25th April 2019
Thought of The Day
Magic of Compounding
Magic of Compounding: In 1626, Peter Minuit of Netherlands bought the island of Manhattan from the Lenape people for a basket of clothes, beads and other stuff that would have been worth just $24 then. Now, you might think that the native Americans were robbed. Actually, if they were able to invest that $24 in... Continue Reading →
Another Gem From Feku Vyas i.e Chowkidar Maharshi
India's Pradhan Sevak and Chokidar Shri Narendra "Feku" Modi is Maharshi Vyas of Fekuism /lies... व्यासोत्छीष्टम् जगद् सर्वम्। It means Maharshi Vyas has touched entire world (i.e. written about all the knowledge in the world). Similarly this liar, the Feku Vyas he has not left any domain untouched where he has not spinned a story... Continue Reading →
Happy B’day Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler, arguably the most influential mathematician in history, the ‘master of us all’ in the words of Pierre-Simon Laplace, was born on this day, 15 April in 1707. Explore the wonderful Euler Archive here! And here is a Youtube documentary of the great mathematician... https://youtu.be/fEWj93XjON0 All the following symbols in mathematics were inteoduced by... Continue Reading →
100 Years of Jallianwala Bagh
On 13th April 1919 (exactly 100 years ago), General Reginald Dyer gave firing order in Jallianwala Bagh. He was known as "The Butcher of Amritsar" for this heinous massacre. In 1940 he was assassinated in London by Udham Singh General Dyer: Udham Singh: For those who can read Hindi, here is a good blog about... Continue Reading →
On “Life Begins At Forty”
You must have heard the phrase "Life begins at forty". I often wondered where did that phrase come from. But I did not bother to find an answer until recently - when I started approaching 40 ☺️ So here is what I read about the origins of the phrase. Life Begins at Forty was a... Continue Reading →
Magic of Chemistry
I love mathematics! I always loved it since I was a kid. I also liked Physics, though not as much as Mathematics. My liking for Physics increased a lot after I left school, and later got introduced to lectures and books of Richard Feynman and few others who made Physics interesting! As a student, I... Continue Reading →
From FOMO to FOJI to JOMO to TEHO
FOMO --> FOJI --> JOMO...may sound like Greek or Latin - like Julius Caesar's Latin phrase "Veni Vidi Vici" which means "I came, I saw, I conquered". But FOMO, FOJI, JOMO are part of the new lingo in the world of Social Media and internet. I am a bit old school, so I am really... Continue Reading →
पुस्तक परीक्षण – “मोठी तिची सावली” – मीना खडीकर
हे पुस्तक म्हणजे रूढार्थानी चरित्र नाही. तर स्मृतिचित्र आहे. चरित्र आणि स्मृतिचित्र मध्ये मोठा फरक म्हणजे स्मृतिचित्र लिहिणाऱ्याला काही मोजक्याच किंवा निवडक घटना, व्यक्ती, मते, विचार याबद्दल लिहिता येते. पण चरित्र लिहिणाऱ्याला तसे करता येन नाही. म्हणूनच कदाचित मीना खडीकर, लता मंगेशकर यांच्या सख्ख्या भगिनी (ज्या केवळ २ वर्षे लहान आहेत आणि ज्यांनी लता मंगेशकर... Continue Reading →
Thought of The Day
20th March 2019 God, let me accept the things I cant change, courage to change things I can & the wisdom to know the difference.
ekoshapu 
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