Ayn Rand, the person who developed concept of ‘Objectivism’, was a staunch supporter of ‘free will’. Through her books FountainHead and Atlas Shrugged she strongly criticized ‘Collectivism’ and role of anybody/ agency (e.g. Government) who imposed restrictions on Free Will and freedom of expression. I have a couple of great videos of interview of Ayn... Continue Reading →

Recently came across this article:How To Do Nothinghttp://www.wikihow.com/Do-NothingBut I am really disappointed with the quality of content :(I think I can add a lot of 'value' to it...based on my in-depth knowledge on the topic!!!~ Kaustubh

Kosmix - Another newcomer competing (??) with Google...Google is just a little over a decade old but has earned enormous name and success since its inception. Since then there have been many 'rivals' 'threatening' to displace Google from its 'No. 1 web search engine' tag.I lost the track of the count - but remember a... Continue Reading →

This puzzle was given to me in my first job interview...the initial time given was 3 minutes.  After 3 minutes I had still not solved it, so my interviewer asked, "If given some more time will you be able to solve it? Or you haven't got any clue how to work it out?" ...I said,... Continue Reading →

Yesterday there was a book exhibition in my company that was selling books at “massive” discount ranging from 40% to 60% of the cover price.Lot of people had turned up to see the exhibition – but very few of them were actually buying any. Reason? Well, in India you can get cheap duplicate copies of... Continue Reading →

Days are plenty… Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Women’s Day etc. are well-known…but did you know of a few unusual (and at times funny!) days? Check these: International Men’s Day (Yes! Men too get to celebrate – though only for a day), Buy Nothing Day, International Mother Language day, Singles Awareness Day (aka SAD... Continue Reading →

I had set a few New Year Resolutions at the beginning of 2009 e.g.1. To learn a musical instrument - Synthesizer2. To learn a foreign language etc. etc.And I had also decided that as per the situation (opportunities) I would change these, if need be.So here is an update on them - some complete surprises... Continue Reading →