If you invest in stock market you would have heard umpteen times the importance of "Power of Compounding". It is a basic mathematical function - exponential - which leads to huge numbers as the compounding frequency increases. And the same is true about decay function, or negative compound as well. However, the world of investing... Continue Reading →
First anniversary of Demonetisation
One year after “Mitron...” Day i.e. remembering (not celebrating) first anniversary (8-Nov-2016) of Demonetisation... Will post throughout this week jokes and articles that showcase the blunder called Demonetization. Here is a parody song to begin with: बार बार फैंको, हजार बार फैंको...
Remembering Shakuntala Devi
Today is 88th birth anniversary of mathematics wizard Shakuntala Devi, known as the "Human Calculator". Google created a Doodle on her 84th birthday to honour her... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/world/asia/shakuntala-devi-human-computer-dies-in-india-at-83.html https://www.beaninspirer.com/shakuntala-devi-amazing-indian-human-computer/ As a child the only source of Mathematical puzzles for me were the books by Shakuntala Devi (before I discovered Martin Gardner, Sam Lloyd and W.... Continue Reading →
I am NOT OK. You are NOT OK.
Our Professor of Organizational Behavior at IIM-A one day asked: So, how are you feeling now? Some people said that they were feeling OK. I think the Professor was expecting someone to say that so that she could pick up on that and go on. Professor told us that we often use words that don't... Continue Reading →

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