Dec 25, 2012 So, I was reading in a recent issue of the Economist about the increasing average age of people in the world. The first fact is that women live longer than men, on an average. This is largely because more men work for a livelihood than women. In manual work, there is the … Continue reading Learning to live longer…

Dec 24, 2012 India rocks ! The cynicism and criticism of our system in recent times adds to my belief that we are here to stay (sounds ironical but I shall explain below why do I say so). Systems which don’t bend, break (Egypt, Iraq, and I think eventually, China). And ours is such a … Continue reading Why am I optimistic about India ?

Dec 16, 2012 Having a world-class scientist Dad at home, and who is retired, exposes me to a set of intermittent,  wonderful questions. The above is one of them. Having met some sincere MLA who works from 9am to 12 midnight, we were wondering if the PM’s job would be the toughest job in the … Continue reading Who’s got the tougher job – Ratan Tata or Manmohan Singh ? (or Immelt vs Obama)

Nov 20, 2012 As a staunch resistor of “How to...” books, I was surprised to find myself picking a book “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch. I am a bit of a smug entity, thinking that I know what has to be done with life and how to live life well. Ergo, these “how to...” … Continue reading The Last Lecture…Remembering what your Childhood Dreams were

Oct 23, 2012 I recently read an amazing article by Richard Branson – on his dream list of guests he would like to have dinner with. He had as his dream set of invitees, inter alia, Churchill, Clooney, QE 1 (Lizzie, not the Quant Easing one), N Armstrong (since L has become a persona-non-grata after … Continue reading Dreamy Dinner and Food for Thought