Category: A figment of my mind
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Race to the bottom- for- race to the top
Some people in this world are amazing visionaries. They observe the world and make prophecies which hold true even after they are no more. One of such legends was the poet Sahir Ludhianvi, who wrote beautiful lines in mid-20th century, which goes as follows: ये महलों, ये तख्तो, ये ताजों की दुनियाँ ये इंसान के…
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Trump’s triumph- Will it trump the goods done so far?
There was a king in the medieval history. He sat on the throne of Delhi in 1325 A.D. and he was infamous for his big big blunders. Can you guess his name? He was none other than the legendary Mohammad Bin Tughlaq (MBT). Mind it, it was a monarchy form of rule, where the king’s…
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Why everyone loves a free pap(rev)di!
But, how free should anything be free… Recently, lured by my craving to eat something good, I went to Bikanerwala outlet on a cold chilly evening and I ordered to pack 150 gm of Gajar Halwa. And as I stood near the counter, the person behind it started weighing the Gajar Halwa from a big…
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No utility of divergence in life, if not followed by convergence
There is a deep and fundamental underpinning to the concepts of divergence and convergence. It may sound a bit philosophical, but I will demonstrate that it is much more than being just philosophical and has immense practical significance. Divergence can be defined as breaking down something into small parts, then breaking down parts into sub-parts…
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Forget MAGA, it’s time for MIGA now!
MAGA=Make America Great Again; MIGA= Make India Great Again “All right Mohan. Go, light your bulb!” These words from his boss opened new vistas for the brilliant Mohan Bhargav and encouraged him to ditch MAGA (Make America Great Again) dream to fulfil yet another dream of MIGA (Make India Great Again). If you haven’t identified…
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Is it opportune time to revisit the ghost of Malthus?
Inherent contradictions between Human population growth, quality of life of every human and the expanding resource crunch More than 2 centuries ago, in 1798, famous economist of that era Thomas Robert Malthus prophesised in his book called “An essay on the Principle of Population” about Mathusianism or Malthusian trap. According to this theory of Malthusianism,…
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Will there be an end to this “Dilli ki Sar(dar)di” in Delhi NCR?
About 21 years ago, there came a song which went away from the public memory as soon as it came :D. It went like this: सारी रात जगाये रे.. प्यार तेरा ..दिल्ली की सर्दी हवा जब हवा चलती है ..हवा जब हवा नशा ही नशा रहता है.. नशा ही नशा…. At that point of time,…
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The “perfect” end to an “imperfect” F1 2024 season!
As the final of the 24 races of the 2024 Formula 1 season comes to an epic end, the result as shown in the pic above couldn’t have made the season more perfect than ever! With Norris seizing the win today, he ensured the Constructors’ Title for McLaren after 26 long years…. What an incredible…
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The “South” masala recipe for super-duper hit movies
If you are NOT a big fan of “South Indian” larger than life comedy-action-drama thriller, then no need to scroll down and waste 5 precious minutes of your life! There is nothing new which I am going to talk about, other than reminiscing about the things that make these movies super-duper hit, and why these…
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Going gaga over hefty packages- saga of misplaced priorities!
Come December every year and the placement bells start ringing across many engineering colleges across the country. The exuberance and the paraphernalia surrounding the placement season often creates the hype around the packages that are going to be offered this season. This gives news bytes to the media channels, in terms of evaluating the “Best…
Anupam- The Dreamer 