Dvij (द्विज) - Twice Born - Thoughts on The Meaning or Purpose of Life
Dvij (द्विज) – Twice Born – Thoughts on The Meaning or Purpose of Life
Blogging Milestone – 100K Views
I just got an alert that this blog has achieved today 100K views and 70K unique visitors! It's been many years since I started this blog; maybe 8 years or so. I had another blog before this one which I had started in 2006-07. So overall it's been 15 years. 100K views in 8 years... Continue Reading →
Will Gunda Outlive Google?
I wrote a post few days back about my liking for Hindi movies. I forgot to mention that I have watched some extremely terrible movies...many of them at theatre! One of such terrible movies I have watched (though not in theatre) is Mithun Chakraborty's Gunda which released on this day in 1998. https://youtu.be/qRrRhvLxbXw The movie... Continue Reading →
Thought of The Day
23rd December 2025 “A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness.”— Jean Genet
Happy Mathematics Day
Happy Mathematics Day! The birthday of genius Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan! Here is an interesting puzzle to commemorate his birthday! Complete the below division. You don't need any additional information or clues...
Thought of The Day
22nd December 2025 “I don't know what it is like to not have deep emotions. Even when I feel nothing, I feel it completely.”— Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals
Thought of The Day
21st December 2025 “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words." — Robert Frost
The ELO Rating System for Chess
I love playing chess. My initial rating performance was close to 1900 and then it subsequently fell down because I was too reckless early on, after getting the FIDE rating, when "k" factor is high i.e. you win or lose points quickly. I was fascinated by this rating system called ELO. As I learnt statistics... Continue Reading →
Thought of The Day
20th December 2025 “Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.” ― Andre Gide
Thought of The Day
19th December 2025 "When you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life." — Eckhart Tolle
Thought of The Day
18th December 2025 "No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking" — Voltaire
Thought of The Day
17th December 2025 “But we cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever.” ― Haruki Murakami
Sagar Shah on new chess books in the Chessbase India shop
Sagar Shah posted a video on the new chess books in the Chessbase India shop. I like these videos of chess books reviews/walkthroughs. I have posted a couple by IM Saravanan on this podcast. Book reviews, in general, are great! But chess book reviews are special! They motivate me to resume chess study. I have... Continue Reading →
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