Few thoughts on time, and ushering in 2022
Time comes into existence when we attempt to measure it: seconds, days, years, centuries. Otherwise, it is ungraspable, there is[…]
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“Don’t Look Up” – A movie that fails to get the message across.
One of my fondest memories of 1980’s television was the telecast of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos each week. I don’t need[…]
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu ( 1931 – 2021) – an incredible human being, a towering leader, an incisive thinker, an egalitarian philosopher, and a powerful activist.
It must have been an odd moment at the Johannesburg airport that day in the December of 1986. Archbishop Desmond[…]
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The power of the dog – A Jane campion movie. A work of cinematic brilliance.
There is an unmistakable stamp on Jane Campion films. They are all beautifully shot, hauntingly slow, have a brilliant star[…]
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Thoughts on writing
The opening paragraph in Barbara Tuchman’s magnificently written and critically acclaimed “The Guns of August”—her Pulitzer winning book on the[…]
Read moreOn turning fifty…
I remember as a young boy thinking how would I feel when I reached fifty years of age. It seemed[…]
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NIIT Foundation day – a few thoughts
There are instances when an organization transcends its charter and becomes a social force assuming a broader and deeper place[…]
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The rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes – the poster girl of the Silicon Valley
(Note: After nearly four years, since charges were officially filed against Elizabeth holmes, the case is now in court. The[…]
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Annaatthe – Strictly only for obsessed and fanatical Rajni fans.
( A side note: Just last week, I happened to re-read German Philosopher Frederick Nietzsche’s brilliant book ” Thus spake[…]
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Do our jobs align with what we can and want to do? – a few thoughts
रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुण: परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् | स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेय: परधर्मो भयावह: śhreyān swa-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣhṭhitāt swa-dharme nidhanaṁ śhreyaḥ para-dharmo bhayāvahaḥ ([…]
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