Those who follow chess closely would be familiar with International Master V Saravanan. I have been following him since many years (and surprisingly, he follows me on Twitter. He and GM Abhijit Kunte!). I had posted a couple of videos of Saravanan where he reviewed his collection of chess books. Here is a video of... Continue Reading →
Glass Permanently Half Full: India’s Tryst with Middle Income Trap
If you are interested in Economics and follow India's GDP growth story, you would have heard the discussion about Middle Income Trap. It's a simple problem statement. Can India become rich before she becomes old. The demographic dividend is in favour of Indja, with a huge population below the age of 30. However, the slowing... Continue Reading →
Shashi Tharoor on Indian English Vs Bad English, Spoonerisms, Paraprosdokians
Shashi Tharoor's latest interview with Karan Thapar is delightfully entertaining, enlightening and engaging! It made me go back to my book shelf and pick some fiction books and re-read.It also invigorated to study Wren & Martin grammar to refresh figures of speech and other elegant aspects of English language! Why English, in general, about languages... Continue Reading →
ह्रृदयनाथ मंगेशकर यांच्या लता मंगेशकरांच्या आठवणी आणि माझे मत
नुकतेच मी ह्रृदयनाथ मंगेशकर यांच्या लता मंगेशकरांच्या आठवणींची दीर्घ मुलाखत ABP माझा वर पाहिली. २ भागांतली ही मुलाखत मला आवडली. मंगेशकर family बद्दलचे माझे मत कालपरत्वे बदलत गेले आहे. एके काळी निस्सिम चाहता होतो, ते त्यांच्या संगीतातल्या योगदानामुळे. ते योगदान अजूनही मान्यच आहे. पण पुढे त्यांचे राजकीय विचार, आपल्या लाडक्या "दैवतांचा" उदोउदो करायची पद्धत, बऱ्याच... Continue Reading →
Nandan Nilekani on Aadhaar and Digital Public Infrastructure
When I started my career with Infosys more than 22 years ago, the most influential person at Infosys for me was Mr N R Narayana Murthy (NRN). He had all the clout and was seen as the patriarch of Infosys family. He had a cult following since he had helped hundreds of his early employees... Continue Reading →
सा व नीः नवीन मराठी पॅाडकास्ट
गायिका सावनी रवींद्र हिने "सा व नी" नावाचा नवीन मराठी पॅाडकास्ट सुरू केला आहे. पहिलाच भाग राहुल देशपांडे बरोबर आहे. हा भाग तरी चांगला वाटला. आता पुढील भागात असेच दर्जेदार गेस्ट आले तर subscribe करेन. https://youtu.be/JEO3405QONU?si=-r0Pi1Nnl2Wsouhb
डॉ. शंतनू अभ्यंकर यांच्या स्मृतिविषयी
डॉ. शंतनू अभ्यंकर हे वाई मधील सुप्रसिद्ध डॉक्टर आणि एक विवेकवादी विचारवंत आणि लेखक होते. नुकतेच त्यांचे 15ऑगस्ट 2024 ला कर्करोगाने निधन झाले. त्यांच्या मुलाखतीचा एक ब्लॉग मी इथे पूर्वी लिहिला होता. 1-2 वर्षांपूर्वी ते कर्करोगातून बरे झाले होते, त्यावेळी त्यांनी "आपुले मरण पाहिले म्या डोळा" नावाचा लेख लिहिला होता. त्यांची लिहायची, बोलायची शैली साधी... Continue Reading →
NIRF 2024 Rankings
Ministry of Education has implemented National Institute Rankings Framework (NIRF) for evaluating and ranking educational institutes in India. NIRF just released their rankings for 2024. NIRF or any such rankings are good example of Goodhart's Law which states:“When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”Our education industry (yes, it's an industry... Continue Reading →
Rory Sutherland – Are We Now Too Impatient to Be Intelligent? | Nudgestock 2024
I have a list of items that I want to gift my daughter when she grows up. It doesn't feature money, property or precious collectibles (mainly because I don't have any). It consists of books which I would urge her to read, movies to watch, music to listen to, and stories/experiences which I want her... Continue Reading →
The Jaw-Dropping Cost of Making Things on Your Own – Efficiency of Free Markets
I had come across the delightful story of how a pencil is made in "I, Pencil: My Family Tree as told to Leonard E. Read", which highlights why and how the modern free market economy works for all of us. This recent video on FutureIQ is an excellent short video to understand the story in... Continue Reading →
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