Math Is Fun
Q: By the end of the 9th day of the 9th month (i.e. 9th September), the 252nd day of the year, how many minutes had passed this year? A: 9! = 252 days= 9×28 days= 9×28×24 hours= 9x28×24×60 minutes= 9×(7×4)×(8×3)×(6×5×2) minutes= 9×8×7×6×5×4×3×2 minutes= 9! minutes
11th Anniversary with WordPress 🤗
WordPress just notified me that today is our 11th Anniversary 😂😎 Before WordPress I had a couple of blogs on Blogger.com (Blogspot) for about 4-5 years. I don't remember why I moved away from Blogger.com to WordPress.com. I also don't know why I'm still with WordPress.com. It's really not flexible and convenient for the things... Continue Reading →
Happy 90th Birthday, Warren Buffett
Happy 90th Birthday to Warren Buffett, one of the legendary investors and thinkers alive, who was born on this day in 1930. I'm sure Warren will be healthy and hale till he turns 100. Hope I can survive another 10 years to wish him then 🙂
Similarities Between Sanskrit and Persian
I came across this amazing video on similarities between Sanskrit and Persian and thought of sharing here. In my MBA class we had people from 25 different nationalities and that was a very enriching experience going far far beyond the Management. People from other nationalities in my class always said that they were not able... Continue Reading →
Interesting Info: Top 10 Motor Vehicle Producers
Here is an interesting video depicting how Top 10 Motor Car Producing countries since 1951 to 2019
Math Fun: What Is Emirp?
Do you know what "emirp" is? An emirp is a prime whose reversal is a different prime. A cyclic emirp is an emirp that generates only more emirps when the last digit is successively moved to the front (or vice-versa). The largest known cyclic emirp is 939,391.
Happy International Chess Day
Today is #InternationalChessDay and I am happy to inform that I successfully completed the FIDE-approved arbiter training camp and passed the exam for State Artiber of Chess ☺️ I am now a State Arbiter of Chess in addition to being a FIDE rated chess player...🤗
Happy B’day Mr. Rubik (Of Rubik’s Cube)
One of the puzzles that intrigue me is Rubik's Cube. I have written multiple blogs on Rubik's Cube. Ernő Rubik, the creator of Rubik's Cube was born on this day, 13th July 1944. Happy B'day Mr. Rubik! It was proven in 2010 that the cube is solvable from any position in ≤20 moves. http://cube20.org, is... Continue Reading →
A Glossary Of New Zoom Language
With the extensive lockdown for over 100 days, everybody is now used to online meetings from home, mostly using Zoom. And this has led to many jokes and memes about Zoom or online meetings in general. Here is a funny glossary of new Zoom language written by Shovon Choudhury in yesterday's The Hindu. A whole... Continue Reading →

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