Edutech companies have been capitalizing on the psyche of the Indian parent. Most parents expect their kids to be the next Brin or Page. For them, education (not learning) is most…
In Apr 2019 "Despacito" became the 1st video to hit a billion views on YouTube.
Grim truth- it consumed as much electricity as 40,000 U.S. homes use yearly
Each search, clic…
15 years ago, I was interviewing for roles in 2 companies.
Case 1
I was meeting a CXO of a large retail chain. The CXO made me wait for 3 hours post the time of appointment.…
Everybody aspires for something.
A footballer wants to be the best
A spiritual guru aspires to spread his teachings among more followers
A poor man wants to move up in li…
Lottery companies love to talk about recent winners.
Mr X won Rs 1 crore! On social media, news sites, blogs, etc., the winner becomes a minor celebrity.
And we then overest…
NBA coach Doc Rivers led the Celtics in 2008 to their first championship in 22 years. With a 24-58 season, fans were calling for Rivers to be fired. In a last-ditch effort, the fr…
Mike Brearley, Clive Lloyd, MS Dhoni, & Saurav Ganguly were not the greatest players in their teams but great captains, no doubt. On the flip side, you had Sachin Tendulkar, I…
Denis Diderot, the famous French philosopher lived most of his life impoverished
In 1763, Diderot’s daughter was about to be married, but he could not afford a dowry. Diderot w…
A commission was instituted for the following budgetary issues and the meeting was held to discuss all three:
a) A £10 million proposal for a nuclear power plant
b) Su…
You want to bake a cake, so you head to the kitchen.
You realise that you don’t have some of the ingredients.
You decide to go to the store pick it up.
So you decid…
During the fall orientation at Smith College, and at the final exam time, students were astonished to see some surprising quotes on the large screen in the campus: the worst failu…
A customer/ patient
Does not want to be there.
Customers/patients have not come to have a good time. They have not come to leave their troubles behind, and they ar…
Remember you had finished your schooling and thinking of engineering as a career. The Gold Standard was IITs or one of the Ivy League universities. Only the creme de la creme got …
I love playing Sudoku. As you are aware, Sudoku usually comes in 3/4 levels - easy, intermediate, and hard/ tough. I like to play the hard level only. There are no monetary reward…
