Here are the 10 laws of Dharma (धर्म), see which ones you are following: Patience (dhriti / धृती) – Staying secure in your own inner peace.Forgiveness (kshama / क्षमा) – Letting go of things that don’t necessarily serve you.Piety or self-control (dama / दम) – Knowing that the best things come to those that wait... Continue Reading →
Letting Go…
It's a very tough decision and I'm not sure if every person has to face it at least once in his life. The decision of letting go... I had bought a Kindle eBook reader in 2012. Really liked it and accumulated a lot of books on it. Sometime in 2016 it started causing issues. The... Continue Reading →
Kintsugi: The Art of Precious Scars
Kintsugi (金継ぎ, "golden joinery"), also known as Kintsukuroi (金繕い, "golden repair"), is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum, a method similar to the maki-e technique. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise. Source: Wikipedia Very interesting concept. Instead of hiding... Continue Reading →
And People Stayed Home…
A poem by Kathleen O’Meara (1839–1888).
My Blog Featured In IIM-A Alumni Magazine
I had written a blog on lessons in Marketing via cooking sometime in October 2018. I had sent the same to our alumni web magazine/newsletter and had forgotten about it. I recently got to know from a feedback from my IIM-A classmate that the article was actually published in the IIM-A newsletter called WIMWIAN in... Continue Reading →
Ames Window and Feynman’s First Principle
I came across an interesting optical illusion called Ames Window. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KrpZMNEDOY This shows how the optical illusion fools our brain even though we know that the reality is different. This is a very good example to keep in mind, because our brains are really susceptible to make such mistakes, and this is... Continue Reading →
The Cold Within by James Kinney
The Cold Within by James Kinney The poem "The Cold Within", is about six people who by coincidence are stuck in the cold with a burning fire whose flame is about to burn out if one of the six people does not put their stick of wood inside the fire. All the people in the... Continue Reading →
New Year Wishes And Power of Pivot
31st December to 2nd January seems to be the official period for wishing people Happy New Year and prosperity and new heights and what not. Those who are over enthusiastic start sending wishes on 31st morning, most people send them on 1st January...and few who party hard, send the messages on 2nd, after the hangover... Continue Reading →
Good Read: Are The Intellectual Benefits of Reading Overrated?
Manu Joseph is an interesting writer/columnists/personality. I have not read a single book by him, but have read some of his columns in the Mint newspaper and have also watched few of his interviews. They were really good. A couple of days back I read his latest article in the Mint titled "Are The Intellectual... Continue Reading →
Faith-Based Reasoning vs. Evidence-Based Reasoning
The great scientist Richard Feynman once said: “Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.” If you really want to understand this better, listen to this great talk by Richard Dawkins on "Faith-Based Reasoning vs. Evidence-Based Reasoning". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpAsDnO6UyI
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