"The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten."
A quote about Quality
माझे इंग्रजीचे शिक्षक
आज माझ्या दहावीतील इंग्रजीच्या खाजगी क्लासचे शिक्षक यांची निधनवार्ता वृत्तपत्रात वाचली (वय ९२ वर्षे). मी त्यांचे नाव सांगत नाही, पण ह्या लेखासाठी त्यांना जोशी सर म्हणू. मी मराठी माध्यमातला असल्यामुळे इयत्ता ५ वी पासून इंग्रजी विषय सुरु झाला. ५ वी ते ८ वी मला माझे इंग्रजी शिकवायचे. पण मी ८ वी मध्ये असताना त्यांचे निधन... Continue Reading →
Usain Bolt and New Performance Metric
Usain Bolt has won 9 gold medals in last 3 Olympics and he has run less than 2 mins on the track. That's economy of effort… Usain Bolt ran for less than 115 sec in total in his 3 Olympics career and made $119 Million! That's more than $1 Million for each second... Continue Reading →
Very good chess puzzle
White to play and win - Pinned but still wins... https://www.chess.com/emboard?id=6612&type=dailypuzzle https://www.chess.com/forum/view/daily-puzzles/9-6-2016-pinned-but-still-wins
A lesson in Economics
An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said, "OK, we... Continue Reading →
Krishna – Uddhava Conversation
Krishna - Uddhava Conversation Why did Krishna not save the Pandavas when they played dice with Duryodhana & Shakuni? Wonderful explanation by Krishna himself: From his childhood, Uddhava had been with Krishna, charioting him and serving him in many ways. He never asked for any wish or boon from Sri Krishna. When Krishna was... Continue Reading →
Interesting talk by Gaurav Agarwal, IAS 2013 Rank 1
Interesting talk by Gaurav Agarwal, IAS 2013 Rank 1. Innovative example of Cricket to make a point about Politics (watch at 24:0 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S4gM6vW8S8 I stumbled upon this by chance and then watched few mock IAS interviews. I'll write a detailed post about IAS later (couple of them who I have met and many... Continue Reading →
Microfinance – Organized usury?
Just a few days ago (on 25th July) I saw an interview of Shyam Sekhar (Twitter:@shyamsek, FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/shyamsek) where he said: "Microfinance is organized usury. Wouldn't give a P/E multiple to usury". Yesterday, in less than a week, Ujjivan Financial Services - a microfinance company that was recently listed on exchanges, announced that their net... Continue Reading →
Great people think alike…
Albert Einstein and Henry Ford - Great people think alike! “The object of education is not to fill a man’s mind with facts; it is to teach him how to use his mind in thinking.” — Henry Ford https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2016/07/henry-ford-actual-value-education/
What’s your ikigai?
Ikigai (生き甲斐, pronounced [ikiɡai]) is a Japanese concept meaning "a reason for being". Everyone, according to the Japanese, has an ikigai. Source: Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikigai What's your ikigai? More on this soon...
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