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…
Category: Life or something like it
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…
Stop Glorifying terror
The world governments need to stop glorifying terror outfits. For starters, irrespective of what those terror groups might call themselves, what if victim countries gave them shameful and cowardly names. That way, the citizens wouldn't…
Did You Fire the Boss?
Did You Fire the Boss? Image: source Boss stormed to my desk, shouting, "it's the fifth time you're late to work this week. What's the meaning of this?" I, obviously surprised and confused, replied, "that... it's finally Friday?!"…
Tata Sky
Image: source This is a heads-up for Tata Sky satellite television provider customers. Here's something Tata Sky has been doing as standard procedure, that I find questionable. If you're subscribed to an annual plan, and say you…
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…
Illusions and Delusions
Imran Khan is a decent actor. Delhi Belly was probably the best of the lot he has churned out. Then there's Babita Kumari. A Silver medalist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Then a Bronze medalist…
Peace, War, or Chekh-mate
In his book Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari mentions Russia's greatest short story writers Anton Chekhov having once said that a gun appearing in the first act of a play will inevitably be fired in the third. Yuval says that…
Primum Non Nocere
Image: source It is believed that either Hippocrates, considered as the father of medicine, or one of his pupils wrote what is popularly known as the Hippocratic Oath, a solemn oath known to be taken by…
Do You Like Your News Well Done, or Rare?
Image: source A few years ago, my dad had pointed out how refreshing it was to hear All India Radio. All India Radio is India's national, public news radio station. He said it was a welcome…
Let Our Work Drive Our Energy
Let Our Work Drive Our Energy There is so much we can learn from the views, experiences and beliefs of others; especially if our own values have strong roots in light of the learning of…
Why Indians Need Real Idols, not pretentious ones
Why Indians Need Real Idols, not pretentious ones The pretentiousness and shallowness of many Indians can be really overwhelming. sultan may have been a great movie, but I won't know because I won't be watching…
The Clock of Life is Wound but Once
The Clock of Life is Wound but Once Here's an evergreen classic that makes its rounds about once a year or so, by way of email forwards or social media posts. But unlike many others, this…
Brick & mortar won’t be dead by 2023
Brick & mortar won't be dead by 2023 Extreme comments or views are often a huge hit or miss. And Niti Aayog’s Mr. Kant’s futuristic sounding comment about how brick and mortar businesses in India…
Moral Dilemmas from the Future
Image: source I came across this extremely interesting article around the future of healthcare that gives us a peek into the near future. It also highlights increasing complexity and moral high seas that businesses need…