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Essays, fiction, analysis, and travelogues. Writing since 2005.
Is election commission’s data on candidates of any use?
In an interesting statistical study that I did with a couple of my 4.0 friends ((In IIMB, grade points are awarded for each course out of a max of 4.0.…
Read →We are like that only
I guess adding “only” for emphasis is part of Indian English. I think we have this emphasis adding words in all Indian languages. Hence it probably is part of the…
Read →Busy-ness
Came across this wonderful passage recently when I was reading about Gandhiji. Gandhi was sworn to punctuality, and his life was governed by the watch to an unusual degree; though…
Read →Is homo economicus happy?
Economics is a fascinating subject. The so called dismal science ((Carlyle and the Racist Origins of the Idea that Economics was “the Dismal Science”, Gavin Kennedy, Professor Emeritus, Heriot-Watt University))…
Read →The stupidity of India’s carbon policy
India recently re-affirmed it’s stance on climate change when external affairs minister S M Krishna addressed a round table at the climate change summit organized by the UN. The minister…
Read →Is Telecom Infrastructure?
How do you make money in power, transport and other such “infrastructure” industries? Most likely, by doing what you have to do most efficiently (i.e., at lowest cost). The case…
Read →Brand concept maps – 2
This post intends to complete what I started writing in the post “brand concept maps 1“. Instead of explaining our process and hence our recommendations in this post it is…
Read →Hell is the absence of God
What would the world be like if the existence of God was very explicit? What if the God of such a world was similar to our conceptions of God? Interesting…
Read →Brand concept maps – 1
This post is regarding an interesting exercise that a group of us carried out as part of our MBA at IIM-B. I have written this with a general audience in…
Read →Fiction and me
I am no big fan of fiction, let me correct that – I was no big fan of fiction. I have been converted by podcasts – escape pod and podcastle. Escape pod is…
Read →Change in the site
I do not foresee posting anything other than blog-like posts in the site in the future. Hence, I’ve decided to start using WordPress as my primary software on this site.…
Read →Cheat death
I have seen that there have been a few stories floating around in biking forum that I frequent, XBHP So I thought I’ll try my hand at one, hence this…
Read →The Quest
He saw up north through the large teak window that overlooked his huge garden, and saw the mountains of the north smudged against the horizon. The forest that divided the…
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