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 →
१७ वे वर्ष — पु. भा. भावे यांच्या कथेवर आधारीत short film
मराठी भाषेत पु. भा. भावे हे एक नामवंत कथाकार होते. व. पु. काळे, द.मा.मिरासदार, शंकर पाटील, हे कथाकार जास्त प्रसिद्ध आहेत. G A कुलकर्णी हे दीर्घ कथा आणि गूढ कथांसाठी सुप्रसिद्ध होते. पु. भा. भावे हे तितके प्रसिद्ध नसले तरी बरेच प्रचलित होते. नुकतीच त्यांच्या "१७ वे वर्ष" या कथेवर आधारीत त्याच नावाची एक short... Continue Reading →
Semi-classical Chess Tournament and My Renewed Interest In Training
I played a semi-classical chess tournament over the weekend and did reasonably well. I won 5 games, drew one and lost 2 games thus scoring 5.5 out of 8. Even the two games I lost were not bad. No blunders or easy loss. Since it was a semi-classical event (30 mins + 30 sec increment... Continue Reading →
India’s Fake Glory EXPOSED — Sabeer Bhatia
Sabeer Bhatia is the founder of Hotmail which he sold for millions of dollars during the dot com boom. I first read about him in the book "The Horse That Flew" which chronicles few of India's most iconic Tech leaders from 1990's. I highly recommend that book if you are interested in India's early tech... Continue Reading →
Imperial Receipts by Dr Shashi Tharoor
Congress leader Dr Shashi Tharoor is one of the most erudite and well-spoken politicians in India. Of late he has started showing affinity towards RSS and BJP and hence I have lost faith in him. However, there is no doubt that he is one of the most articulated communicator. So when I saw that he... Continue Reading →
RSS 100 Years : राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ, हिंदुत्व आणि विवेकानंदांच्या विचारांवर डॉ. दत्तप्रसाद दाभोळकर
डॉ. दत्तप्रसाद दाभोळकर यांची एक अतिशय सुंदर मुलाखत नुकतीच प्रसिद्ध झाली. RSS ची १०० वर्षे, स्वामी विवेकानंद आणि संघाचा दुतोंडीपणा याबद्दल अतिशय मार्मिक विवेचन दाभोळकर यांनी केले आहे. मी माझ्या अनेक संघी मित्रांना आणि नातेवाईकांना ही मुलाखत पाठवली आहे. तुम्ही पण जरून ऎका. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abkXpMCv-rI
[Marathi] The Life and Legacy of Dr. R. G. Bhandarkar
Dr. R. G. भांडारकर यांच्या निधनाला नुकतीच म्हणजे २४ ऑगस्ट २०२५ ला १०० वर्षे पूर्ण झाली. त्यानिमित्त भांडारकर प्राच्यविद्या संशोधन संस्थेच्या Dr. प्रदीप आपटे यांनी Dr. गौरी मोघे यांनी घेतलेली मुलाखत नक्की बघा. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mek_oIYHyjs
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