freshers looking out for jobs.) Link - https://www.indiabix.com/placement-papers/tcs/6770