आज माझ्या दहावीतील इंग्रजीच्या खाजगी क्लासचे शिक्षक यांची निधनवार्ता वृत्तपत्रात वाचली (वय ९२ वर्षे). मी त्यांचे नाव सांगत नाही, पण ह्या लेखासाठी त्यांना जोशी सर म्हणू. मी मराठी माध्यमातला असल्यामुळे इयत्ता ५ वी पासून इंग्रजी विषय सुरु झाला. ५ वी ते ८ वी मला माझे इंग्रजी शिकवायचे. पण मी ८ वी मध्ये असताना त्यांचे निधन... Continue Reading →
Usain Bolt and New Performance Metric
Usain Bolt has won 9 gold medals in last 3 Olympics and he has run less than 2 mins on the track. That's economy of effort… Usain Bolt ran for less than 115 sec in total in his 3 Olympics career and made $119 Million! That's more than $1 Million for each second... Continue Reading →
Very good chess puzzle
White to play and win - Pinned but still wins... https://www.chess.com/emboard?id=6612&type=dailypuzzle https://www.chess.com/forum/view/daily-puzzles/9-6-2016-pinned-but-still-wins
A lesson in Economics
An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said, "OK, we... Continue Reading →
Krishna – Uddhava Conversation
Krishna - Uddhava Conversation Why did Krishna not save the Pandavas when they played dice with Duryodhana & Shakuni? Wonderful explanation by Krishna himself: From his childhood, Uddhava had been with Krishna, charioting him and serving him in many ways. He never asked for any wish or boon from Sri Krishna. When Krishna was... Continue Reading →
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