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The Positive Power of Negative Thinking

Prashant M. 27 Aug, 2024

I’m only happy when it rains. I’m only happy when it’s complicated. And though I know you can’t appreciate it. …

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How an Interplanetary Feedback System Saved Earth: The Dynamic Dance of Jupiter and Saturn

Prashant M. 13 Aug, 2024

So much importance is associated with Jupiter and Saturn that in ancient Vedic astrology, the position of these two in …

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They are not Myths, They are Science

Prashant M. 23 Jul, 2024

In any era, in any age, without the enablement of technology, the only way to transmit information or knowledge is …

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The Beauty of the Periodic Table

Prashant M. 22 Jul, 2024

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

Prashant M. 21 Jun, 2024

I have advised organizations that accountability is not just about making and keeping commitments — it is also about transparency. …

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The Octopus’ Eyes & The Repetition of Intelligence

Prashant M. 20 May, 2024

Is nature really selective or has it created a backup for humans?

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The Games that Evolution Plays

Prashant M. 15 Apr, 2024

Remember, natural selection is a single-minded, methodical, and cold mechanism only devoted to the propagation of the species.

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The Indian Renaissance Social Enterprise

Prashant M. 05 Mar, 2024

Traditionally, best practices are defined in the context of the western school of thought. Our India-Oriented bodies' objective should be …

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The Physics behind the Futility of Life

Prashant M. 20 Feb, 2024

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

Prashant M. 20 Jan, 2024

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

Prashant M. 01 Dec, 2023

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

Prashant M. 01 Nov, 2023

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

Prashant M. 01 Oct, 2023

“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)

Prashant M. 16 Sep, 2023

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

Prashant M. 16 Aug, 2023

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

Prashant M. 16 Jul, 2023

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

Prashant M. 16 Jun, 2023

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)

Prashant M. 16 May, 2023

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.

Prashant M. 16 Apr, 2023

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?

Prashant M. 01 Mar, 2023

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.

Prashant M. 01 May, 2022

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

Prashant M. 01 Mar, 2022

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

Prashant M. 01 Jan, 2022

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…

Prashant M. 01 Sep, 2021

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

Prashant M. 01 Oct, 2019

प्रकृति के नियम को निर्विवाद निभाएगी, जो लहर आएगी, कुछ देकर ही जाएगी

Management & Technology

Such joys of the corporate environment

Prashant M. 01 Jul, 2019

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

Prashant M. 01 Jan, 2019

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

Prashant M. 20 Jan, 2018

एक ऐसी जगह पर जाता है मन जो दूर नहीं पर पास भी ना हो जहां आग सी तपती रेत …

Poems of a Failed Poet

चींटियों सा कभी रेंगता है, तो कभी लेहरेता दरिया सा चला जाता है

Prashant M. 01 Jan, 2017

My parting wishes to a dear friend.

State of Affairs

Being a Part of Any Change

Prashant M. 16 Jan, 2016

Angels exist. I saw them in action. They wear pants, shirts, salwars, jeans, sneakers, and T-shirts. They are of both …

Insights

My Way

Prashant M. 01 Jul, 2015

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

Prashant M. 16 Jan, 2015

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…

Prashant M. 16 Sep, 2014

One of the most profound yet simple ode to God that I have come across…

Insights

Stories, Insights, and the Philosophy of Life

Prashant M. 01 Sep, 2013

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

Prashant M. 16 Jul, 2013

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?

Prashant M. 16 Sep, 2012

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

Prashant M. 01 Jul, 2012

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

Prashant M. 01 Feb, 2011

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

Prashant M. 01 Jan, 2010

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!!

Prashant M. 01 Jul, 2008

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

Prashant M. 16 May, 2008

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

Prashant M. 16 Jun, 2007

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

Prashant M. 16 May, 2007

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

Prashant M. 16 Jan, 2007

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

Prashant M. 01 Nov, 2006

Future: the never ending quest of the present.

Insights

Pride & Prejudice: My way of Eating is better than yours

Prashant M. 16 Jul, 2006

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!

Prashant M. 01 Jun, 2005

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

Prashant M. 01 May, 2005

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

Prashant M. 01 Sep, 2001

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

Prashant M. 01 Feb, 2001

I wonder today what life could be. It could be a pack of cards with aces all for me. It …