I had an interesting conversation with an Emirati client a couple of years back. A free zone had asked him to wait 6 months before making an application for a cutting-edge fintech. “What the world takes five years to do, we in Dubai do it in six months”, he said. “Asking me to wait six …
Did you know that photons of light have no color, sound waves have no sound, olfactory molecules have no odors, and food molecules have no taste? The greenness of the trees, the blueness of the sky, the smell of that freshly baked pastry and the taste of that homemade pie are all created inside your …
Have had this question many times, from many people – about the name of my consultancy – 10 Leaves. Why 10? Why Leaves? William Shakespeare once said – a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet…But the good bard wouldn’t have relished being called Will.I.am I imagine. Now would calling a rose a cabbage …
Have you heard of Wootz steel? Chances are that you haven’t. Have you heard of the swords of Tipu Sultan? AHA. Well, they were made of the stuff. Wootz steel was a pioneering steel alloy developed in India in the mid-1st millennium BC and exported globally. It originated in Wootz steel originated in the mid-1st millennium BC in South …
Read this somewhere… The thing that gives people courage is ideas. And it is not only courage that comes from ideas; it is determination; it is the power to act, the power to go on acting coherently. For though it is true that most ideas are the rationalizations of feelings, that does not mean that …
I revisited this blogpost today. The weather in Dubai is great at the moment, drop in temperatures, cool breeze, and an overall good feeling. Not for some, but for me, its a collection of beautiful moments… Such days also make me think deep about life and where I am headed. Not that I am in …
A few AI-related predictions for the near future, that I chanced upon while browsing… The return of the invite-only web. To escape the bot-flooded “dead internet,” the best platforms become gated and reputation-scored. The open web becomes a wasteland; the gated web becomes the party. Google, Apple, and OpenAI accidentally build the new internet. Instead …
कथामुखं The introduction In a city called Mahilaropya, very far away from here, lived a king named Amarashakti (the ever-powerful). He took very good care of his kingdom and his subjects, and was loved and revered by all. He was a master of all the sciences and the art of politics and negotiations, of ethics …
Today, as Rohāmrta was saying papa papa papa, I recalled the day he started to say da-da-da-da. He is quite conversational with me by now, and has started speaking in regular coherence, so well, typical first-time-dad pride. Anyways, I did go back and enjoy this piece that I wrote, and here it is below. Speech …
Among the books I am currently reading, is Bill Bryson’s ” The life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid”. A memoir of sorts, about him growing up in America in the 50s. His pages are filled with exaggerated humor, in true Bryson style, and I find myself smiling, occasionally breaking into loud peals of laughter, …
