Management & Technology
Complexity Science and the Art of Organizational Management
Organizations are complex systems, akin to biological and social systems, where unpredictability and surprises are inherent. This complexity necessitates a …
Insights
Living in Simulacra: Navigating the New Reality
In an age dominated by media, digital facades, and hyper-curated realities, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish what’s real from …
Management & Technology
The Future is Artificial Intelligence, and it is Complex.
Many people are discussing Al these days, portraying it as a mysterious, cutting-edge technology that is rapidly taking over the …
Management & Technology
The Kowloon Walled City: A Complexity Science Perspective
As I dive deeper into my exploration of complexity science, I couldn’t help but draw fascinating parallels between this field …
Insights
The Positive Power of Negative Thinking
I’m only happy when it rains. I’m only happy when it’s complicated. And though I know you can’t appreciate it. …
Insights
How an Interplanetary Feedback System Saved Earth: The Dynamic Dance of Jupiter and Saturn
So much importance is associated with Jupiter and Saturn that in ancient Vedic astrology, the position of these two in …
Insights
They are not Myths, They are Science
In any era, in any age, without the enablement of technology, the only way to transmit information or knowledge is …
Insights
The Beauty of the Periodic Table
All that we see in the universe in its vastness and complexity is due to chemistry. The subject that often …
Management & Technology
Building Accountability in Organizations
I have advised organizations that accountability is not just about making and keeping commitments — it is also about transparency. …
Insights
The Octopus’ Eyes & The Repetition of Intelligence
Is nature really selective or has it created a backup for humans?
Insights
The Games that Evolution Plays
Remember, natural selection is a single-minded, methodical, and cold mechanism only devoted to the propagation of the species.
Insights
The Indian Renaissance Social Enterprise
Traditionally, best practices are defined in the context of the western school of thought. Our India-Oriented bodies' objective should be …
Insights
The Physics behind the Futility of Life
The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics says that the entropy of an isolated system increases over time. Which, in plain English, …
State of Affairs
Principles & Ideals in Summer
Adolescence is an impressionable age. I was in my early teens in the summer of 1990. It was the year …
Management & Technology
Philosophy in The Age of Augmentation
Christensen's theory of disruptive innovation describes disruption as the transformation of business models and value networks by technology or business …
State of Affairs
Lessons from Sweden
Thousands of years ago, some wise guy noted in the Holy Veda that Ati sarvatra varjayet: Excess of anything is …
State of Affairs
The Subtlety of Nationalism
“The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict” [Explanation at …
Scrapbook of my Soul
Essays on Life - Part 6: On Writing (and failing at it)
What is the true genesis of an idea? Are one's ideas always one's own, or are they derivatives of another's …
Scrapbook of my Soul
Essays on Life - Part 5: On Notion of Purpose
Draupadi realized and surrendered herself to the sacrificial fires of a holocaust, of which Krishna himself was the presiding deity. …
Scrapbook of my Soul
Essays on Life - Part 4: On Progress not perfection
Progress is not bad. It is not evil. It serves as a mechanism that organizes life and ensures the journeyman …
Scrapbook of my Soul
Essays on Life - Part 3: On Polarities, or of thinking of the messy middle as a place of comfort
I have constantly prided myself on my extremely erratic nature and spontaneity. I was drawn to the idea of "living …
Scrapbook of my Soul
Essays on Life - Part 2: On Role Models (wise, witty, and irreverent grown-up in my life)
If one's role model remains the same for a long, then one is incarcerated in constructs of the past, and …
Scrapbook of my Soul
Essays on Life - Part 1: Thinking about people while taking a shower.
I think of you often, and sometimes even in the shower. Bathrooms are perhaps the last remaining corners of our …
Management & Technology
The futility of LinkedIn – Or is it just me?
Till about a couple of years ago, LinkedIn profiles with 500+ connections impressed me immensely. With that humongous network/reach at …
Scrapbook of my Soul
Some old emails, some forgotten notes.
