I am a movie buff. To be precise: Hindi movie buff. I have been watching movies since very young age - remember from age 5. In late 80’s and early 90’s, before the satellite television came, all movies used to get released on Video cassette/tapes - not few weeks later, but almost immediately. In villages... Continue Reading →
"We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten." - Bill Gates This quote by Gates is very popular in the finance/value investing world to highlight the importance of long term investing. Most people focus on the high rate of... Continue Reading →
India got 64th Chess Grand Master yesterday! India gets its 64th GM - Prithu Gupta from Delhi. Born on 8th March 2004, Prithu has achieved his GM title at the age of 15 years 4 months and 10 days. The first chess board of Indian chess is completed! Here it is...how many can you recognize?
Saw this interesting post on Twitter. The 1983 Cricket World Cup team members got Rs 2100 per ODI. Today it is Rs 6,50,000 per ODI (Rs 15 Lakh per test match and Rs 3 Lakh per T-20) That's a CAGR of 18.5%! Very close to what Warren Buffett has achieved (19-20% CAGR, but for 55... Continue Reading →
I have been behind my reading list since last 3-4 months. Couldn't read anything in last 2 months. Thankfully I am resuming reading starting today! Here is the first one I have prioritized. I have heard a lot of good reviews of this book and bought this rather expensive book (Rs 1600) last week. Hope... Continue Reading →
Bernhard Riemann was a great German mathematician who died in 1866 at the age of 39. You can read more about him here Riemann as a Ph D student Here is a list of things named after him. • Riemann bilinear relations • Riemann conditions • Riemann form • Riemann function • Riemann–Hurwitz formula •... Continue Reading →
Among the modern thinkers I admire and follow often are Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett, Yuval Noah Harari, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hichens, and Nassim Nicolas Taleb. By follow, I don't mean I worship them or agree with everything they have to offer. But they definitely stimulate thinking... Nassim Nicolas Taleb is the least articulate (along with... Continue Reading →
I received few responses on this post and what it meant. So here is a post elaborating on that. Petals of certain flowers are often found in Fibonacci series formation. In this case there were 8, which is a Fibonacci series number (1,1,2,3,5,8...) You can read more about occurrence of this series in nature/flowers here.... Continue Reading →
I see maths in this photo. Do you? Clue...it's related to Golden Ratio!
Today I received a forward on WhatsApp about a color illusion. It said: If your right brain is dominant , you will see combination of pink and white color, and if your left brain is dominant, you will see it in grey and green color. Try with ur loved ones, very interesting. I saw Grey... Continue Reading →
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