Building a belief system – Why do we believe what we believe?
Filed in General Interest,Science, April 27, 2008, 5:14 am by SukumarTweetProlog: Dharampal’s Beautiful Tree is a 457 page book. I have read it once before i did my last post. But for me to summarize the book accurately i need to read it at least 2 more times and i am in the middle of my 2nd pass. Meanwhile, i thought i will cover something […]
Life’s lessons from Vishwanathan Anand – world’s no.1
Filed in General Interest,Management, April 25, 2008, 5:42 am by SukumarTweetUpdated Apr 27,2008: Owing to Vijay Arumugam’s comment, i have amended the greatest designation i gave to Anand. Thanks for pointing out Vijay. Last night we had the privilege of listening to Vishwanathan Anand – arguably amongst the greatest sportspersons from India if not the greatest. He singlehandedly put Chess on the national sporting agenda. […]
Divining the mind of the Indian Consumer
Filed in General Interest,Management, April 24, 2008, 12:38 am by SukumarTweetI am at the Microsoft Leadership Conclave in Dubai. Yesterday, we had a chance to listen to Prasoon Joshi, Executive Chairman, McCann Erickson, Asia Pacific. He presented his understanding of the current day Indian consumer interspersed with memorable ad campaigns created by his team. It was f***ing brilliant. Here are his key insights and his […]
The Real History of India Part 10 – The Abominable Caste System – Indian Fact or British Fiction?
Filed in Anthropology,General Interest, April 20, 2008, 7:15 am by SukumarTweetProlog: Last week, we covered one of Islam’s key contributions to India. There is plenty of material out there to undertstand the bad things done by the Islamists, which is why i wrote about some good things they did. Any discussion on India’s history is not complete without considering the caste system. In this post, […]
The Real History of India Part 9 – One of Islam’s delectable contributions
Filed in General Interest, April 13, 2008, 11:03 am by SukumarTweetUpdated Apr 15,2008: Rachel Laudan was kind enough to respond to my email to say that she does not have much knowledge of Ethiopian to answer the question. She has however said she knows someone that might be able to answer. Stay tuned. Prolog: A key reason I started this series is to debunk ideas […]
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