The Jet Airways Mumbai to Brussels flight is not too bad as far as timing goes for flights to Europe out of India. It leaves at a reasonable 2 AM (compared to flights that depart at 4 or 5 AM)… Read More ›
Month: September 2013
Talk in Leuven on Sept 29th
The time has come for me to head back home to California. On the way there, I plan to take two short breaks: one in Belgium and the other in the New York-New Jersey area. I will be visiting my… Read More ›
Alan Watts on Living in the Present
Today’s quote is from Alan Watts. Born in England in 1915, he moved to the US in 1938. He lived in the San Francisco Bay area, around Berkeley. I would have loved to meet him but he passed away in… Read More ›
A Short List of Riots under Congress Rule
1947 Bengal….5,000 to 10,000 dead …CONGRESS RULE. 1967 Ranchi….200 DEAD……….CONGRESS RULE. 1969 Ahmedabad…512 DEAD……..CONGRESS RULE. 1970 Bhiwandi….80 DEAD………….CONGRESS RULE. 1979 Jamshedpur..125 DEAD……CPIM RULE (COMMUNIST PARTY) 1980 Moradabad…2,000 DEAD…CONGRESS RULE. 1983 Nellie Assam…..5,000 DEAD…CONGRESS RULE. 1984 anti-Sikh Delhi…2,733 DEAD…CONGRESS RULE 1984… Read More ›
UC Berkeley ranks 3rd in Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)
The 2013 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) has placed UC Berkeley (my alma mater) behind Harvard and Stanford in the global rankings of universities in the world.
Essay: External Shocks and Transformative Change
External shocks — the type that bring about radical change in large, complex systems — is the focus of my recent piece on Niti Central. When things are at their worst, what’s needed is a push to put matters on… Read More ›
Celebrating 2,000,000 Visits to this Blog!!
The sitemeter counter on this blog (see right hand side column) is creeping up to the 2 million number. Right now at 8:15 PM IST it is this:
Open Thread: Changes to the Blog
The typewriter monkeys in the basement have been slacking off too much. But the riot act has been read out to them. It seems that their pace will likely pick up — and if it doesn’t, they will be fired…. Read More ›
Of 100 CEOs Surveyed, 7 Admitted to being Idiots
An article in today’s Economic Times, “India Inc welcomes Narendra Modi’s nomination as BJP’s prime ministerial candidate” reveals a curious detail: