Garry Kasparov, the 13th World Champion and one of the greatest chess players in history, turns 60 today! ЁЯОЙ ЁЯОВ He dominated the game for more than 20 years as its top-rated player and won every super-tournament he played in for 9 straight years (1981-1990). His use of computers in chess preparation revolutionised the game,... Continue Reading →
I just stumbled upon this interesting documentary on Donald Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar - arguably two of the best batters (now a days batsman has changed to a gender neutral batter!) in the world of cricket. If you are a cricket aficionado (in simple words, a fan...but that word doesn't sound geeky!) you'll enjoy this... Continue Reading →
Elon Musk is maverick at his best and crazy nut otherwise. He's also world's richest person (or in top 5). This means he can get away with anything; and it seems he is trying to stretch that hypothesis to weirdest levels! It's said that rich man's joke is always funny. The new version of that... Continue Reading →
One of the few people I admire and follow keenly is Steve Jobs. So every time I discover a new video of him (not about him, but of him), I watch it immediately and if it's great, I post it on my blog. I recently discovered one such "lost speech" by him in 1983 which... Continue Reading →
Harsha Bhogle is one of the most intelligent sports commentators of all time! I like Vijay Amrutraj's tennis commentary. I like Sunil Gavaskar's cricket commentary. Both have been very good players of the respective sport. It's not often that people have a long second career (as coach or commentator or administrator) in the same sport... Continue Reading →
A couple of weeks ago I blogged about Magnus Carlsen's chat with Lex Fridman. It's an amazing episode and you must watch it if you are fan of chess or podcasting. It was the first time I checked full episode of Lex Fridman's podcast and that was because of Magnus. But while watching it I... Continue Reading →
Here is an excellent documentary on the math genius Srinivasa Ramanujan https://youtu.be/OARGZ1xXCxs One more short documentary on Ramanujan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixra6x1XdjE Why does Ramanujan matter? - A talk by Prof. Ken Ono https://youtu.be/7ynhiZJUMzA
The legendary Santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma (born: 13th Jan 1938) is no more. He passed away yesterday in Mumbai at the age of 84. Some people are so great that they are synonymous with the art form they are known for. In India, there are few such legends in the world of music... Continue Reading →
I discovered Manu Joseph - a journalist, an author, columnist, and now a creator of a Netflix series - barely 2 years back. I had known him before that but never followed him much. I knew he was the one who exposed Barkha Dutt in Niira Radia tapes scandal in 2009. I had also read... Continue Reading →
Here is the list of Ten Richest People In The World. The list is interesting and several observations and insights can be made. However, I want to write about two specific ones тАФ the first one and the 10th one in the list. Elon Musk has been a prodigy right from his teens. He built... Continue Reading →
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