The Chronicles of Snake Charming


I have a theory on "why India was stereotyped as country of snake charmers". Let me walk you through that with some history, a book review, and eventually, the reason will reveal itself. For almost 15 centuries the Middle-Eastern Merchants (Jewish, then Arab) meticulously monopolized the stuff that flows into Europe from India (and SE … Continue reading The Chronicles of Snake Charming

A little bit about Mumbai waiters


A little bit about Mumbai waiters

Concorde, wasps and sunk cost


Sunk Cost Fallacy is when a person/organisation continue to invest resources(funds/effort) on a project with a sole rationale that a great deal of resources has been poured in already; even when tangible evidences show that there is no economical viable end results.

Ikigai, 42 and Robotic Automation


Ikigai, 42 and Robotic Automation

Quotes on policing wives


Came across a couple of quotation on wives! कार्येषु मन्त्री करणेषु दासी रुपेषु लक्ष्मीः क्षमया धरित्री स्नेहेषु माता शयनेशु वेश्या षट्कर्मनारी कुलधर्मपत्नी Translation: Work efficiency like a counsellor, workability like a maid, as beautiful as goddess Lakshmi, forgiveness like earth herself, a friend like a mother, and at the end of the day like a … Continue reading Quotes on policing wives