Counting Down to 90 - Week 1546 - First World Smoke Paid Members Public
A country that aims to be first world, will continue to be third world as long as lives are lost in preventable senseless stampedes, fires and man-made accidents.
Counting Down to 90 - Week 1547 - Aab-e-Kausar, Gobi Manchuri, Zamzam-Soaked Kafan and High-Heeled Shoe Paid Members Public
Banu Mushtaq’s collection of short stories is a wonderful read, clearly helped by Deepa Bhasthi’s excellent translation
Counting Down to 90 - Week 1548 - Random Fort Kochi Musings Paid Members Public
Fort Kochi is a nice place for a short vacation with everything from history to good food and water bodies
Counting Down to 90 - Week 1549 - The Power of Constraints Paid Members Public
The right constraints can power creativity
Counting Down to 90 - Week 1550 - The Roller-Coaster of a Week Paid Members Public
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen” – Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
Counting Down to 90 - Week 1551 - The Dangers of Epistemic Trespassing Paid Members Public
Just because a person is an expert in one field does not mean they can behave as experts in other fields they have no domain knowledge of. In short, those who are not experts in radiation biology, physics and harm should not behave as experts on radiation risk from CT scans.
Counting Down to 90 - Week 1552 - Staying Sane When the World Goes to Pieces Paid Members Public
Each time we make a difference to someone’s lives, because we have the power and ability to do so, we add a strong string to the fabric of this world that holds people together in the face of the disruption cause by terrorists and other similar people the world over.
Counting Down to 90 - Week 1553 - The Old Shoe and the New Trail Paid Members Public
73 years after the Old Woman's Shoe was commissioned, we now have a new Nature Trail, partly paralleling Kamala Nehru Park, weaving its way through the trees of the Malabar Hill forest.
