Dhiraj Sinha’s life changed at 50. He wanted to make his 50th birthday memorable. One, he left his corporate career to concentrate on investing and trading. He signed a pledge – Living the Promise – of giving away 50% of what you have – in your own lifetime or in your will. 170 people have … Read more

Anant Teltumbude is a civil rights activist – who is married into the Ambedkar family. His wife is the grand-daughter of BR Ambedkar. He stays in Rajgriha, Dadar – which is partly Ambedkar museum – and part residence. Here is some Wikipedia gyan on our friend. Teltumbde was born on 15 July 1951 in Rajur, … Read more

We cycled to Talegaon to visit https://www.theajitfoundation.in – Through Abhay P, CEEPL has been supporting them for the last two years. Met with Vinaya Nimbalkar, who looks after the Pune center. She and Mahesh, her better half, started this foundation about 20 years ago. They have had more than 4,000 students who have benefitted from … Read more

Once upon a time, two thumbs decided to take on a jackfruit. The jackfruit was a young chap – and very thick skinned, but unarmed. The thumbs on the other hand, had between themselves one knife. The left thumb was weaker. She took the knife first. She tried pulling it against the jackfruit’s tough skin. … Read more

Success is Danger. A DNA changer. In the conquest of knowledge, You got a good college. Companies fought to employ, This blue-eyed boy. But a steady pulse rate is a sure sign, Of a heart attack in a short time. The law of averages delivered a wham, From being the chef, you were now the … Read more

Passage 1 There are no places left unsearched in my modern world Genetic strands they say control my soul My smiles are nerve endings stretching themselves far My tears are excited glands secreting some gooey tar My fear is controlled by adrenalin level My factory is my living hell My children are two fused chromosomes … Read more

Chakravarti, Amitav and Manoj Thomas (2015), Why Consumer (Don’t) Buy: The GO and STOP Signals, Palgrave Macmillan Most businesses view their consumers as homo economicus. The authors’ insight is that they are not. They feel that decisions happen because of some kind of Go/No Go filter that we all have. The stimuli of product attributes … Read more

AG:     Shared a ride to Mumbai on Friday. Brainwashed Niket, my host from bla bla car, to totally avoid honking. Tips to do that. Whenever you feel like honking, use the brake. Another, maintain distance between you and the vehicle in front. This practice will result in reduced blood pressure, fewer accidents, and a … Read more

Chetan Singh Solanki grew up in a small village in MP. His dad was a farmer and Chetan’s education till grade 4 was in a single room village school. He shifted from there to Indore for his secondary school education. After finishing his engineering, he went on to do his M.Tech from IIT Bombay. He … Read more