I read this interesting Tweet yesterday. In short, execute relentlessly! I think this is my problem area. And probably that of many others. I do the first three fairly well; but falter on "shipping daily" i.e. executing as per plan, every single day. It has to do with habit and discipline (lack of both), rather... Continue Reading →
कोजागरपूर्णिमायाः शुभे अवसरे चन्द्रमसः पञ्चाशदधिकानि नामानि। ओ३म् श्रीमहालक्ष्म्यै नमः। ओ३म् नमश्चन्द्रमसे । In Sanskrit language there are more than 50 names of the #Chandra Deva ( The #Moon). The following list is not exclusive. आज कोजागिरी पौर्णिमा. "ज्येष्ठापत्यम् निरांजनम्"...असं माझी आजी म्हणायची. म्हणजे घरातल्या ज्येष्ठ अपत्याला आोवाळायचा दिवस. ही प्रथा का आहे किंवा कधी सुरू... Continue Reading →
12th October 2019 One of the painful signs of years of dumbed-down education is how many people are unable to make a coherent argument. They can vent their emotions, question other people's motives, make bold assertions, repeat slogans—anything except reason. — Thomas Sowell
Tributes to the Mahatma on his 150th birth anniversary. "Generations to come, it may well be, will scarce believe that such a man as this one ever in flesh and blood walked upon this Earth." - Albert Einstein
I received the following image with caption "Generation Gap". It looks like a temple in Maharashtra. There is a young man on the left who is sitting alone and looking into his mobile, and there is a group of elderly people on the right chatting. The caption suggests that old generation is (still) not addicted... Continue Reading →
Rinck, 1926 White to move and win!
If you care for a secular, democratic India, do watch this interview about NRC Assam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOfUoG5m670 After having watched the interview, now read this news in that context: At RSS mega meet, concerns over Hindus being left out of NRC: Sources https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/at-rss-mega-meet-concerns-over-hindus-being-left-out-of-nrc-sources/articleshow/71025873.cms India is being slowly converted into a Hindu Taliban. It's still the beginning... Continue Reading →
I wrote a post few days back about my liking for Hindi movies. I forgot to mention that I have watched some extremely terrible movies...many of them at theatre! One of such terrible movies I have watched (though not in theatre) is Mithun Chakraborty's Gunda which released on this day in 1998. https://youtu.be/qRrRhvLxbXw The movie... Continue Reading →
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