This story was written as the capstone project for a creative writing class I took in 2018. My first fiction piece, it is an amateurish effort and I hesitated to post it here. In the four years since this was written, I have not written any better stories, or worse…

Walk into any of the many stores along Vienna’s Karntnerstrasse and you will find Klimt’s art on all manner of objects: cups, saucers, scarves, umbrellas, carpets, pens and whatnot. If you happen to walk into the Klimt Exhibition store in Karntnerstrasse a couple of blocks from Domkirche St. …

A summary and review of: The Ethical Algorithm: The Science of Socially Aware Algorithm Design by Aaron Roth and Michael Kearns. Algorithms have been around for a long-time — some say the earliest algorithms were written around 4000 years ago by Babylonians. Algorithms were used for practical purposes such as…

Some 44 (or thereabouts) chaddi-buddies from the school I attended between 1973 and 1975, got together to mark the crossing of our 60th year. I was asked to write about my reminiscences of my life at the Vidyashala for a literary souvenir for this occasion. I was apprehensive about this…

The human resources director at a former employer of mine was reviewing the results of the annual employee satisfaction survey. The survey measures various aspects of employee engagement such as how well employees understand company strategy, how fulfilling the work is, and whether she thinks of interviewing elsewhere. The organization…

[This article was written in 2017 and the discussion of tracking techniques reflects the state of the art that year] You briefly consider a Hawaii vacation and look at packages online. Now you can’t open a web page without seeing palm trees. Here’s why. In 2016, both in the United…

Vinod, recently on your 23rd birthday, you asked me what advice I had for you as you entered adulthood. I believed I had a few life lessons that I should impart to Varun and you, but at the moment you asked me, my thoughts were not coherent enough to articulate…

I mentor entrepreneurs who are focused on social impact. In a recent round-table, startup CEOs shared challenges they were facing. These were typical of the difficulties startup CEOs face. I want to write about two of the challenges that were discussed the most. One entrepreneur felt that her suppliers did…

The COVID–19 pandemic has surprised us all with the speed at which it has become a global phenomenon, ravaged national economies, and caused widespread suffering. For the first time in a long time, most of the world is caught up in the same calamity. It has tested the ability of…