2022-04-14 11:56
To be skilful is a must. So when random factors come together to capitalise on our skill, we would be ready. Attributing success to skill more than we ought to is the centre of new age think… Read More
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The blog is about ideas, experiences, observation of the world around, and reflections on reading - all mine. The blog covers topics from philosophy to science and religion to management
2022-04-10 07:11
It is uncanny that we have this ability to not relate to our own selves from past or in future, particularly so in future. We deselect our memory to distance ourselves from what we didn&rsqu&hell…Read More
2017-08-14 02:27
What are the odds that human beings evolved - one in infinity. What are the chances that human beings could go to the moon - one in infinity plus one. To understand human DNA - one in infini… Read More
2017-07-09 07:25
Nothing comes with all merits. Demerits are embedded in every decision. Decisions, therefore,have to be evaluated in terms of their net positive impact. Because of inefficiency in our t… Read More
2017-05-07 07:01
Salt is a preservative. Our ancestors did not have to go out to kill everyday thanks to this property of Salt. They could kill cattle in hordes and store their meat in salt. Not to while awa… Read More
2017-04-01 13:22
Another pop-psychology topic is to push people into thinking "I can do".No.I am scared of large of tracts water - I can't swim in a sea. I am fine with it. I don't want to be told I can do i… Read More
2017-03-25 11:09
Earth Hour: Edit: I have gone around the Sun for 6 years since my last post on the subject. Nothing much has changed. Except that I would have punctuated this post with a few f$cks. Because… Read More
2017-03-19 07:25
Happiness is pursued as the purpose of life. I can't imagine myself to be happy all the time. I must do my morning ablutions, shave, bath, and do many other routine things necessary to survi… Read More
2017-02-26 14:35
What if!'What if' is decried. I have an active brain which is prone to imagination. Which weaves past, opportunities lost, memories of the more successful next door boy, that Lamborghini, vi… Read More
2017-02-24 17:28
I went to the movie Jolly LLB 2. No this post isn't about the movie. Nor is it about my being compelled by the Hon'ble Supreme Court to stand up during the playing of our National Anthem whe… Read More
2017-02-21 11:16
Long time ago, expectancy was around 30. Now people routinely live beyond 70. What are the challenges -Need to earn a lot more to feed oneself and family longer.Medical issues - physical pai… Read More
2017-02-21 11:09
We seem to be captives to our hormones more than we realise and more than we are perhaps willing to accept.I was watching this show on national geographic channel – it was the story, a… Read More
2017-02-21 11:07
It is always futile to wait for a certain day of the year to turn to sainthood. To resolve to be what we want to be than what we are.What we want to be rather what we are makes us richer and… Read More
2016-12-24 13:53
It wan an old theory propounded by I guess Alvin Tofller that times flies faster in relation to the time we spent in this world. Years get shorter as we live our years. That time fundamental… Read More
2016-12-18 07:57
Census team continues to miss me. I still don't get reckoned amongst Indian population. Methinks, I am not such an exception. My breed must be many. This country's population is - taking a r… Read More
2012-03-10 16:43
Life explained and lived through -Selfishness is a virtue - work hard for yourself; keep expanding the economy around you; pay higher taxes; hire people; spend more. It will do good. Mo… Read More
2011-09-24 17:36
Those who have read this blog know that I am a big fan of chance theory. It is our innate need to feel important and live till eternity that makes us see patterns and rationalize things and… Read More
2011-08-22 00:04
Sure. What after LokPal?What is a policeman earning a paltry salary going to tell his son when he asks for a cricket kit?Corruption has different shades. A politician who already is worth sa… Read More
2011-06-13 15:58
Children want to grow fast as they want to be able make choices. Grown-ups want to go back to being young so they can reverse wrong choices they made. xxxxxxxxxxThere is nothing wrong with t… Read More
2011-03-23 16:52
Tautological. But then how else would I break writers's block. Unlike for other animals (almost all), based on reading and observation, it appears that for human beings sex is not an instinc… Read More
2010-11-26 16:14
For a reason. We relocated to Mumbai on Nov 01st. Still living out of a hotel. Should move into flat in 3-4 days. Thankfully 10 minutes away from office. Blogging will resume in another week… Read More
2010-10-22 19:13
Mind plays many games. Over a period of time, we have avoided doing things that we had earlier wanted to do or done things that we would have ideally avoided. These could be simple things li… Read More
2010-10-01 14:02
The place of chance in our lives can never be overestimated.- What if Justin Bieber' s mother was 30 and not 18 when he was born. Would she have been as net savvy? If she did not know Youtub… Read More
2010-09-19 05:33
There is too much talk about " innovation". Resources - time, energy and lots of money - is going into developing new things. Management; medicine; engineering - everywhere.What about e… Read More
