This is an amazing story shared by Andre Agassi about how he deciphered Boris Becker's service based on his tongue movement. Not only he did that but he was smart enough to understand that he should use that information sparingly so that he didn't come to know that Agassi had figured out that peculiar thing... Continue Reading →
संस्कृतपंडित गुलाम बिराजदार यांचे निधन…
मी शाळेत असताना संस्कृत ३ वर्ष शिकलो - ८ वी ते १० वी. त्याआधी मला अनेक संस्कृत श्लोक किंवा स्तोत्र पाठ झालेली होती...पण अर्थ किंवा व्याकरण काहीही समजत नव्हते. शाळेत देखील संस्कृत हे जुजबीच शिकवले होते. म्हणजे अगदी प्राथमिक स्वरूपाचे...व्याकरण वगैरेची तोंड ओळख. स्वतः वाक्य तयार करणे किंवा अर्थ लावणे यावर भर नव्हताच. कारण संस्कृत... Continue Reading →
Daniel Kahneman and Yuval Noah Harari Together…
Daniel Kahneman and Yuval Noah Harari are two of the great thinkers alive and also among the people I like to follow. I had read Daniel Kahneman's book Thinking Fast and Slow partly. I had really liked it, however it is not an easy read. It is in small type font and very verbose. The... Continue Reading →
Joji and Cyrus Says Podcast
I mentioned in one of the earlier blogs that the biggest positive thing that happened to me in 2020 was the discovery of regional cinema - Mallyalam to be specific, and also discovery of Fahadh Faasil! I am simply in love with his acting range and versatility. So when his most recent movie Joji premiered... Continue Reading →
115 Year Old Patent By Indian For Chess Recorder
Today I got to know a fascinating thing about Chess. There is a 115 year old patent awarded in the US to an Indian for coming up with a system called Chess Recorder! An electronic chess board is now well established and common for all Grand Master level events. It is still not common for... Continue Reading →
Systems Thinking Speech by Dr. Russell Ackoff
I have developed interest in a couple of new subjects in last 4-5 years and have been trying to read/know more about them. One of them is Game Theory and the other is Systems Thinking. I read a very interesting book 3-4 years ago by Fritjof Capra titled "The Systems View of Life - A... Continue Reading →
A Documentary on How Google Search Works
Google search home page is good at using Doodles for celebrating events, festivals, people etc. and nudging people into exploring further details by clicking on the Doddle. If you want to check the repository of all the doodles click here. I regularly check such doodles and explore further. Last week I came across a hyperlink... Continue Reading →
Eric Schmidt on Structuring Teams And Scaling Google
When I started reading English, I read fiction for the first few years. The typical trajectory of any Indian middle-class boy who was not from English medium. I started with Agatha Christie and P G Wodehouse books and then Perry Mason, Ronald Dahl, Jeffry Archer, Dan Brown, followed by Indian English (Malgudi Days etc). This... Continue Reading →
Charlie Munger Speaks At Daily Journal AGM 2021
I have written many times about Charlie Munger. He is one of my idols and I try to follow every interview, every media interaction of his. He just turned 97 years old on 1st Jan 2021 (born on 1st January 1924). It's simply amazing at his age to be alive and in his senses. In... Continue Reading →
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