Today is a memorable day for me. Exactly 20 years ago, on 15th July 2000 I appeared for my first interview and successfully cracked it! So I thought of writing about it. It was during the campus placements in the last year of Engineering. I had just entered the last year in year 2000. The... Continue Reading →
11th July 2020 "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog, you understand it better but the frog dies in the process." - E. B. White
Happy Guru Paurnima (गुरू पौर्णिमा)! 💐🙏 When the student is ready, the Guru appears. 🙂 And this is what Sant Tukaram said: एक करिती गुरु गुरु । भोवतां भारु शिष्यांचा॥पुंस नाही पाय चारी । मनुष्य परी कुतरी ती॥परस्त्री मध्यपान । पेंडखान माजविले॥तुका म्हणे निर्भर चित्ती । अधोगती जावया॥ — संत तुकाराम
Have you heard of the concept or theory of "Six Degrees of Separation" (SDS)? Those who know about the network effect might have heard about SDS or would grasp it quickly. The six degrees of separation theory states that any inhabitant of the Earth could meet anyone in the world with a maximum of six or... Continue Reading →
Maybe you have read this before…but always worth a re-read: The Egg - By Andy Weir————— You were on your way home when you died. It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried their best to save you,... Continue Reading →
I stumbled upon this wonderful session by Manish Sabharwal at Manthan forum titled "Why is India poor?". I follow Manthan forum and really liked the diverse and thought provoking sessions and topics they choose. This one caught my attention because of the title/subject. And I immensely enjoyed it! Highly recommended! Manish talks breathlessly in first... Continue Reading →
India is currently in Lockdown 5.0 which is also called as Unlock 1.0. The number of COVID-19 cases in India will hit 300,000 soon! The number of cases at the time the first lockdown was announced were less than 500. And the purpose of the strict lockdown was to contain the spread of the virus.!... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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