Telekinesis Possible?
This is a very interesting article that I just read. I nearly did a double take. The news is that Chinese Scientists may have inched closer to achieving telekinesis–ability to move materials and objects...
Category: Jottings
Savings give you options.
Rich men use most of their money to get richer. Poor men use most of their money to look richer. –Mokokoma Mokhonoana The above quote tells quite a profound truth. I wish I had...
Swearing and Gaali.
There is a great deal of hypocrisy immanent in affluent Indians: it is with in relation to swearing. This is something I am writing from both personal experience and what I observe in public...
I managed to finish ‘Working’ by Robert A. Caro.
Robert A. Caro is a multiple-Pulitzer award winning biographer of prominent personalities such as Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th US President, and polarizing but influential American Public Official Robert Moses. I came to know about...
Bygones be Bygones, eh?
Recent statements by both Imran Khan and Pakistani Army Chief Bajwa are quite interesting. They are both talking of peace with India or atleast hinting at it in so many words. Is the period...
The new strain.
The new strain of Covid in UK is more lethal according to Boris Johnson. And, it is a cause for concern indeed. How did the virus get mutated? England is a pretty cold place,...
Has Indian Economy bounced back?
I was happy to read the story in which FICCI President Sangita Reddy has said that India’s strategy of dealing with the Covid-19 crisis has paid off. She reckons that Indian Economy is set...
More Bullet Trains are exactly what India needs.
This is not the time for good news it seems. The news is mostly depressing. The pandemic that is causing so much grief around the world is showing no signs of abating. The vaccine...
Audio Books I am listening to in April 2020.
Since I have gotten myself an audible account I have been keenly listening to them. It’s a lovely service, and a god-send for those who do not have the time to curl up with...
Left and its lack of decency.
What is it about certain kind of people in India who love to trample upon the sensitivities of Hindus. In a country, that has enshrined as a constitutional guarantee, the right of freedom of...