Christmas and New Year's move toward us again . the old sickening duet . the masses coming out of their TV caves . the family gatherings . the gross, dull nothingness, the fake drunks, the fake smiles, the fake people . may we live through this somehow, one more time — Charles Bukowski Thought 1:... Continue Reading →
Magnus Carlsen is AWESOME!
Magnus Carlsen is one of the top 3 best chess players of all time! And he continues to demonstrate that every now and then! Here are two such examples. The fist is his game against Anish Giri where he showed his amazing chess acumen and understanding of the basics of the game. He sacrificed his... Continue Reading →
Raghuram Rajan Is Braking The Mould
Raghuram Rajan is one of the most articulate and balanced thinker India has in the current era. I find him very logical and persuasive in his arguments and agree with most of his views (well, also because he is a Congress sympathiser and hopefully he'll become a FM some day). He recently co-authored a book... Continue Reading →
Elon Musk on Advertisers, Trust and the “Wild Storm” in His Mind
Elon Musk is an enigma for me. I am still not sure if he's a maverick genius or an eccentric and arrogant nerd. I'm not sure if I like him or dislike him. Over the last 1 year I am trying to understand him more closely. I recently got his biography by Walter Isaacson, which... Continue Reading →
The Seen and The Unseen: Episode #352 with Harsh Vardhan
One of my favourite podcasts is Amit Varma's The Seen and The Unseen. Though the episodes are way too long (usually 3 hrs long, but sometimes extending to 5-6 even 8 hours!), they are always valuable and enjoyable in parts. One such episode I liked and thought of sharing here was that with Harsh Vardhan.... Continue Reading →
The Best of Charlie Munger
I am still not over the fact that my role model Charlie Munger passed away at 99. And the same is true for his cult - which is pretty huge, spread across the world! So I have been watching for last few days multiple videos of and about Charlie and articles written by him or... Continue Reading →
Deciphering “Ahalya – The Short Film”
Long back I had posted three really good short films. However, I had not written in detail about them. I recently showed one of those three short stories, "Ahalya", to my non-Indian friend and he liked the quirky film a lot. However, when I explained to him the mythological context behind it, he appreciated it... Continue Reading →
The Beauty of Finance | Episode 21 | Everything is Everything
This is an excellent episode! The best primer one can have on the essence of Finance! I love this podcast and eagerly wait for all episodes. However, some are better than the other good ones. This is one of those! I am also glad that it's a video podcast and not just audio. It adds... Continue Reading →
“आत्मपॅम्फ्लेट” विषयी…
परेश मोकाशीचा "हरिश्चंद्राची फ़ॅक्टरी" हा चित्रपट मला आवडला होता. नेहेमीच्या मराठी सुमार विनोदपटांच्या कचऱ्यात मोकाशीचा विनोदाचा sense आणि treatment खूपच दर्जेदार वाटली. पण तरी तो विशेष लक्षात राहावा असे वाटले नाही. पण ह्या वर्षाच्या सुरुवातीला आलेला "वाळवी" ह्या चित्रपटाने परत एकदा परेश मोकाशीच्या दर्जाची जाणीव झाली. Black Comedy प्रकारचा चित्रपट मराठीत बनतच नाही...त्यामुळे वाळवी विशेष आवडला. त्यानंतर... Continue Reading →
An appreciation note for Charlie Munger
This is an appreciation post for Charlie Munger - Berkshire Hathaway vice-chairman, Warren Buffett's business partner since 1959 and someone who I idolise. I have written about Charlie Munger multiple times on this blog, but I can't have enough of him; so here is one more post! Charlie Munger was born on 1st January 1924;... Continue Reading →
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