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

Anantha Annaswamy was the next speaker. He talked about a project that he was associated with in his Medtronic days, Shruti. (https://www.medtronic.com/in-en/about/shruti.html) The aim was to reach out to people staying in slums, who often suffer from ear problems, and don’t realise it. A 3 year old, who continues to have a prolonged cold can … Read more

Shrikant Ingalhalikar is a 1971 product of COEP. Joined Tata Motors (those days Telco) from campus and was part of the third Graduate trainee engineer program at TML. Those days the GTE training used to be an intensive two year program. There was not much manufacturing happening in the Pune plant then. The first person … Read more

Mansoor had a happy childhood. He liked tinkering with gadgets, ended up making a few of his own! All because of a buddy from school. The family owned a farm in Panvel. He used to enjoy planting vegetables there. And Building tunnels. And swimming pools. Most of us believe that Wealth and Brains don’t go … Read more

Vinit is an IT pro, who quit IBM in 2003 to join the BJP team full time. He had an interesting sustenance model – he went to his friends group and asked if they were ready to help him follow his dream. Each of 20 friends decided to contribute 2,000 per month to Vinit to … Read more