My usual gang here at IIT, we hang out at Nishant’s room (H5, #76), be it after dinner, after lunch, just bored, just about anytime. And occasionally, we end up having disagreements. And today was one such. It was the usual Capitalism vs. Socialism debate that’s been haunting me for a while now. And this […]
Bombay
Bombay is an experience; and esp. after living in a hamlet like Bangalore, Bombay hits me each time I venture out of the campus. And this weekend was especially severe. Two friends (Amit Rathore from ThoughtWorks and Akshay from IIM-Lucknow) were visiting, one for the exclusive purpose of “chilling out” and the other had some […]
Human Equlibrium?
Are there enough people in this world for all the tasks that are around? I mean, is the load distributed properly? are there enough complexity theorists? enough newsreaders? enough teachers? enough sportsmen? enough truck drivers? enough glassblowers? Is it balanced? or are we fooling ourselves that things are in equilibrium? Lemme tell you why this […]
Ability & Responsibility
I heard someone say that “If you have the ability to do something (good), its your responsibility to do so.” This put me in a quandary of sorts; I have always known that I have had the ability to do a lot of things, and some of these things could’ve made the world a better […]
RSS
I mean, RSS – Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, not RSS – RDF Site Summary (feed). On my way back from Soraba, I met a very interesting relative of mine who works full-time with RSS and has the somewhat lengthy title of “Akila Bharata Saha Boudhika Pramukh”, which translates to “Head: RSS Think-Tank”. As we had a […]