eBay is a shark in the ocean We are a crocodile in the Yangtze River. If we fight in the ocean, we will lose. But if we fight in the river, we will win. Jack Ma There are two processes of designing in engineering. The first is based on iterations to an already existing template …
I read this interesting article by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox in the Harvard Business Review. Titled “In praise of extreme moderation”, it speaks of the trend of workaholism being a badge of honor, and extremism is becoming the norm not only in our professional lives but increasingly in our personal lives as well. People take up sports and …
You can conduct a puja, any puja, with an elaborate set of sāmagri (items), or just one flower. What matters is the feeling within. Likewise, Deepawali can be celebrated with an array of dazzling lights, or just one diya, that lights the Jnana Jyothi (the inner wisdom)…the many diyas in your mind are lit by this one …
Here is a snippet on ‘luck’. There’s a physicist at Stanford named Safi Bahcall who modeled the exact principle of luck, and the math is wild. He calls it “phase transitions in human networks.” When you’re stationary, your probability of a lucky event is limited to your existing surface area: the people you already know, …
Saw a dystopian movie today – The Creator. It’s a three year old film, but chanced upon it on Netflix, and must say that I enjoyed it thoroughly. For a change, the movie was about bad humans and good AI, with the Americans NOT saving the world for a change. I would recommend this flick …
A day of debates. Actually, a season of debates. From politics, to relationships, to services. It is tough to debate. It is easy to fight yes. Look no further than the Lok Sabha. But intelligent debate? Now, that is a different cup of tea. A debate requires both sides to bring to the table, facts, …
A snippet on the pace of life:) How can you be late in life, when it’s your life? Life is like a boat on the water. not every boat leaves the shore at the same time, moves at the same speed, or faces the same waves. Some sail early with calm seas, while others move later after storms pass. some take longer because …
Vikram 1 is in orbit. This one line fails to convey the impact that this launch has on not only India’s space program, but the industry at large. While I was reading through many viewpoints, I came across one that seemed to explain this in vivid detail. Here it is, reproduced in full. What Skyroot …
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 …
A lot is spoken of the word “Budo”. Budō is a compound of the root bu (武:ぶ), meaning “war” or “martial”; and dō (道:どう; dào in Chinese), meaning “path” or “way. Superficially translated, it is read as “the martial way”. But what is the martial way? Surprisingly, just like karate itself, Budo has it’s roots in ancient India. The “way” has …
