Business & Politics
No to TV! -
For the purposes of news and analysis,
the TV appears to be no longer useful.
Three questions regarding our common future – Questions on the nature of work, environment and security in our collective future.
Year 2045 - In the year 2045 our current selves will be to the future human, what the chimpanzee is to us now.
The
future is ..... a tad scary! - Crime and its impact has grown
exponentially. In the new world we live in, we need heavy investment in
new techniques to keep the miscreants at bay.
On governance - I see politicians as well-intentioned public servants. There are bad apples for sure - but in the human population in general, there are bad apples. Politicians happen to be in the public eye.
President
Bush and the good 1% - The Occupy
Wall Street movement coined the term 1% to describe the wealthy. In contrast, former President Bush talked
about a different 1% - Veterans.
What
about ‘em MOOCs – Massive Open Online
Courses; real or flash in the pan?
Reviews
John
Ford: American Homer - The American Cowboy justly occupies the
mythic imagination of what America represents.
John Ford captured this best through his movies.
WWII’s 10 most impactful personalities – The top 2 are perhaps what you would not expect. In fact, I wager that my #3, might well be your #1 … !
Book: Plato at the Googleplex – Plato reacts surprisingly well to the 21st century and has a couple of things to teach us!
The vanishing self - Review of the the NY Times article that was part of ‘The Stone’ series
Short
Story: Greenjillies – My note on the 18th short story by my
friend, published in the Asia Literary Review.
Movie: Intersetellar - Spoiler
Review
Photo Essays and Travel
Photo
Essay: Colorful Goa – A 400 year Portuguese colony, well, has a
Portuguese flavor!
Photo
Essay: The Gipper – I traveled to
Simi Valley for a meeting at the Reagan Presidential Library
Photo
Essay: A visit to the British Museum
– To collect 5,000 steps I visited the
British Museum; I explain!
Taxi
Stories – Hold on to your seat belt!
Conversations
with my UBER driver – Gosh! I wish adults take this company over to save
the baby while throwing out the bath water!
Musings
5 Cs for a good life – Plus a scorecard!
Is
kindness a signal for weakness? - Thoughts on the ‘Iron Curtain’ speech by
Churchill and ‘Containment Strategy’ by Keenan.
On health and wellness – Three hours with an expert on how to achieve a balanced life with increased energy by blending nutrition, exercise and rest.
Aristocats – what if our colleagues were cats? What sort would they be?!
Singularity
is here – A poem on when technology
overtakes human capacity.
Memoir
I know
“you”: Golf
and family talk don’t mix.
A
blah blah blah story – I can laugh
now at the lessons learned from my various follies!
On calendars ruling your lives: If it is not on your calendar, it does not exist?
Eighth
grade graduation speech – Our son
Rahul, gave his middle school graduation speech.
Baritone Sax – Solo and Concert
Earlier Summaries
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