Life

Future of work?

For those who don’t know yet, my whole team and me have been working remotely, from 15 months now. That is more than a year, working from our homes, or WFH, as it is called. Today got me thinking – what next? Do we continue this way even after the storm has cleared? Or would …

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Nineteen done, six to go…

Well, I finished the nineteenth Vetāla yesterday, and there are six more to go. I hope that you are enjoying these stories. As I had stated before, a lot of them sound incredible, many may even seem pointless. But rest assured, each one of these stories can be read differently, with a deeper meaning, and …

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To mask or not to mask…

You can read the previous part here… And so, when I get my second dose tomorrow, I will say a small prayer of thanks. For the life that I have got, for it’s comforts, for the good food I eat, and for all the privileges that I have. Sometimes, we just don’t remember. Maybe such …

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The final frontier…hopefully

You can read the previous part here… So I had provisioned for a quiet day, without work and spent largely with myself. Am liking it, but will be raring to go back to work and family, and Vetāla by tomorrow. See you then. And yes, GO TAKE THE VACCINE! Tomorrow, I become invincible. Or maybe …

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Of starts and restarts

We have all been there isn’t it? The big resolve to do something, to start anew. An exercise regime, a diet, a new productivity mantra, a new way of working… This usually follows a bell-shaped curve. Start from zero, an accelerated approach towards a peak, when you are exactly where you want to be…and then …

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Celebrating a mother…not just for a day.

पृथिव्यां पुत्रास्ते जननि बहवः सन्ति सरलाःपरं तेषां मध्ये विरलतरलोऽहं तव सुतः। pṛthivyāṃ putrāste janani bahavaḥ santi saralāḥparaṃ teṣāṃ madhye viralataralo’haṃ tava sutaḥ। मदीयोऽयं त्यागः समुचितमिदं नो तव शिवेकुपुत्रो जायेत क्वचिदपि कुमाता न भवति ॥३॥ madīyo’yaṃ tyāgaḥ samucitamidaṃ no tava śivekuputro jāyeta kvacidapi kumātā na bhavati ॥3॥ Oh Mother, there are many sons of yours in …

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Done and dusted…

Ok bye. See you tomorrow. Hopefully no fever. No body pain. Just pure Covid swimming in my blood. I mean vaccine.  You can read the previous part here… 7.10 this morning, a thin needle made it’s way into my left shoulder, and a mini piston pushed in what they told me was the first installment …

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Instant MBBS…

Yes, you read it right…the instant MBBS degree is now available on major online e-learning platforms. In fact, you must have already received a call from your friendly neighbourhood pushy Byju’s salesman. Pity those who wasted 5-7 years of their lives slogging through medical school, when all they needed to do is get this instant …

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Status-quo bias

Status-quo bias – The tendency for people to stay committed to current situations, for fear of changing to the unknown. Status quo bias is also caused by laziness, aversion to complexity, unnatural learning style demands, reading small print, etc. Am reading this book – Nudge – by  Richard H Thaler and Cass R Sunstein. The crux of the …

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