Guns N’ Roses are on a world tour, and they’ll be in Mumbai on the 17th of May. Interestingly, their tour has a peculiar and unusually long title: “Because what you want and what you get are two completely different things.” Lately, my playlist has shifted gears—from the comforting tunes Read more…
In one of the religious scriptures, the parable of the lost sheep tells of a shepherd who leaves behind his ninety nine sheep to search for the one that has strayed. When the lost sheep is found, the shepherd rejoices. Traditionally, this is interpreted as a metaphor for a sinner Read more…
Human beings engage in two distinct types of thinking: 1st order thinking and 2nd order thinking. First-order thinking is spontaneous and reactive, driven by strong emotions and often shaped by biases and prejudices. It is quick and fast everyday thinking, like choosing a dress for the day. In contrast, second-order Read more…
I recently came across several posts on LinkedIn. One post stated that Jesus is more than just a leader and is the son of God.” Another video post debated whether the Ramayana and Mahabharata are historical accounts or mythology. Yet another post urged belief in the one true God, Allah. Read more…
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” -Herman Melville Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) has taken the digital world by storm. Add .ai to a word, make it your domain, provide a GenAI service and you are in business. GenAI can create anything we want; Read more…
Prayers don’t move mountains, the fury of nature does. The landslide in Wayanad stands as a testimony to this. Disasters whether man-made or natural or man-made turned natural is always testing human beings in different parts of the world. It could be floods, tsunamis, landslides, terrorist attacks or wars; they Read more…
Anxiety is at its peak for employees during the last quarter of the fiscal year as it is the time for evaluations, assessments and performance appraisals. The sales team would be behind numbers and the delivery and operations team behind deadlines. Later during the first quarter, the annual appraisal is Read more…
It is sad to see the debrison the streets just after Diwali.Loads of shattered paper and gun powderwill find their way into a nearby river.With the help of tears from heavenquickly it reaches the seas then Chokes and disturbs the ecosystem for longSapien, a creature who destroys the habitat they Read more…
How many would overcome this pandemic?
Maybe many young and the strong
But the weak and the old who died
will be remembered, not for long
Life is a blend of science, social science and common sense working in tandem or sometimes in isolation. Of late, we see people associating pseudo-scientific logic to every ritual and tradition they follow. The earlier generation did not require science to back these rituals and traditions because they lived out Read more…