The Earning of Trust
The Earning of Trust. I recently subscribed to NewsLaundry. It is a very young but self-proclaimed "media critique, news and current affairs portal". It claims to operate on the obvious but often forgotten premise that news…
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Choose Your Mistakes
Choose your mistakes. Life has made a lot of things extremely easy to start. Even the seemingly most impossible of tasks. The knowledge and resources available to us increase our confidence multi-fold, and daunting initiatives don't look so…
Form or Function?
Form or Function? How about Form and Function? The eternal fight between form and function. Between show and effectiveness. Between being followed by a herd with questionable loyalty, and walking with a small group with…
Dr. David Lagrew – Saving Mothers with Empathy & Innovation
More women in labour and new mothers die in the US than in any other high-income country. And the CDC Foundation estimates that 60% of these deaths are preventable! 60%!! In one of the most…
India’s Roads and Bottlenecks
India's Roads and Bottlenecks Bottlenecks and traffic jams on the streets. Are they an unavoidable phenomenon, or something we caused or created? Same with the lack of lane discipline in Indian drivers. Are drivers always…
Microwave Idea – Return the Turntable to Original Position
Image (only used the LG image because I use one of their models at home): source I'm not exactly on top of the latest microwave oven features. Don't think I even know most of the…
A Lego Stealth Fighter/ Drone
Just built a Lego stealth fighter/ drone. It does need a little imagination to smoothen the edges, etc., bear with me on that... But that said, have a look and let me know what you…
Now You Fool Me
Now You Fool Me "You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." Whoever said that,…
Sewage Popsicles
Sewage Popsicles Some Taiwanese art students recently created ice popsicles made purely out of sewage water. And the 100 varieties they showcased, reflects exactly how clean we've made our water bodies. With all due credit…
B-schools, MBA grads & Their Priorities
Many b-schools in India are tilting less toward business, management, and ethics; more toward finishing skills. With a strong (and often desperate) focus on placements, they go an extra mile to add superficiality to students. From a scary…
B2B and B2C Customers
Image: source B2B and B2C Customers For the longest time, Retail, or Business-to-Consumer (B2C) 'customers' have been accustomed to, and driven by, fads, hype, distorted facts and price wars, to influence their buying choices. Busines-to-Business…
Is A Bot After Your Job?
Image: Robin Williams in the Bicentennial Man Yuval Noah Harari paints an interesting and arguably grim picture of the future, in his book Homo Deus. He runs through possible ways in which the world and we humans…
Points of View – Life, Work and Religion
Benjamin Franklin | Image: source How open or rigid, would you say your views and beliefs are? Here's an excerpt from Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, in which he mentions the following interaction with someone: I was acquainted…
Do Laptops Need to be a Pain in the Neck?
Image: source Irrespective of where we place a laptop when we use them, they're usually well aligned with our arms and hands. This helps make typing relatively effortless. However, have you noticed how the…
Sharpen your Business Focus
Image: source When starting one's business, a set of people will advice you to keep a sharp focus when it comes to offerings or purpose. Another group might suggest offering as many products or services as possible,…