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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…
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The ‘bubble’ that is waiting to be burst!
If you have carefully noticed, there is a peculiar thing about the science of water bubble formation. That it is very hard to create a small water bubble because it requires just the right conditions for its formation. But once it forms, it is very easy to grow in size in no time. All it…
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The artificial world of “Artificial Intelligence”-
It’s conflict with “Natural Intelligence” and the rapid rise of moral dilemmas The other day, I was reading an article about how ChatGPT can be used to write a note on a particular subject. Initially, I doubted its capability to write a note and hence was reluctant to use it. But after some nudge, I…
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Are we running faster than we should?
Maybe, it’s time to slow down a little bit In today’s times, everything has become fast paced! The internet has become fast. The electronic gadgets have become fast. The redundancy of obsolete technology (like mobile phones, tablets) has become fast. And even food has become “fast” (food). I wonder that in this transition of life…