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 on The Grade Cricketer
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 →
Botez Sisters and Lex Fridman Podcast
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 →
A Lecture And Two Documentaries About Ramanujan
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
RIP Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma
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 →
How Manu Joseph and I Have “Decoupled”
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 →
Ten Richest People In The World, and Curious Case of Elon Musk/Warren Buffett
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 — the first one and the 10th one in the list. Elon Musk has been a prodigy right from his teens. He built... Continue Reading →
Happy B’day, Warren Buffett!
It's Warren Buffett's birthday today! Born on 30th August 1930, he completes 91 years today! I have written several times on this blog about Warren Buffett! He and Charlie Munger (Age 97 and still very active!) are one of the few living legends I admire and follow closely. I discovered Warren Buffett sometime in early... Continue Reading →
Rare Vintage Talk By Warren Buffett At University of Tennessee 2003
There are few people I closely follow and never get enough of. Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett, Steve Jobs, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Naval Ravikant are some of them. Books about them, their own writing have been valuable resource, just as it has been for many decades and centuries. However, one of the new formats, which is... Continue Reading →
Raj Kapoor, Nargis And The Incomplete Love Story
2nd June was death anniversary of the legendary filmmaker Raj Kapoor (passed away in 1988). There were many posts on Twitter to remember him, but one of those specially caught my attention. It is well known that Raj Kapoor and Nargis were the most popular and loved on-screen couple in their era. It was also... Continue Reading →
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