Month: January 2025

And then he will be four…

And then he will be four. Early childhood is a collection of memories that a child never remembers, and parents never forget. Twenty, thirty, forty, even fifty years on – these memories live on in parent’s minds, as fresh as the day on which they were created. And boy, do these parents bore you by …

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Of work and emotion…

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन |मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि || You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions. Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities, nor be attached to inaction. A profound verse from Srimad Bhagavad Gita, with a meaning …

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Silappadhigaram

தேரா மன்னா செப்புவது உடையேன்எள்ளறு சிறப்பின் இமையவர் வியப்பப்புள்ளுறு புன்கண் தீர்த்தோன் அன்றியும் வாயிற் கடைமணி நடுநா நடுங்கஆவின் கடைமணி உகுநீர் நெஞ்சுசுடத் தான்தன்அரும்பெறல் புதல்வனை ஆழியின் மடித்தோன்பெரும்பெயர்ப் புகார்என் பதியே அவ்வூர்ஏசாச் சிறப்பின் இசைவிளங்கு பெருங்குடிமாசாத்து வாணிகன் மகனை ஆகிவாழ்தல் வேண்டி ஊழ்வினை துரப்பச் சூழ்கழல் மன்னா நின்னகர்ப் புகுந்தீங்குஎன்கால் சிலம்பு பகர்தல் வேண்டி நின்பால்கொலைக்களப் பட்ட கோவலன் மனைவி  thaera manna seppuvadhu udaiyaenellaru sirappin imaiyavar viyappappulluru punkan theerththon anriyumvaayir kadaimani naduna nadungaaavin …

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Of smiles and Social credits…

I have been following the Foodpharmer for quite a while now. In fact, ever since he started his campaign against Bournvita in 2023. He does sound a bit sensationalist at times, but he does take up very important topics. Stuff that we don’t think about but affect our health in ways we understand, but do …

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A parade of emotions…

Ah, the Indian Republic Day! The tribute at the Amar Jawan Jyoti, the parades, the tableaus, the march past…the show of strength… I remember when we were kids…switching on the television early morning, watching India at its finest, on Doordarshan (the only channel available). The commentary was a damper (very boring, and it hasn’t got …

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Learn, unlearn, repeat…

I wrote about learning yesterday, and amazing things started to happen already! Early in the morning, I used AI to make an automated spreadsheet that tracks attendance easily – took me 3 minutes from start to finish, deployed immediately. As staff started to come in (virtually), threw the idea of forming a Coder Team with …

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Learn…and unlearn…

2025 is turning out to be a marquee year in more ways than one. The insane pace of AI, our own plans of expansion and deployment of a variety of tools, new services, new people, opportunities for learning, the tools available to accelerate, no, turbocharge your leaning process…the list is endless. And January has not …

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