Notes to Myself
My friend asked me to take this personality test at https://www.16personalities.com/ and send results. This was on Friday evening. He chased me for 2 days and finally I succumbed to the pressure. I have written such personality tests before and I am very curious to know from experts how they are designed and used. Anyways,... Continue Reading →
A few months ago I wrote a blog "My Week-end Is Booked" where I talked about my decision in 2018 to stop buying new books. However my close friend and IIM-A classmate sent me a book on Advaita and advised me to read. I started it and left halfway through since I was writing an... Continue Reading →
Today is 125th birth anniversary of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis - noted applied statistician and scientist. Google has posted a doodle honoring PCM's contribution in the field of Statistics and Mathematics. He is considered as the father of Indian statistical research. Here is a brief biography of PC Mahalanobis: Mahalanobis was born on 29th June 1893 in West... Continue Reading →
Today is the 100th birthday of the amazing physicist Richard Feynman [Born 11 May 1918/ Died - 15 February 1988]. A Nobel laureate in Physics, he made learning science fun and easy. Here is a complete Archive of The Feynman Lectures on Physics http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/ Also watch his 1983 interview to BBC TV "Physics Is Fun... Continue Reading →
I have learnt so much from so many different people. They have influenced me and shaped my thoughts in many ways. Some of these people I like from Business/Management domain are: Charlie Munger Warren Buffett Steve Jobs Jeff Bezos Henry Ford Elon Musk Rajiv Bajaj Ajay Piramal One person I have not followed much is... Continue Reading →
Popular Bollywood Actress and arguably the first female superstar of Hindi Cinema, Sridevi (Age 54) passed away in Dubai on Saturday. Sridevi is the first Hindi film actress I remember from my childhood days. I remember "Kaate Nahin Katate..." from Mr. India which I watched in 1987 when I was 7 yr old. (Oops did... Continue Reading →
Srinivas Ramanujan, one of the best mathematicians the world has ever seen, was born on this day, 22nd December 1887. His birthday is observed in India as National Mathematics Day. He barely lived for 32 years (died: 26th April 1920) but the work he did in the short span continues to inspire mathematicians even today.... Continue Reading →
I took this personality test and got following result: https://www.idrlabs.com/18-82-55-45-55-45-45-55/result.php I have seen similar tests before. In my opinion what these tests do is that they try to gauge your present state of being - and not the personality. For example, if I write the same test again tomorrow when I could be in a... Continue Reading →
IPL 3 has been exciting both on and off field. It has been said often that T-20 format would compete with Bollywood films because it is short (3 hrs), captivating and glamorous. And the predictions were more or less correct!But what was not predicted that time was the IPL itself would become 'philmey' (filmy in Bollywood... Continue Reading →
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