2010-08-28 18:14
I spend much time brooding over the purpose of life.We did not after all come to this world to be working for most of our waking hours. To end up hating people who were once ours and dear. O… Read More
2010-08-27 15:39
How would we know how good something is or even what it actually is. We see it, smell it, feel it, listen to it, read it, study it, observe it. Live it. Sometimes these aren't enough. We nee… Read More
2010-08-25 15:15
We are not happy with what we are doing. All the time.=Have management education from amongst the best b-schools. It mysteriously seems nothing. Could have done better.=Money and position ma… Read More
2010-07-21 14:11
Animals need leash; Indian need speed-breakers. Incidentally, in Bangalore speed-breakers are back-breakers - there are many and they are really humpy. If some authority rules that these n… Read More
2010-07-20 16:33
Absence is explainable. Due partly to busyness, but mainly to disillusionment and writer's block.Disillusionment obviates provocation. And I had said before provocation is an important reaso… Read More
2010-07-13 16:42
Electric supply has always been an issue in Bangalore ( in fact, in most cities* in India). Now, water supply is an issue. My house rent has gone up steeply thanks to high maintenance, most… Read More
2010-07-13 16:01
Somethings, they say, are ends in themselves. Not so, methinks. About a decade ago, I was involved with an NGO, then in its incipience. Its focus then was more on education and health in rem… Read More
2010-06-30 13:40
Practising CA friends - this may hurt.But then some of your colleagues have been hurting all of us for years. This is how - - sign off annual reports in spite of the knowledge that the promo… Read More
2010-06-27 14:56
Society was, and is, interested in ensuring legitimacy of children so that distribution of property / wealth is within known framework, and no surprises spring up. Society is also interested… Read More
2010-06-23 14:38
Thousands of people on the road. Some in cars; some on bikes; some on bi-cycle; some in a bus; some walking; some pushing a cart; and some standing across a cart selling fruits.Let us look a… Read More
2010-06-09 16:31
Love needs expression. Else, it cannot be felt; it cannot be measured. Words and Actions are the principal only sources of expression. Telling someone " I Love You" is words; how you tell ho… Read More
2010-06-07 15:45
- Two dogs each contained in a room (and cannot escape) are subjected to electric shock. Both suffer. One dog has access to switch that can put off the electric supply. This dog learns to sw… Read More
2010-06-01 13:45
Complications - a brilliant book by Dr Atul Gawande. He takes us through various cases where there was unbearable pain, suffering and in some cases loss.- some girl all of 18 going to get wi… Read More
2010-05-27 13:39
Just because I am an ISB alumnus does not mean that I will not speak things that are wrong about ISB or being its alumnus. As with every system, it has its merits and demerits.Suffice it to… Read More
2010-05-22 11:48
Accident happened; lives are lost. Families will suffer - both emotionally and financially. Government has announced, in a manner which beats logic as I had written before, INR 2 lac c… Read More
2010-05-20 17:13
My life = My time (derived through the number of years I live) But how can I call it my time, when much of it is given to organization. Good parts go in ritual, dogma, living up to society's… Read More
2006-07-25 17:24
The censoring of blogspot did not do me too good as it put a brake on what was supposedly my liberation from writer’s block.
Why writer’s block?
I am more creative than structure… Read More
2006-07-14 20:06
It has been many moons.
Many things happened. I got a little away from being a banker and a little closer to being a consultant. I have tamed powerpoint enough to get things done. My tryst… Read More
2006-06-16 08:53
Some perks that I am enjoying….
1. Office (temporary) in a five star hotel
2. My desk is next to the Frech Window which overlooks the Arabian Sea and of course the (in)famous bandstan… Read More
2006-06-10 20:27
Being good with a tool that can help analyze data, and being good at making PPT slides are two qualities which a consultant cannot afford not to have. But these two are just tools. These mat… Read More
2006-06-04 13:34
It has been a long gap. It is too early to write about what it feels to be a management consultant. We have been undergoing training, which feels like ISB-extension. A few partners have flow… Read More
2006-05-25 12:25
Found a nice flat at Bandra in Mumbai. Will be moving there on 30th. Way back in 1996, I started my career in Mumbai and now I will start my second career from there. Mumbai never lets one d… Read More
2006-05-21 19:09
Relocating is usually easy for me because I generally belong nowhere. But moving to Mumbai is always pain because finding the right house is not easy. Another one week and I will move to Mum… Read More
2006-05-13 12:55
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill has been a major influence in my life. A book of about 100 pages but a very difficult read. Mill’s message is simple – the individual and his liber… Read More
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