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 →
I came across this interesting article "10 Basic Programming Principles Every Programmer Must Follow" and it made me write this blog which I had been contemplating for a long long time. The article talks about best practices in coding, but what I want to write about is what I learnt from Software Programming in general... Continue Reading →
Advent of Social Media has “transformed” (Using this word sarcastically. Everything that is being done these days is Transformation!) people from "dumb and lazy" to "dumber and lazier" lot. It is so easy to click a “Like” or “Retweet” or hit “Forward” and propagate (or make “viral”) any non-sense propaganda without bothering to validate, authenticate... Continue Reading →
Yesterday (8th October 2017) we completed 11 months of #Demonetization; and now we are into the 12th month. We'll complete 1 year of Demonetization on 8th November 2017 and there is bound to be a lot of debate on whether Demonetization was successful or not, and to what extent (and at what cost). I have... Continue Reading →
Today’s Google Doodle honors Samuel Johnson on his 308th birthday. Johnson is regarded as a great Lexicographer. Today some of you might Google to know meaning of lexicographer; however, few years ago you would have reached out for a dictionary – only to know that “lexicographer” is a person who compiles dictionaries! Irony, isn’t it?... Continue Reading →
I have had the privilege (or curse?) of pursuing full-time MBA two times. And if I had enough wealth, I would pursue it again, or maybe some other higher studies such as Ph D or Masters in Economics, Masters in Policy Making etc. I enjoyed the process of learning about Critical Thinking and Analysis and... Continue Reading →
I like solving puzzles, brain teasers. That doesn’t mean I am an expert at solving them. It just means that I enjoy the process and I don’t get fed up with trying. And if I get the answer right, that’s a bonus! Mathematicians often use word “elegant” when they talk about their research or work.... Continue Reading →
If you were born in India in late 70’s or early 80’s and if you were a movie buff, you would remember two cult films – Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) and Jo Jeeta Wahi Sikander (1992). Both films were directed by Aamir Khan’s cousin and veteran film maker Nasir Hussain’s son – Mansoor Khan.... Continue Reading →
Peter Drucker said: "Culture eats strategy for breakfast"
The saddest aspect of life now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.—Isaac Asimov
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