The Toxic Pursuit of Greatness in Chess - an excellent discussion on the disturbing side of chess. Being a chess lover and player since last 35+ years, I really liked it! https://youtu.be/QIStD15SNM8?si=oD0N7vFQDYBNuUbK
The ELO Rating System for Chess
I love playing chess. My initial rating performance was close to 1900 and then it subsequently fell down because I was too reckless early on, after getting the FIDE rating, when "k" factor is high i.e. you win or lose points quickly. I was fascinated by this rating system called ELO. As I learnt statistics... Continue Reading →
Sagar Shah on new chess books in the Chessbase India shop
Sagar Shah posted a video on the new chess books in the Chessbase India shop. I like these videos of chess books reviews/walkthroughs. I have posted a couple by IM Saravanan on this podcast. Book reviews, in general, are great! But chess book reviews are special! They motivate me to resume chess study. I have... Continue Reading →
The Hidden Marketing Forces Guiding Your Every Choice by Rory Sutherland
Rory Sutherland is one of the interesting people I discovered in 2025. I guess he might be the only person this year. I have posted some of his videos on this blog before. His insights are amazing. His style is very casual, engaging and ffiendly. And most importantly he is British! I love his accent... Continue Reading →
Rathin Roy on South India: Challenges Posed By The Next Phase Of Transformation
I have said this before. There are few people I follow keenly and Rathin Roy is one of them. So when Rathin speaks, I immediately watch. Some of his ideas have been repeated multiple times, however, they are so important that they should be hammered again and again. Yesterday the other podcast I like ended... Continue Reading →
10 Frameworks That Shaped Us | Episode 127 | Everything Is Everything
Everything Is Everything is an amazing podcast by Amit Verma and Ajay Shah. I watch it regularly. Out of 127 episodes I must have watched more than 80 episodes. Here is the latest one which is on a topic I love! I watched it with great expectations and to be honest, I was hoping for... Continue Reading →
Fireside Conversation with Mohnish Pabrai
After my hero Charlie Munger passed away and Warren Buffett decided "to go mute", there are not many people who I can look forward to for enlightenment in the Economics, Finance and Investments domain. So I settle for the second and the third best options. I still keenly follow Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Aswath Damodaran... Continue Reading →
Means, Metrics and Matrices – A talk by Rajendra Bhatia Professor of Mathematics at Ashoka University
I like to explore interesting things which stimulate thinking or give food for thought. It has become increasingly difficult to find such material in the torrent of contents on social media. But once in a while you find something good and you immediately lap it up! Here is a talk by Rajendra Bhatia Professor of... Continue Reading →
अज्ञात: ADNYAT Short film by Santosh Davakhar
I recently came across Adnyat - an award winning short film by Santosh Davakhar, and really liked it! Short film is a very unique format and I have been watching some amazing short films in the last few years and have also blogged about the ones which I liked. Do watch this one and share... Continue Reading →
Rathin Roy on Challenges Posed by Next Phase of Transformation
It is always a pleasure to listed to Dr. Rathin Roy! I have the privilege of having him follow me on Twitter (X). I like his sharp takes, insights and for showing the spine to say things as they are and criticizing monster Modi regime. Do watch this if you are interested in such topics.... Continue Reading →
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