Blog me...curiosity redefined

    Of late, I have been hearing a lot about the passion that drives us to becoming an entrepreneur. If you are in IT sector with around 13+ years of experience or more, you are bound to have friends who are budding entrepreneur or want to be one. So its obvious about hearing a lot of motivation talks, finding the angel investors, niche market or product to get into, crypto currencies etc. But this blog to dedicated to all those ordinary folks who find happiness in the simple pleasures of life. :)     To me, what defines my life is happiness and the purpose in it. It definitely need not be to reach the stars. Not that I have peer pressure to do more. I enjoy learning new things and what best to do than enjoy what you do. Isn't being happy the ultimate goal? At least for me, it is.     Enough of preaching and let us turn our attention to the moment. I am enjoying writing this blog. If you are enjoying it too reading it, leave me a comment. That would make...

Luke Aikins jumped from 25,000 feet from airplane without a parachute recently. National geographic channel paid $1 million for this video.  It is a world record and no wonder history was written by him. Take a peek at this video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaANi96Z-Wg               (Video courtesy - Youtube) Lessons from his free falling session on a lighter side...with all due respects to him: a) Never free fall unless you know the target and are sure to hit it. It takes some guts to fall off with a parachute. b) Cheer leaders when you land can come in handy...you might need few to lift your body if target is missed. c) Pay some respect to your sponsorer (National Geographic Channel in this case)...$1 million is no joke after all. Poke the deal as many...you might not achieve this feat again and again in life. d) Needless to say get insured for life...at least your family can take a breather (or maybe not). Should I say r...

     I enjoy the animation movies....Kung Fu panda being my fav. Yes I do love the comics too. Unfortunately I am not reading anymore...more due to the supply problem rather than the demand here. Simply put it, I love Tin Tin, Amar Chithra Katha, Tinkle which used to be the best of my childhood reads are still worth reading.  Oh those Supandi stories, Tenali Raman, Kalia the crow, Shambu the shikari makes me wonder why did I ever grow up?      It is these childhood memories that have made my life richer than ever. After all we need to grow up. Is that the problem?  Or is it the part of thinking we are grown up that makes life more miserable? Irrelevant to me. But life is beautiful in all the simple pleasures we seek. Do I sound like a spiritual Guru when I say that?       We are being misguided by the everyday problems and the paths we have chosen. If only we knew how to relive this life with the inner child in us. Wouldn't it ha...

Lone travelling is bliss. I just feel in love with this photo on the internet which inspired me to write this blog. I do enjoy traveling if it is towards the nature. Traveling alone and being with the nature has its own perks. Isn't it a bliss when you hear the silence of the forest? The calmness in the picture with the God's rays can make tranquilize me easily. Photo courtesy - Internet Let me know if you have a photo that can speak a thousand words which you cherish. If travel makes you happy...let me know if you have any planned for the days to come. Together we can make the nature a better place by discovering the secrets hidden in it. What's say?

       DIKW (Data Information Knowledge Wisdom) is a common pyramid that you see explaining the relationship between data and how it evolves to wisdom. Isn't that what the IT industry is also doing? We started off with raw data processing in IT industry especially Indian IT and over a period of few years (I presume in couple of decades) we evolved towards knowledge based processing. What went in these 20 years is the value transformation that happened to evolve from just data processing to information to knowledge processing. In this process, we have captured the knowledge as well. If you observe at a minute level you might find the eureka moment of new discovery. Isn't that the wisdom we possess?        Data - raw form        Information - answers the question on What?        Knowledge - answers the question of How to?   Add understanding and interpretation to Knowledge along with keen observation...

       If you have not yet watched the bollywood movie Wazir  (2016), do watch it. Wazir in chess means queen, the most powerful pawn on the board. Do you think so? Isn't every pawn powerful as long as it is in the most appropriate position? A small ant can destroy an elephant, if it can get into its ears. Its all in the move, isn't it? Make yours for sure. Win or lose is secondary.       The game is meant to be played. Only a coward takes a cunning route to win. After all the Mahabharata would not have happened if not for Shakuni. Well the lord of the lords (Krishna) also wanted the play to go on, isn't it? Are you a Arjuna, Krishna, Duryodana or Shakuni? The character you choose is left to you. But do play for sure. After all isn't that what Krishna has preached too.       What do you think is the essence of any game? Is it the intention behind the game, the will to play it or the intensity with which you play?  As Buddha ...

       Oh God, please save us. Are we on the verge of evolution or destruction? On the technology front, we are assuming that making robots to take up mundane regular tasks is creative or progressive in nature. What if it turned out to be the worst ever invention of human history? Add AI to these bots and they can even think like Humans, at least that is the assumption as of now. Imagine a future where the bots with their intelligence ruling the humans who invented them. Isn't it scary?        Let us take a step back and see where did we go wrong. Today morning I had breakfast with couple of my classmates @ IIM Bangalore course. While having coffee I found that the disposable paper cups used for the coffee had a thin layer of wax and a plastic layer inside the cups making them carcinogenic. Introspecting it further, our own creation to make our lives easier has been the cause for our various diseases or rather destruction. So are we really ...