Aug 10, 2012 So, after reading about 500 fiction novels before I turned 30, I realised shockingly that I have almost not read a single in the last decade ! At some point of time, I switched to buying non-fiction (and also reading some of them), the switch though not coming by design. So, reading … Continue reading My first fiction novel…in ten years !

Aug 5, 2012 There’s an interesting article in a magazine I read that the human body has reached its maximum in all the sporting events, and world records will not be broken as much as they were in the past 50 years. Usain Bolt cannot keep on shaving off tenths of a seconds much longer. … Continue reading The Olympic S-curve…and a few other S-Curves

July 5, 2012 OK, so I did get an answer to one of my Statistical queries (see post under “Tech and other geeky stuff”). What is the average building height of different cities ?. I have retained only “key cities of the world” in the list below. Surprisingly, NY City is 41st ranked – largely … Continue reading Average Building Height of cities

June 13, 2012 Death is the ultimate reality. The most irreversible fact of life. People who jocularly compared death and taxes as being the two ultimate realities, did not know what they were talking about. There can be no jokes about death – of a near and dear person. The stopped heart cannot be re-charged … Continue reading Death – the ultimate reality…

March 2012 This piece is a continuation of Part I of “Growing up in 80s and 90s”, wherein we read about the single most impactful entity – Doordarshan and Television in general, on the lives of people born from 1965-1980, the Amitabh-Reliance era. We continue with other interesting aspects of the lives of people from … Continue reading Growing up in India of the 80s and 90s  Part II – Adverts, Devices, Sports, Festivals