Thursday, 13 February 2014

What Yesterday, The Beatles' song, is really about

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It isn’t a love song. It is about Paul McCartney's mother's death. I found out from the horse’s mouth, so to speak, from thi...
Saturday, 8 February 2014

Satya Nadella: The Rorschach Ink Blot CEO

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Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO Since Satya Nadella’s appointment as Microsoft's CEO, my Facebook news feed and email inbox have been...
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...