From the heart of all matter Comes the anguished cry Wake, wake, great Siva, Our body grows weary Of its law-fixed path, Give us new form Sing our destruction, That we gain new life… — Rabindranath Tagore Maha Shivaratri or the great night of Shiva is a festival dedicated to Lord Shiva, a Hindu deity.…
Alexander the Great – Alexander’s mother believed that Alexander was the son of Zeus (Father of Greek Gods and men) and that he was a superhuman destined for greatness from conception. True to the belief, he became a God like King and conquered the world. Buddha (Siddhartha) – Legend has it that, on the night Siddhartha was…
Does it happen to you that involuntarily you stumble upon some random topic and encounter it everywhere and without you actively looking for it, you are somehow learning about it? Over the weekend, while I was waiting to get my car washed and turned on my radio, I listened to a debate on Freedom of Speech. Went…
This week marked the 70-year anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Holocaust is a disgrace to the humanity and there is no redemption from the sin of inaction by the world community that silently witnessed death of six million innocent human beings. The horrors and terrors of the concentration camp is painfully…
This was the second consecutive day I was running late for office and while driving, I also noticed that my car was low on gas (petrol). I had enough gas to take me to the office and perhaps few more miles to drive to the nearest gas station (petrol bunk) for a refill. With the…
Did you know that – Terror attack on Charlie Hebdo was imminent? Google Glass was destined to be a failure given the privacy concerns and high price? India outperformed other emerging economies in the recent past? The information technology sector is the primary driver of India’s economic growth? Given our past experience and things we…
Makar Sankranthi is a festival of change. During this period, the Sun passes through the winter solstice, from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn i.e. a journey from South to North, an evolution towards a positive direction, a journey to make days longer, brighter and warmer. The Sanskrit word Sankranthi literally means sacred…
You are the CEO of a Fortune 500 company and you have been reading about the Sony Pictures hack news in the media lately. You are worried that your company’s systems may be vulnerable for hack attacks too. You hire IT consultants to make recommendations. They tell you – Only 2% of the Fortune 500…
Bill Gates, Nicola Tesla, Leonardo Da Vinci, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Abraham Lincoln, James Cameroon, Amitabh Bachchan and many other famous personalities are/were left handed. If you are left handed you will be famous. John is a great Doctor and I am sure his son will also be a great Doctor too. Maya, Anita and Mary…
Markov Model This is an interesting model that I learnt while taking an online course ‘Model Thinking’ by Scott E Page on Coursera.org. Many of the statistical/mathematical models are very academic in nature with very limited use in the day-to-day life. However I can see potential of this model to understand/analyze many of real life situations…
chakshuRA - as i see it 