We had a manager’s workshop today – went well, great discussions, scrumptious food, and little tokens of gratitude – a fountain pen and a book – The Almanac of Naval Ravikant. A fountain pen, because not many people use them anymore. But once you feel them in your hands, they trigger a generous dose of …
I practice active reading, like many others back in the days when people wrote, and not typed their thoughts and feelings. Part of active reading is writing down snippets – pieces that stay with you long after you forget the rest of the book (or article). Every well-read person I knew had that one big …
Just got off the phone with a colleague. I as usual had been pestering her to start her own podcast, and she had been deferring it for quite some time. Not that confident, and I get conscious when someone is recording/hearing me, she said. A common issue, I countered. I’ve seen you making reels where …
Keshav has been speaking of sharks ever since he visited Seaworld a few days ago. Today, during his TV time, he wanted to see a video – Shark vs something – those animated vids that show two animals fighting, and one wins (whatever good that serves). I instead tuned him into a special on Hammerhead …
It’s been a while since I read a story. I’ve been so much into non-fiction, and realism, that I missed out on the imaginary, the make-believe world that fiction allows you to conjure up and immerse yourself in. The issue is obviously the lack of time, and so I prefer to devote the little that …
A few gems from a book that I am reading – The Anthology of Balaji. In no random order… It may be that humans get addicted to feeling righteous anger just like we get addicted to sugar, alcohol, or nicotine. If we can, social media is a superstimulus we need to identify and consciously limit …
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Ee sala cup namde – on repeat mode. I caught up with the IPL only to know that today was the finals – and that RCB was in it. Have been pretty disconnected from the tournament in general, but having a dekko at Bengaluru winning it the second time was not an opportunity to miss. …
Life, in most ways, has vastly improved for all of us. Humankind currently enjoys a much better standard of living than it has ever had. A relatively peaceful growth period, no major calamities (pandemic aside) and more prosperity than ever. Yet, stress is at the highest levels ever recorded. A dichotomy this. Why are we …
“रामयणं वेदसमम्”, goes the adage: Ramayana is the equivalent of the Vedas. This is explained in slightly more detail in this sloka: वेदवेद्ये परे पुंसि जाते दशरथात्मजे। वेदः प्राचेतसादासीत् साक्षाद् रामायणात्मना।। vedavedye pare puṃsi jāte daśarathātmaje। vedaḥ prācetasādāsīt sākṣād rāmāyaṇātmanā।। When the Paramapurusha, who is known through the Vedas, was born as Rama, the Vedas …
It was written 600 years ago. It’s 234 pages long. It’s been studied by cryptographers and codebreakers alike. And yet, we still have no idea what any of it means. This is the Voynich manuscript. The Voynich manuscript has been studied by many professional and amateur cryptographers, including American and British codebreakers from both World War I and World War II. …
