Towards the end of the last century, the world suddenly went abuzz with the talk of a new, fantastic, futuristic invention centered around computers that would apparently shape the future of the human civilization. Nobody knows how it started in India, but by 1997 “Information Technology” was for sure only the second biggest trending topic…
In the past few years, I have learned a few things about career progression in corporate life. Every graduate dreams about becoming CEO but it is almost impossible for ordinary hacks who are not exceptional in some way or other (and I am not just talking about talent) to move up the so-called ladder. To…
People tend to have this idea that if you hand out money to the poor, they will become rich. This is so wrong on so many levels. Of course there are many factors like economic reality of how money and value work and all at play, because money isn’t really “riches”, but just a document…
IotR stands for Idiots on the Road where I will be chronicling stupidity I see on Indian roads. Here is first one: I didn’t witness this, but it happened as a friend narrated it, on the Bangalore Outer Ring Road (a six-land road inside the city) near Doddanekkundi. There was this guy riding a Honda Activa scooter…