I just finished reading (and re-reading) yet another amazing book for this year – “The comfort crisis” by Michael Easter. When my friend suggested this book last year, I assumed it was a regular self-help book dealing with mental fortitude. But it turned out to be a glorious amalgamation of story, statistics and studies onContinueContinue reading “Book Review – Comfort Crisis”
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Running Ultramarathons
The first time I met Anirudh, a fellow resident at our residential community, was during a casual run inside our compound. He was running with another gentleman, who was running barefoot. The duo seemed to be running forever, with a poise of long-distance runners! Only when I interacted with Anirudh, I found he was anContinueContinue reading “Running Ultramarathons”
Book review – What I talk about when I talk about running
I got introduced to Haruki Murakami and his book “What I talk about when I talk about running” through the fantastic joincolossus.com Founders Episode #357: https://joincolossus.com/episode/senra-357-haruki-murakami/. (I highly recommend subscribing to joincolossus.com if you haven’t done so, the contents of their podcasts and articles are so rich and enterprising – about Founders and Business Breakdowns).ContinueContinue reading “Book review – What I talk about when I talk about running”
Welcome to the Tribe
The whole of human race belongs to the homo sapiens “tribe”. Within this broad classification, we divide ourselves into various nationalities, religions, languages, regions, caste and creed. These are the typical “tribes” based on history and geography. The human quest for novelty keeps evolving, and we now have tribes based on social engagements and mutualContinueContinue reading “Welcome to the Tribe”
Book Review – Antifragile
This book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb had been on my must-read lists for a long time. During a visit to one of my friend’s homes, I chanced to see it on his bookshelf and requested him to lend it out to me. It took me a long time to complete this book though, mostly dueContinueContinue reading “Book Review – Antifragile”
A magic number called Twelve
We welcomed another new year on Jan.1st, 2025 – Solar new year to be exact – celebrating our planet Earth completing its full rotation around sun. Twelve months is what it took. The concept of a month originated from Moon’s phases – a lunation cycle – one new moon to another. The Gregorian calendar weContinueContinue reading “A magic number called Twelve”
You always start from zero
Every start of a new year brings with it a fresh slate. The past years’ accomplishments and resolutions (met or unmet) seem immaterial at the moment. It’s time to come out with a fresh list of to-dos and to-learns for the year; or at least do more and learn more since last year. The newContinueContinue reading “You always start from zero”
Ending the year with gratitude
As the curtains fall over yet another year, it’s time to retrospect the year that it has been. A lot of things happened this year, lots of firsts, lots of action and events. It’s appropriate then, to end this year 2024 with a sense of gratitude. Not just for the good things that have happened;ContinueContinue reading “Ending the year with gratitude”
Inventors Diesel, Otis and Carrier
My daughter excitedly mentioned the other day: “Papa, we have improved so much in technology since olden times, right?”. Yes, lot of technological evolution has indeed happened over the centuries, lot of inventions leading up to this technologically advanced world that we live in today. A lot of it though, we take it for granted.ContinueContinue reading “Inventors Diesel, Otis and Carrier”
The Trojan horse
One of the fascinating aspects of the Greek mythology is that of the Trojan Horse. The ancient Greeks (Achaeans) waged a war against Troy (present day Tevfikiye in Turkey). The mighty Greek army, even after relentless aggression, could not enter the impregnable fortress of Troy. King Odysseus of Ithaca, one of the shrewd generals leading theContinueContinue reading “The Trojan horse”
Keep it simple, stupid. 