“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.” - Carl Jung. Sometimes, I feel honored to live with these genius contemporaries. Sometimes, I feel low thinking about what I did with …
A tribute to human curiosity
I was in my high school when I first heard about Stephen Hawking at a dinner table conversation. My father, being a writer, always kept a tab on how astronomy is moving. Be it Carl Sagan, Jayant …
What is your deep mind saying to you?
In a ruthlessly practical world, how can philosophy help you? Many of my friends who are running their own businesses and leading teams - after all their intellectually stimulating and socially …
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Why are we becoming more and more patriotic in a borderless world?
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. - Mark Twain Patriotism is defined by your love for a geography built by a notion which makes you feel …
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Schools, Colleges, and Universities of Future
Schools, Colleges, and Universities of Future (even now) - all online. 90% of them free. No entry barrier. This list is only the top 1%. Recommend it to your loved ones. Khan …
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What is the meaning of life? (no, the answer is not spiritual)
Human life can be compared to the universe. It has a random purposeless existence. It has no aim. It just exists, sometimes evolves, not at all in a hurry. There is no meaning. Mostly accidents than …
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How school friends and army veterans celebrate ‘surviving the chaos’
After a gap of twenty years, one of the school friends called me. We spoke for a half-hour like we are continuing the conversation from yesterday. It took a while for me to recognize him as I studied …
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Organise your time, not your tasks
I was struggling with my huge to-do lists which never get ticked more than 50%. It was frustrating when we are managing multiple teams, client accounts, and important developmental work. And when …
Music beyond time
1992, North Malabar. My school was 15 min walk away from home. On the way back one day, once I heard a strange but electrifying music from a nearby sound shop selling film music cassettes. It was …
What Meditation, Marathons, Music and Marijuana do to you?
To increase dopamine considerably. And why doing it all obsessively is bad. Dopamine is your brain’s reward juice. It is the orgasm of your brain when you achieve something amazing. When you …
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To see things as they really are
This is my first blog post in 2018. For the last 15 days, I was meditating. In the depths of darkness in my bedroom. In the cool morning air of my ancestral village. Wherever I see a quiet place. It …
Reading is like living another life
I know Google loves long-form content. But I write stuff which can be read in a minute. Because we all have the lesser attention span. We have more people following Twitter than blogs. Twitter has …
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Sitting quietly in a place to outsmart your cognitive biases
Humans are driven by emotions than anything else. We value our own beliefs and principles than the powerful potential of rational thinking. This is natural stupidity. Despite all these, we survive. …
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From narratives to numbers
While I was buying books crazily on Amazon, its algorithm suggested me to buy 'Big Data The Essential Guide To Work, Life, and Learning in the Age of Insight'. It came along with the rest of so many …
From coins to bitcoins
Immigrants, invaders, indigenous, refugees and converts make any geography into a melting pot. All these conflicting elements come in a strange harmony based on mutual trust which is money. Trade …