The World Chess Championship in New York has entered an interesting phase. After seven straight draws, we've finally witnessed a decisive result at the World Chess Championship. Sergey Karjakin of Russia, the challenger, claimed the first full-point on Monday against titleholder Magnus Carlsen of Norway. More interestingly, Magnus Carlsen declined to attend the Round 8... Continue Reading →
Magnitude of Demonetization (?)
Prime Minister Modi announced on 8th November 2016 the decision to withdraw highest value currency notes vix. Rs. 1000 and Rs. 500 and replace them with new Rs. 2000 and Rs. 500 notes. RBI also mentioned that new Rs. 1000 notes would be issued soon. In that sense this decision cannot be termed as "demonetization" in... Continue Reading →
अर्थक्रांती’चे प्रणेते अनिल बोकिल यांच्याशी दिलखुलास गप्पा
The recent demonetization of Rs. 500-1000 currency notes was proposed by ArthaKranti's Anil Bokil since year 2000. First watch Anil Bokil's old interview and then watch his latest one below Anil Bokil with Raju Parulekar on Samvaad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoW7ErSjGZY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dTTmqmTxuY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=660-pJGeZ1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDXa8SN_YN4 अर्थक्रांती'चे प्रणेते अनिल बोकिल यांच्याशी दिलखुलास गप्पा https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EING4oGqsaA
Interesting Fact about Warren Buffett’s Wealth
99% of Warren Buffett’s wealth was earned after his 50th birthday…....never give up!
A quote about Quality
"The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten."
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 →
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 →
Interesting talk by Gaurav Agarwal, IAS 2013 Rank 1
Interesting talk by Gaurav Agarwal, IAS 2013 Rank 1. Innovative example of Cricket to make a point about Politics (watch at 24:0 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S4gM6vW8S8 I stumbled upon this by chance and then watched few mock IAS interviews. I'll write a detailed post about IAS later (couple of them who I have met and many... Continue Reading →
On Counterfactual Thinking
Information on Counterfactual Thinking!!! Have you noticed Sakshi (Bronze medalist at Rio Olympics) was more happy than PV Sindhu (Silver medalist) at the end of game😳. It's not incidental finding but proven fact in many research after studying reactions of silver medalist vs bronze medalist! Ideally, silver medalist should be more happy than bronze. But,... Continue Reading →
How Usain Bolt Can Break His Own Record…
If Usain Bolt is given this math problem just ahead of race he would run even faster and break his own record! So don't doubt if Maths can help in life... Now go solve the problem!
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