Applicable to business, investing, and life in general[1] The opposite of a good idea can also be a good idea.[2] Don't design for average.[3] It doesn't pay to be logical if everyone else is being logical.[4] The nature of our attention affects the nature of our experience.[5] A flower is simply a weed with an... 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 →
Data For India Platform by Rukmini S
Rukmini S is a data journalist - a kind of journalist that is still rare in India. Do check her book "Whole Numbers and Half Truths" for interesting perspectives and insights on India. You may also check on Youtube her talks/interviews about her book and the work she does. Rukmini has recently started a platform... 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 →
17 Equations That Changed The World
Ian Stewart's book, "17 Equations that Changed the World," describes how these equations came to be used in machine learning :- Pythagorean's Theorem: Although this theorem is best recognized for its geometric uses, it is important in machine learning, particularly in relation to distance-based techniques like k-nearest neighbors. Logarithms: These are used in ML approaches... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Crooked Timber of New India
Few days ago I blogged about Karan Thapar's interview with Dr. Parakala Prabhakar which was on the backdrop of his new book "The Crooked Timber of New India". The book released on 15th May and has already made it to #2 in Top 10 non-fiction books in India. I had pre-ordered the book and received... Continue Reading →
Happy World Book Day!
Happy World Book Day! To be precise, it's called World Book and Copyright Day and is celebrated on 23rd April which is supposed to be b'day and death anniversary of William Shakespeare. In 2023, World Book and Copyright Day will link the power of literature and storytelling with the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-32)... Continue Reading →
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