दर वर्षीप्रमाणे ह्या वर्षी पण काही नवीन संकल्प सोडले आणि काही जुने संकल्प पूर्ण करण्याचा निश्चय केला. आता एक प्रकारचा शांतपणा आणि clarity आल्यामुळे पुढे काय करायचं हे पक्क माहिती आहे. आणि बऱ्याच बाबतीत चांगली प्रगती आहे. काही बाबतीत सुधारणेला वाव आहे, पण त्याची जाणीव आहे हेदेखील काही कमी नाही... मला असं वाटतंय की जे... Continue Reading →
Semi-classical Chess Tournament and My Renewed Interest In Training
I played a semi-classical chess tournament over the weekend and did reasonably well. I won 5 games, drew one and lost 2 games thus scoring 5.5 out of 8. Even the two games I lost were not bad. No blunders or easy loss. Since it was a semi-classical event (30 mins + 30 sec increment... Continue Reading →
Note to Self…
Keep going...you are on the verge of turning things around. What belongs to you will come back to you!
Franz Kafka on Love…
At 40, Franz Kafka (1883-1924), who never married and had no children, walked through the park in Berlin when he met a girl who was crying because she had lost her favourite doll. She and Kafka searched for the doll unsuccessfully.Kafka told her to meet him there the next day and they would come back... Continue Reading →
30th August 2025
It's been one year today since a dream, a journey began. Over the years I have come to realise that luck, fate, chance, uncertainty play a huge role in how life unfolds and shapes up. Last one year was a practical lesson of that realisation. On 30th August 2024, I realised few things for 30th... Continue Reading →
My Tryst with Reverse Auction: Concepts, Chaos and Connecting the Dots…
I recently participated in a tender process which culminated in a Reverse Auction. It was an insightful experience for me and hence I thought of sharing here. For the uninitiated, Government departments or Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) award contracts via tendering process. The bidders are evaluated on the basis of total value (i.e. Technical + Commercial)... Continue Reading →
Idea of Fairness
Economists agree about efficiency. That is, they agree that it makes sense to make the economic pie as large as possible and to bake it at the lowest possible cost. But they do not agree about equity? Not really. They do not agree about what are fair shares of the economic pie for all the... Continue Reading →
Thoughts on Show and Tell
A girl doing show and tell in Easter theme. I have been meaning to write this post for a while. The more it delayed, the more I got time to ponder over it and understand more nuances. I'm now trying to write it down without waiting till eternity. Show and Tell is a powerful tool... Continue Reading →
M.A.M.A. — Make AI Mediocre Again
M.A.M.A. and Nothing University ads by Cadbury 5 Star are amazing! https://youtu.be/73rkqkTY6dA?si=VF3WOiE2i_EHVBSH https://youtu.be/0lhmKOR8Www?si=myZiiKP6J0UfBnWj We should be a short-term pessimist (cautious) and long-term optimist. However, people tend to do exactly the opposite. The hype about AI is so much that it's going to disappoint in near future. Once the euphoria is over and sanity is restored,... Continue Reading →
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