Rituals

Via Buyer Behaviour,
…Rituals give us a felling of power. They are one of the very few things, perhaps, in our control, and therefore, so important to us.
- Sumaa Tekur, The Power of Rituals
I have never understood why so many seemingly reasonable people accept and carry out mindless rituals, mostly during religious ceremonies. The quote above seems [...]

Nursery rhymes

Take a look at another hilarious post at Let’s Put DA. I liked the one on Mamata Bannerjee the best.
Old Mamata B went to a farm. Eeya Eeya O.
And on that farm, she saw a plant. Ayyayyayyo.
With some protests here,
And some violence there.
Here a speech, there a speech,
Everywhere a screech screech.
Old Mamata B caused great [...]

Sach Ka Saamna (Facing the truth)

Today’s supplement to the Times Of India carries a column by Vinita Nangia on the controversial TV show ‘Sach Ka Saamna’. Ironically the lesson Nangia draws from the show (as do many others) is
Facing the truth isn’t all that easy and some truths are best left unsaid. Each one of us has a dark side [...]

An enjoyable post and some queueing theory

I always enjoy reading Eric Lippert’s posts but this one is better than usual. I would like to learn to write like that.

The moral vs the practical

Via NoodleFood I came across this blog post on time management. The post is quite good in general but one particular point is not.
Determine what matters most to you. Make a list of the people, activities, and things in your life that mean the most to you and then spend the vast majority of your time focusing on these [...]

Counterfeit currency

There are reports that a large volume of counterfeit currency is in circulation. Apparantly the government is worried. I wonder why. Nobel prize-winning economists tell us that a recessionary economy needs “stimulus”. Counterfeit currency is “stimulus” too. Shouldn’t we be applauding the counterfeiters for creating additional “demand” and thus helping the “economy as a whole”?