I got a lovely message today. They may have felt my pain, my suffering…my hard work and that I didn’t any rest from so many days… They asked me if I was tired or fatigued…whether I felt low…just out of the blue they messaged me. Oh how wonderful, that someone cares… And then I read …
Sleep tracking. Yes, been reading a lot about it lately. My sleep patterns have been disturbed, mostly due to a disruption of my exercise schedule. So while I struggle to get that back, I have been trying to measure my sleep patterns to know more about the subject. Today’s wearable tech still has a long …
The 1972 book Limits to Growth, which predicted our civilisation would probably collapse some time this century, has been criticised as doomsday fantasy since it was published. Now, someone decided to check the model anyway and see if it actually made sense, 40 years on. Turns out, we are pretty much following the model to …
A year back today, Rohāmrta had his Anna Prāshana. The first time when he was fed solid food, an important milestone in his life. I read what I had written that day, and it is reproduced below. How fast time passes though. And kids grow faster – one day you are cradling them in your …
A few years ago, a book called Fish! Philosophy made a err…splash in the world of workplace motivation. On a visit to Seattle in 1997, John Christensen, owner of ChartHouse Learning, observed fish sellers at Pike Place Fish Market tossing trout and salmon through the air of the market, providing high energy that energized many pedestrians passing by on …
भारुण्डपक्षिकथा The story of Bhārunda, the bird Near the ocean, not so far away from here, lived a bird named Bhārunda. He had one stomach, but two heads. One day, as he was taking his evening walk on the beach, he found a fruit that had been washed ashore. Curious, he picked it up, and …
kya pata hum mein hai kahani, yah hai, kahani mein hum…pum parara rum… Is the story within us, or are we within the story… We started coming down from the trees many thousands of years ago, and at that time little made sense, except food and survival. Once we settled and started farming, the food …
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You know the world isn’t functioning properly when one has loyalty points at a clinic, and when the pharmacy has a discount sale on most of the time. You know the world isn’t functioning properly when VCs pour money into companies that burn cash, with no profits in sight, and not into companies that are …
Arjuna was the most prominent warrior in the Mahabharata. The best archer in the world, with the avatar of Sri Vishnu as a guide, and the establishment of Dharma as the objective, on the biggest stage that humanity had ever seen. It is only natural that the tools available to him had to be exceptional. …
Ok, so Rohāmrta has not gone out for 4 days, since he was sick. He is fine now, but cannot say the same about his dad…anyway. The point is that the kid is quite irritated now. Now and then, he picks up the ball, goes to the main door, and tries to open it in …
