Good Read: Core Principles By Viktor E Frankl
ऐसा मत “कोरोना”
सध्या सर्व जग कोरोना मय झालं आहे. "न भूतो न भविष्यति" असे म्हणणे अर्थातच धाडसाचे ठरेल - कारण भूतकाळात अशा प्रकारचे किंवा याहून भयंकर संकट जगावर आलेले आहे (अर्थात त्याची व्याप्ती कदाचित संपूर्ण जगभर नव्हती). आणि भविष्यातही असे संकट परत येणार नाही असेही ठामपणे सांगता येणार नाही (जर भविष्यकाळ असेल आपल्या मानवजातीला तर)... पण असे मात्र नक्की... Continue Reading →
Remembering Srinivas Ramanujan on 100th Death Anniversary
Today is the 100th death anniversary of the amazing mathematician Srinivas Ramanujan. He passed away at a young age of 32 on April 26, 1920, at Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu. I have written a few times about Srinivas Ramanujan. However today is a special milestone - it's 100th anniversary. I had written in an earlier... Continue Reading →
Thoughts on Purpose of Life
Sharing this not because I agree with the message but because it stimulates thinking. Richard Dawkins too says (though in a different context): "Universe has no purpose". I think it is right to say that life has no purpose (i.e. we are not born with a purpose of our own). However it is also true... Continue Reading →
Happy World Book Day!
Today is World Book Day - birthday of William Shakespeare. Here are some interesting quotes and pics for the day... Each book you read is a minor software upgrade for your brain. "Books give a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything" — Plato A statue... Continue Reading →
What Is Investment? – A Lesson By Usain Bolt
“What is investment?" Usain Bolt won 8 gold medals in 3 Olympics, and he only ran for less than 115 seconds on the track, earning $119 million dollars. That’s economy of effort. But for those 2 minutes, he trained for 20 years. That’s investment. Think long term. Patience pays. And just to end it on... Continue Reading →
Review: Portrait of A Lady On Fire
We often use the word "luck" very loosely. For example, I was lucky to find something, or be some place at right time. Actually there is a precise word in English to describe that feeling. It's called "serendipity". serendipity/ˌsɛr(ə)nˈdɪpɪti/Learn to pronounce noun noun: serendipity; plural noun: serendipities the occurrence and development of events by chance in a... Continue Reading →
Life Imitates Art…
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life — Oscar Wilde I was reminded of this quote after seeing two art works - one from 1914 and the other from an unknown period. Both truly depict the current scenario in the world caused by COVID-19 #Corona. Giorgio de Chirico’s masterpiece, “Mystery and Melancholy of... 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 →
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