March 2012 Having been born in the 1970s, I was introduced to Bollywood in the 1980s – the era of Jitendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Dharmendra in his “kutte kamine” avatar and Amitabh Bachchan in his “Toofan, Jaadugar” days. This was possibly the only decade when Hindi films did not have a good number of hummable songs, … Continue reading Bollywood – Poetry in the world of songs

March 2012 This article covers the scope and types of corruption in India as well some trends. We shall attempt to cover proposed solutions in a separate piece. Corruption is defined in Webster Dictionary as “Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery”. Or “The action of making someone or something morally … Continue reading So, what all is included in Corruption…in India ?

March 2012 I would love to get answers to some statistical queries which have plagued me from my childhood, but guess I have been too lazy to get answers to so far. Am making my list of favourite statistical queries here. Shall be grateful for answers to these, or additional queries in these genres : … Continue reading Some statistical queries

March 2012 There have been various compilations of the list of top inventions ever. The common ones making the cut across all lists have been – automobile, airplane, steam engine (Point A to B physical movement), telephone, television, (Point A to B movement of information). The camera, penicillin, razor, sewing machine, condom, flushing toilet form … Continue reading Are Internet-enabled applications bigger in impact than “invention of electricity” ?