Tristan Harris, a former ethicist at Google, created a PowerPoint presentation for his fellow Google employees in 2013. Titled – A call to minimize distractions and respect users’ attention, Harris noted that products made by just three companies – Google, Apple and Facebook – were shaping (and now controlling) how humanity spent it’s limited attention …
The Big Bad Wolf is back again! The end of February brings good news – the mammoth book sale is back and well, I am super excited. Not to buy the books – that I will in the truckloads – I actually am looking for bookshelves to store them. My study is already overflowing, and …
A lazy Sunday called for a day of print, rather than a day of screen. And so I dug into my treasure chest of unread books and picked up ‘A little book of language’ by David Crystal. David is a serious linguist, but the book is an easy read – presumably aimed at the hoi …
Had an engaging conversation with the parents of a four year old in our locality. Among the topics that we touched upon, was the tendency of parents to compare their children with others. This starts of as friendly competition, but quickly turns into a never-ending cycle of “Sharma ji ka Beta” type of pressure, both …
Bhogā na bhuktā vayameva bhuktāḥ – The more we get, the more we want, isn’t it? At the start of my career over twenty years ago, I had thought of a target – a certain amount of money that I would aim to earn , that would fulfil my needs and help me lead a life of …
Its all over the news today – the Washington Post laid off a third of it’s workforce – about 300 people, in the latest blow that the advance of technology and social media has delivered to traditional businesses. Claude CoWork had a negative impact of nearly a trillion dollars on the stock markets, and everyday …
In India, there is no official Dance Day, but I guess we never needed it. Just a glimpse of the Nataraja, is enough to know how deep-rooted classical dance has been in our culture. The नाट्य शास्त्र, (Nāṭyaśāstra), of Bharata Muni, was compiled five centuries before Christ, and is the primary reference text for Indian classical …
अनारम्भो हि कार्याणां प्रथमं बुद्धि-लक्षणम् ।आरब्धस्यान्त-गमनं द्वितीयं बुद्धि-लक्षणम् ॥ १२७ ॥ anārambho hi kāryāṇāṃ prathamaṃ buddhi-lakṣaṇam |ārabdhasyānta-gamanaṃ dvitīyaṃ buddhi-lakṣaṇam || 127 || The first sign of intelligence is to not begin any task. The second sign of intelligence is to always finish a task that has been started. And so, Sthirajeevin let out a series of groans, …
ॐ दिवं च रोह पृथिवीं च रोह राष्ट्रं च रोह द्रविणं च रोह।प्रजां च रोहामृतं च रोह रोहितेन तन्वं सं स्पृशस्व ॥ dívaṃ ca róha pr̥tʰivī́ṃ ca roha rāṣṭráṃ ca róha dráviṇaṃ ca roha /prajā́ṃ ca róhāmŕ̥taṃ ca roha róhitena tanvà1ṃ sáṃ spr̥śasva // Raise the standards of all the aspects of your life, raise the …
It was all fun and games at Ready Set Go, the venue for Keshav’s birthday party. It was the first time we attempted celebrating in such a manner, given that Keshav was not very aware of what a birthday actually is earlier. Being the shy kid that he is, it was a task for him …
