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Vaccination – a discovery and practice that changed the world, and the context of the anti-vaccination diatribes.

January 22, 2022 bala.sunderosho general musings

It was a bright Spring day in March 1918 when a twenty-seven-year-old cook Albert Mitchell at Camp Funston near Kentucky,[…]

Archbishop Desmond Tutu ( 1931 – 2021) – an incredible human being, a towering leader, an incisive thinker, an egalitarian philosopher, and a powerful activist.

December 28, 2021 bala.sunderosho general musings

It must have been an odd moment at the Johannesburg airport that day in the December of 1986. Archbishop Desmond[…]

Thoughts on writing

December 25, 2021 bala.sunderosho general musings

The opening paragraph in Barbara Tuchman’s magnificently written and critically acclaimed “The Guns of August”—her Pulitzer winning book on the[…]

NIIT Foundation day – a few thoughts

November 28, 2021 bala.sunderosho general musings

There are instances when an organization transcends its charter and becomes a social force assuming a broader and deeper place[…]

The rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes – the poster girl of the Silicon Valley

November 27, 2021 bala.sunderosho general musings

(Note: After nearly four years, since charges were officially filed against Elizabeth holmes, the case is now in court. The[…]

Do our jobs align with what we can and want to do? – a few thoughts

November 20, 2021 bala.sunderosho Books, general musings

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