The human body is a state-of-the-art system, with different organs having their well-defined roles, executing their functions as efficiently as possible. As we explored in Part 1 of this blog series, the human body is similar to a human-built machine, with its set of inputs, processing and outputs. In this second part, let’s talk aboutContinueContinue reading “The Human Machine – Part 2”
Author Archives: achthegreat
Embracing Long Commutes: Finding Positivity Amidst Traffic
Bangalore has become synonymous to traffic and long commutes. It’s a daily struggle for most of us. While a small bunch of lucky folks get the forever work-from-home option, the rest of us have to commute every day, or at least 3 days a week. There are a small bunch of folks who live closeContinueContinue reading “Embracing Long Commutes: Finding Positivity Amidst Traffic”
The Human Machine – Part 1
Homo Sapiens are one thoroughly evolved species. Just think about it – We live amidst millions of other organisms and species, sometimes in hostile terrains, yet we thrive. We eat lot of stuff, mostly cooked, some uncooked, at home, at restaurants, and elsewhere. We drink water and other drinks from various sources. We inhale allContinueContinue reading “The Human Machine – Part 1”
The legend of Kipchoge
“No human is limited”, says Eliud Kipchoge, the greatest marathoner our world has ever seen. I heard about Kipchoge few years back from a friend who runs marathons, on how Kipchoge consistently outpaces himself over the years, running marathons under record times, including a sub-2-hour at the INEOS 1:59 Challenge in Vienna on October 12,ContinueContinue reading “The legend of Kipchoge”
Lovely day trips from Hamburg
Northern Germany is home to trading cities, belonging to a network called the Hanseatic league. Although Hamburg is what comes to mind when we think about North Germany, there are other smaller cities that have lot of history in trade, culture and architecture. We were lucky to be hosted by Karthik (my wife’s cousin) andContinueContinue reading “Lovely day trips from Hamburg”
Hallstatt – Probably the most beautiful town I visited
An overnight OBB-Nightjet train brought us from Zurich hauptbahnof to Attnang-Pucheim station, a small train station in the very beautiful Salzkammergut region of Austria. It was around 5:20am. A cafe shop opened at 5:30am, where we enjoyed some bakery items and coffee, before waiting for the next train to Hallstatt, scheduled at 6:20am. Train arrivedContinueContinue reading “Hallstatt – Probably the most beautiful town I visited”
What’s in it for me?
The other day while driving to office, I saw a two-wheeler moped fully loaded with empty plastic bags (mostly some oil packets), and a thought came to my mind: Why don’t all of us try to collect these waste plastic bags and take it somewhere? But then, where? More specifically, why would I do it?ContinueContinue reading “What’s in it for me?”
Book Review – Comfort Crisis
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”
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”
Keep it simple, stupid. 