Sunday, 27 October 2013

"Hindostan is an Italy of Asiatic dimensions", Karl Marx, 1853

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Karl Marx didn't have a whole lot to say about India, but this thought - likening India to an Asian Italy - is still fascinating.  I...
Sunday, 13 October 2013

Roger Federer's Next Career: Doubles #1

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Federer and Wawrinka. Olympic Gold medalists in 2008 Earlier this week, Roger Federer lost to Gael Monfils in the third round of the ...
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Saturday, 21 September 2013

Moonwalking with Einstein. On why I blog, and take pictures

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Just finished this excellent book called Moonwalking with Einstein, by Joshua Foer. Among its many pleasures was this passage, which fee...
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Tuesday, 10 September 2013

Gumption, not grit, is the key to success

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This popular TED talk by ex-management-consultant Angela Lee Duckworth reports that the key to success, in academics and in life, is...t...
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Monday, 2 September 2013

The McKinsey Man plays tennis

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Novak Djokovic in action The New Yorker about Novak Djokovic : "He was a McKinsey man, hitting his percentages. His approach wa...
Monday, 26 August 2013

Should Mother Cricket have punished Michael Clarke for gallant/ stupid declaration?

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Clarke and his team. Crushed? Or enough spirit left to learn? I was in two minds yesterday, following the thrilling/ farcical denoueme...
Thursday, 22 August 2013

Pierre: the secret behind Novak Djokovic's mental toughness

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Superstar Pierre Djokovic with his people Novak Djokovic reveals the secret behind his mental toughness: "When I lost to Nadal...