Whose Line Is It Anyway…
"Clever lines routinely travel from obscure mouths to prominent ones" - Ralph Keyes in "The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and When" I came across this line in the context of a famous quote: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” which is commonly attributed to Aristotle.... Continue Reading →
On Work Life Balance…
We often talk about work-life balance as a simple balance between the job/profession and life...like the one depicted on left. In reality, it's a complex balance of multiple small balances placed over each other, as shown on the right hand side. And as you can see, even a small feather or leaf (i.e. any trivial... Continue Reading →
The Spectacular Failure of Automation?!
Just came across a spectacular example of failure (?) of automation/artificial intelligence! These are some of the classic Hindi movie songs. The word Chhod (छोड - meaning Leave) has been masked blindly because it sounds like or is close to a cuss word. I thought it was only the text; but the word is beeped... Continue Reading →
Amazing Pencil Drawing
I saw on Twitter this amazing color pencil drawing by a young Marathi artist called Shashikant Dhotre! Here is his website: https://shashikantdhotre.com/ Really awesome!
MJ…Too Good!
This Michael Jackson is too good and adorable! 🙂
Doesn’t Matter…!
From my friend in the Theoretical Physics Department
Thugs of Hindostan, Sunk Cost and Behavioral Economics/ Finance
Much anticipated Hindi movie "Thugs of Hindostan" has released today across the world. Based on Philip Meadows Taylor's 1839 novel Confessions of a Thug, the movie tells us about a thug named Ameer Ali and his gang, whose nefarious ways posed a serious challenge to the British Empire in India between 1790 and 1805. The... Continue Reading →
Chess Puzzle
For all the chess masters out there, can you solve this puzzle? The pieces move just like in chess and every move you make has to take another piece until only one is left standing. Which piece is the last one left, and where?

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