Reflections on anything at large.
Writing
Someone from a legacy Indian media outlet called me recently to ask me to write an article on Indian space within five days, and for free. They expected me to agree to commit to it then and there itself. I said I’d have considered contributing but the timeline is
Musings
2024 is a national election year for both the US and India. Some web searching led me to check past voter turnouts in both countries, and I was quite surprised with the numbers: The US (Source) * 2004: 60.1% * 2008: 62.5% * 2012: 58% * 2016: 59.2% * 2020: 66.9%
Life
I love trains. Why you ask? * I get to spend hours reading without much interruption from humans. * Eating and relaxing is more comfortable in AC coaches and above than being cramped in planes. * With trains you essentially just get in and get out. There’s no fuss of guards, check-ins,
Musings
* Complain about disposable cutlery and water bottles * Fly Business class in domestic flights * Spend the whole day at the conference venue but sleep only at 5-star hotels * Do not have virtual participation, and then give out grants to 1% of attendees * Give talks so public-safe they could’ve been a
Musings
Working on a single problem statement since 40 years and continuing.
Musings
I love freedom respecting software that's also open source. In this fast growing digital-first world, it's more important than ever to have everyday digital tools that work transparently for us users. With that in mind, here's my fork of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’
Musings
Reality is too big for our puny minds to capture all at once. This is where science fiction comes in.
Musings
JUL 19, 2017 Science fiction has a special place in my mind, in that it broadens your horizons and makes you dream, or fear for good. Science fiction has often been used by writers as a satirical tool to highlight problems in society. Flatland comes to mind. One such problem
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