... Said no Soulmate...ever!
Said No Soulmate…Ever!
Our Education System Is Broken…
I read this news yesterday and wanted to write a blog. Today I read about the Maharashtra state board's 10th standard exam results and wrote this piece: I feel our education system is in shambles. Something is seriously wrong. Yesterday Maharashtra State Board’s 10th exam results were announced. 125 students got 100% marks (last year... Continue Reading →
I am a “Xennial”, How About You?
You must have heard about Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y and Generation Z. I knew these categories of generations at high level but didn't know the exact definition. So I found it out. Here it goes: Gen Y is also called as "millennials". Many parents of millennials belong to Baby boomer generation. This generation is... Continue Reading →
Anatomy of A Blowup
I read the following news about Jet Airways: JET AIRWAYS posts loss after 11 straight quarters of profits Loss higher than past 6 quarters of profit combined Fuel costs and higher other expenses dent numbers It reminded me of the following side explaining Nassim Nicolas Taleb's assertion of "Anatomy of A Blowup" Few days ago,... Continue Reading →
AIB: Honest Engineering Campus Placements
If you are/were an Engineering student in India and/or familiar with Engineering Campus Placements, you would love this 3-part funny series by AIB (All India Bakchod). Warning: Foul and indecent language and references at many places. Viewers' discretion is recommended https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPp4htuqDOs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X-SG6bA4Zg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhWWiCwRb7s&t=283s
A Talk By Gladwell , The Language Issue And Connection With Arranged Marriage
I recently watched an interesting talk by Malcolm Gladwell on the Pitfalls of Market Research and found it very interesting! I particularly liked the piece where he talked about an experiment by Tim Wilson at UAV which he called as the Poster Test. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=964va3YwPms OK, those of you who are too lazy to watch the... Continue Reading →
Euthanasia, David Goodall, Himanshu Roy and “102 Not Out”
Of all topics or subjects I am passionate about, the two that occupy the maximum space in my head are - (1) Life, and (2) Death. And they are connected in so many ways... The purpose of this post is to write about confluence of news/events related to Death in this week or past few... Continue Reading →
CNBC’s Warren Buffett Archive
Yesterday I posted a short blog post with link to 2018 Annual General Meeting of Berkshire Hathaway. I watched the Live telecast of the AGM till very late night (as per India Time). Some days back I posted a blog on Charlie Munger and shared some of his videos. Few days later I wrote another... Continue Reading →
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