A few days ago on my way to work, I glanced at the book a fellow passenger on the train was reading. It was a 12th grade book and the subject was nuclear physics. It had diagrams of protons, neutrons,… Read More ›
Month: November 2003
Misplaced conclusions
“My uncle died sadly due to his habit of drinking tea?” “That’s amazing! I have heard of people dying because of alcohol. But tea?” “Yes, tea lead to his death. He was crossing the road to get himself a cup… Read More ›
The Four Noble Truths
Little drops of water Little grains sand Make the mighty ocean And the beauteous land I think the time has come to speak of little things. Things that add up like little grains of sand and little drops of water…. Read More ›
The Zurich Axioms
Many years ago I had come across the Zurich Axioms on the usenet. Here it is for the record. A set of simple (major and minor) rules devised by a set of Swiss investors, on how to succeed on the… Read More ›
Solar Power Super Power
Here is an item of interest that I got from Reuben’s weblog. Bajaj Auto’s 3-wheeler utility vehicles are about to be released in the US. Now that is precious, ain’t it? A number of interesting lessons can be drawn from… Read More ›
Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) are benchmarks of progress in a global attempt at alleviating poverty. The eight goals and their associated targets clearly address a complex set of effects the fundamental cause of which is poverty. For the record,… Read More ›
India’s NRI (Network Readiness Index)
Global Information Technology Report 2002-2003 – Readiness for the Networked World The Global Information Technology Report is the most comprehensive assessment of “networked readiness” — how prepared an economy is to capture the benefits of technology to promote economic growth… Read More ›
Dining on Weapons
A report in the online edition of India Today, INDO-US RELATIONS HIGH ON TECH starts off imaginatively with Imagine a commercial satellite blasting off from the Sriharikota Space Centre with NASA-ISRO painted on the launch vehicle. Or building modern weapons… Read More ›
Two stories about development
FOR A HUMAN CHARACTER to reveal truly exceptional qualities, one must have the good fortune to be able to observe its performance over many years. If this performance is devoid of all egoism, if its guiding motive is unparalleled generosity,… Read More ›
ICT and Development (Part 2)
Rambling on about transaction costs from the last post. Transaction costs are all over the place. When I travel to talk with someone, the cost of the travel in terms of time and money is the transaction cost of the… Read More ›
