The incessant rain stopped late in the afternoon, and I stepped out of the house to watch the glowing red orb slowly disappear over the crest of the distant mountain. Gazing at the western sky, I noticed that the setting sun had flirted with the clouds just long enough to make them blush red and… Read More »
Most bloggers want to monetize their blogs, eventually. If you search the web for ‘monetizing blogs’, you will get thousands of links to websites sharing best strategies to monetize your site. Firstly, almost all of them have something to sell to you for sharing their thoughts on monetization. Secondly, they will preach that it is… Read More »
In ice hockey, there is an unofficial role called an enforcer. Whenever the opposing team indulges in an overly violent or a dangerous play, the enforcer’s job is to respond to such a situation by taking the offending player from the opposing team head on. In other words, the enforcer is expected to challenge and… Read More »
For the last 15 days or so, almost all Indian news channels have been talking nonstop about the suicide of Sushant Singh Rajput, a Bollywood actor who committed suicide in the month of June. Throughout the day and well into the evening all you will hear on national TV is host after host talking about… Read More »
Have you heard of Gresham’s Law? Gresham’s Law is a monetary principle in economics. It states that—’bad money drives out good (money).‘ For example, if in an economy or a market both high quality and low quality currency notes exist—counterfeit or debased by inflation or money printing—then the high quality currency notes will be hoarded… Read More »
Zee News has been running this campaign called ‘Boycott China by giving a missed call at this number‘, for a while. Everyday they will harp about it by screaming at the top of their voice and saying something along these lines, “As of today, over 75 lakh calls have been made on this number. Support… Read More »
On December 31 2019, Wuhan Municipal Health Commission released the first public message regarding COVID-19. However, the first recorded admission to a hospital with COVID-19 symptoms was December 16 2019. A day earlier, on December 30 2019, (L) Dr. Li Wenliang had raised alarm in a WeChat group about the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan. We… Read More »
Me: “Hello! Yes, can’t hear you. The connection is shoddy. Could you speak in English and a bit louder, please?“ Voice at the other end: “(Inaudible) … Emma John…“ Me: “What now?“ Voice at the other end: “(Inaudible)… from Emma John… (inaudible)“ Me: “Emma John?“ Voice at the other end: “Yes, Emma John. Your package… Read More »
As protests, riots, and mayhem wreaked havoc across the US recently because of the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minnesota cops, I couldn’t help but remember my days in the US and a few of my encounters with American cops/America’s Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs). I spent over a decade in the US.… Read More »
Recently, an engineering student named Pichikala Siddharth from the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad committed suicide by jumping off the third floor of the campus building. According to his friends and family, he was suffering from depression. This was the third suicide in the campus in the past 8 months. On July 3 2019, a… Read More »
The news out of the social media world today is that the CEO of AirAsia, Tony Fernandes, has quit Facebook in protest, after videos of New Zealand mosque attacks were posted on the platform. Fernandes tweeted saying that Facebook needs to “clean up and not just think of financials” and that “The amount of hate… Read More »
Today, I got out of a fix, a big fix I have to say, because of help from a few strangers. Now, my faith in humanity is restored and is up by one-tenth of one percent. Well, maybe, a little more. Just kidding! Oh, the humanity! First of all, unequivocally speaking, driving on Indian roads… Read More »
I ran into a casual acquaintance, today, who first wished me a happy new year, then gave me a hug, and finally wanted a selfie with me. 21 days into 2019, and he wishes me a “Happy New Year.” This got me thinking, how far into a new year are you allowed to wish a… Read More »
On a recent flight, I was sitting next to two very chatty gentlemen. I had no intention of eavesdropping on their conversation. However, I had no choice but to hear them talk, as they were sitting right next to me and yapping nonstop. Both of them were chain smokers. They reeked of cigarette smoke and… Read More »
Every project manager will undoubtedly know the definition of gold plating and scope creep, also known as requirement creep. For the uninitiated, to gold plate, in project management parlance, is to add any functionality or feature that was not a part of the original project scope plan. This does not mean that new features or… Read More »
Recently, Visual Capitalist created a chart ranking the 10 wealthiest countries in the world. India ranks sixth on that chart. It didn’t surprise me to see India ranked so high, higher than France, Canada, Australia and Italy. However what caught my eye was the percentage growth in private wealth in India, in the last 10 years… Read More »
Politics is derived from the Greek word Politiká, which mean “affairs of the cities” or “civic affairs“. Put differently, politics is about governance, the power of governing, or the “organized control over a human community, particularly [by] a state.” Politics, as per the dictionary, means the art and science of government. Therefore, a politician, by… Read More »
For the last few months, I am noticing a sharp spike in the number of ‘invest in mutual funds‘ ads on TV and print. Even though my TV viewing is limited to around 20 minutes per day, mostly while having dinner with my mom, I still couldn’t help but notice the pervasive nature of those… Read More »
The scientific name of humans is Homo sapiens. Carl Linnaeus in 1758 had coined this taxonomic term. ‘Homo‘ means ‘man‘ and ‘sapiens‘ mean ‘wise‘. In other words, Homo sapiens is Latin for wise man. Wise man? O RLY? Fuggedaboutit. Humans may have been wise once, but many aren’t wise now. Many of us are dumber… Read More »
Most of us know what Hinglish is, right? It is an admixture of English and Hindi. Supposedly, more than 350 million people in the Indian subcontinent speak Hinglish. Sir’ji is one of those Hinglish words. The root word, as you must have guessed it by now, is ‘sir‘, which is a noun. The dictionary definition of… Read More »
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