12th August 2024 "If two neighbours are fighting today, it means an Englishman visited one of them yesterday" — Old Irish proverb.
निरर्थक पाठांतर, संस्कृत आणि कालिदास
नुकतेच Twitter वर एक tweet वाचले आणि हे लिहायचे ठरवले. "तुम्ही पाठ केलेली किंवा तुमच्या स्मरणात असलेली सगळ्यात निरर्थक गोष्ट कोणती?" असा प्रश्न होता. त्यावर एकानी "पठ" चं संस्कृत शब्द रूप (म्हणजे शब्द चालविणे) याचं उदाहरण दिलं आणि त्यावरून माझ्या मनात बरेच विचार आले. कारण त्याबद्दल मीदेखील अनेकदा विचार करतो. कित्येक गोष्टी माझ्या स्मरणात आहेत ज्या म्हटलं... Continue Reading →
Thought of The Day
11th August 2024 “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” — Simone Weil
Thought of The Day
10th August 2024 “The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.” — William James
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9th August 2024 "A man is about as big as the things that make him angry." — Winston Churchill
Thought of The Day
8th August 2024 “You can’t get to old age by another man’s road. My vices protect me but they would assassinate you.” — Mark Twain
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7th August 2024 “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” — Kurt Vonnegut
Indian Math Prodigy on Indian Math Olympiad
This year India's IMO team created history! The team consisting of six boys secured fourth place (the best ever performance by India) and few individual medals/accolades. Here is an interesting interview of one of the team members, Rushil Mathur. Don't miss this if you love mathematics. https://youtu.be/DGaO7L1SOzA?si=FTKAP6bx5wChZj_Q
Thought of The Day
6th August 2024 “The stock market is the only market where things go on sale and all the customers run out of the store.” — Cullen Roche
Warren Buffet and Elephant Gun
In his letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders in 2011, Warren Buffett wrote about the need for major acquisitions to maintain growth in the company's non-insurance businesses. "We're prepared. Our elephant gun has been reloaded, and my trigger finger is itchy." Buffett said "Berkshire is contributing "something between" $12 and $13 billion of the deal", so... Continue Reading →
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