CoHid
Two days ago, I was reminded of a Medium post I had read in the early days of the pandemic. One of the interesting things about it, was that the author attempted to understand and…
Don’t Worry, Nothing’ll Happen
What was missing before and during the 2007-08 global financial meltdown, and during the Covid-19 pandemic? Or during the Spanish Flu? Or in Nazi Germany? Something that perhaps could have prevented the resulting tragedies? …
In Memoriam: Mr. Ramesh C Sarin
One of my mentors, Mr. Ramesh C. Sarin passed away on the 10th of April this year. He was already long retired when I first met him. And he had this rare, dignified personality…
Life is a Highway
India - More highways or Better National & Public Transport? This is an email I had sent to our Minister for Road Transport & Highways in January this year. Of course I am still…
The Next Educational Diversion from our normal human behaviour
In my book, I briefly discussed the topic of quality in the world of innovation and automation. My view was that through the quality revolution in the US and Japan and then other parts of…
Bitcoin
Bitcoin, Bit(e)coin I'll start by saying that I clearly don't know much about cryptocurrency. I'll also add that it would be incredibly beneficial to have a global currency that works securely without the need…
Segway
Not sure y'all heard, but Segway stopped production in 2020. Founded in 2001, those incredible-looking, futuristic two-wheeled, self-balancing personal transporters were priced at a prohibitive $5000-8000 a unit. Probably why, despite their universal popularity and…
How much Attention do you pay to Detail?
How much attention do you pay to detail? I had read about this somewhere and found the attention to detail unimaginably inspiring. The sculpture of Moses by Italian Renaissance artist, Michelangelo Buonarroti has a slight…
The Paradox of Colour Choices
Many of us are familiar with the paradox of choice, whether or not we have heard of the phrase itself. The paradox of choice, is our tendency to believe that more options or variants or…
Between Gender Pronouns and Spelling People’s Names
I had been seeing a lot of social media profiles with a 'He/Him' or 'She/Her' mentioned alongside the name, but didn't completely understand the purpose. A close friend recently explained them as gender pronouns. Given…
Rest in Peace, Dr. Kohli
Image source: here Dr. Faqir Chand Kohli passed away today at the age of 96. Founder & 1st CEO of Tata Consultancy Services (India's largest software consulting co.), he is considered the 'Father of the…
Towards a Better Mask – 3
An internal project under Rattl has been to try create a better mask for the (Covid) times. While it is possible we fail to actually create an ideal one, the exercise so far has been…
Towards a Better Mask – 2
An internal project under Rattl has been to try create a better mask for the (Covid) times. While it is possible we fail to actually create an ideal one, the exercise so far has been…
Dr Jagadish Rai – A Hero who stood between us and the virus
Dr. Jagadish Rai My friend's father, Dr. Jagadish Rai, a 70-year old obstetrician and general practitioner passed away recently. Despite an underlying leukemia, and obviously not officially assigned to Covid duty due…
Towards a Better Mask – 1
An internal project under Rattl has been to try create a better mask for the (Covid) times. While it is possible we fail to actually create an ideal one, the exercise so far has been…