Philosophical musings of a curious soul

If there is one thing that I was very sceptical about for the past 20 years then it was luck. I never believed in luck and always believed…

I always wonder why we are naturally good at maths. These are normal people who we meet in our everyday lives. The toll collector, the…

I recently bought an apartment in a huge gated community. High on comforts, cosy environment and also well protected. Only after moving in…

There is a saying “Winners write the history”. And that’s the history we know of. All our inferences are from that oral/written history…

Why people prefer expensive cars? Why do they buy huge houses? One argument is that they can afford to pay for these extra comforts. But…

I started off my startup journey in 2004. I knew I was joining a team of highly talented individuals as I had worked with them before. We…

Humans are social animals. We always want to be part of a group. We find ways to identify with a group. When we are in Chennai, we don the…

Who is successful? What defines success? People generally have a myopic view of success. Society treats someone with a good salary, own…

It’s a known fact that we Indians disregard rules. We don’t follow lanes. We skip traffic signals. We skip queues. We are ready to bribe to…

Evolution is great interest to me. There are millions of unique species in this world. The complexity of these species and their complex…

Almost a month has gone in 2018. Many of us started off this year with resolutions. But just in one month many of us are not able to keep…

We normally associate happiness with money. We continuously search for ways to get money believing more money will bring in more happiness…

When we look into the night sky, we see thousands of stars(we can see only around 2500 stars with the naked eye) in the sky. We are seeing…

Earth is 4.5 billion years old. Modern humans(Homo sapiens) are 200,000 years old. And the modern civilisations are only 5000 years old. We…

I am not an atheist, and I am not a theist, I am not an agnostic. I choose to be a pragmatist. In everyday life, we are surrounded by…