I have been looking at my old emails, and I see the date stamp on them. I can visualize how …
Scrapbook of my Soul
Java Threads & Voyager Spacecrafts
Sometimes you know things happen—people move on or get separated—but life has its chords running. Just like threads in a …
Scrapbook of my Soul
Perpetual Prozac
Sometimes pain can take you to the edge of numbness, which is a good feeling by itself. You know the …
Scrapbook of my Soul
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head…
Love is a convoluted and illogical concept, in the sense that it is conceivable for two people to form a …
Poems of a Failed Poet
जो लहर आएगी, कुछ देकर ही जाएगी
प्रकृति के नियम को निर्विवाद निभाएगी, जो लहर आएगी, कुछ देकर ही जाएगी
Management & Technology
Such joys of the corporate environment
These are also the class of human beings who are perhaps the biggest bottlenecks in the knowledge-work process, as they …
Insights
Learn to Live with Reality
Learn to live with reality; otherwise one day, reality will come and live with you. This is the opening line …
Poems of a Failed Poet
एक ऐसी जगह पर जाता है मन, जो दूर नहीं पर पास भी ना हो
एक ऐसी जगह पर जाता है मन जो दूर नहीं पर पास भी ना हो
Poems of a Failed Poet
चींटियों सा कभी रेंगता है, तो कभी लेहरेता दरिया सा चला जाता है
My parting wishes to a dear friend.
State of Affairs
Being a Part of Any Change
Angels exist. I saw them in action. They wear pants, shirts, salwars, jeans, sneakers, and T-shirts. They are of both …
Insights
My Way
I am not a star. There is no halo around my head. Fate does not like the color of my …
Poems of a Failed Poet
Hope
Melancholy, unhappiness, and sorrow; will fly by in the face of tomorrow, Gone will be the winter of gloom and …
Poems of a Failed Poet
Prayer…
One of the most profound yet simple ode to God that I have come across…
Insights
Stories, Insights, and the Philosophy of Life
India has been a land of timeless stories, and storytelling has held a profound place in Indian culture. The Indian …
State of Affairs
The Importance of being an Indian Communist
Right at the onset let me say that I have great respect for Bengalis and this article is in no …
Management & Technology
What The Agile Manifesto Teaches Us About Life?
So I hear these two different versions about how to live your; one side passionately talks about finding yourself, through …
Management & Technology
The Five Estates of Technology
The five estates of technology will probably continue to exist in tomorrow’s world. In the present, they are demarcated chronologically, …
Poems of a Failed Poet
तेरी दुनिया से उठ गई खुदाई है, सब आया बस कयामत ही नहीं आई है
तेरी दुनिया से उठ गई खुदाई है, सब आया बस कयामत ही नहीं आई है जहां से चलेथे वहीं आज …
State of Affairs
Sania Mirza & the Indian Tri-color
A local court in Bhopal issued summons to tennis star Sania Mirza for allegedly disrespecting the national flag during a …
State of Affairs
Indian IT Industry & The dumbing down of an Indian!!
The English colonizers used the Indian lands under their control to grow indigo, which was an important component in the …
Poems of a Failed Poet
In Incomplete Poem
Once I was thinking about the twist and turns of life, and some thoughts came into my mind. This is …
State of Affairs
Journalism at its Worst
I read this article at NDTV.com, I am absolutely incensed with the comments made by the author and I am …
State of Affairs
Unsolicited Calls – The Other Side of the Story
There has been enough ranting on the phenomena of unsolicited calls, I guess nowadays it is mostly a vogue to …
State of Affairs
Death of a Nation-State – Elegy for Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh chief minister and head of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Mayawati sent her private jet to pick up …
Scrapbook of my Soul
Giggles
Future: the never ending quest of the present.
Insights
Pride & Prejudice: My way of Eating is better than yours
Traditions and customs are sacred and profound for humans. Whether we like it or not, we invariably live under the …
Poems of a Failed Poet
That’s what Love is!
That I know you, is not enough And, that you know me is also not the end But, that we …
Poems of a Failed Poet
High Rise Grave
Far above the ground, a high rise’s lonely balcony he sits On the top but all alone
Poems of a Failed Poet
The River Flowed Silently
Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust; Dear, look into my eyes, and you’ll know whom to trust. If love …
Poems of a Failed Poet
Life – My Definition
I wonder today what life could be. It could be a pack of cards with aces all for me. It …