Technology, books, travel, and linguistics
The price variance one sees in the United States is huge. It is not just that price of “organic” groceries can vary up to five times. Even, something as standardized as coke would be sold in a restaurant for 5-10 […]
Rakhigarhi (राखीगढ़ी), an archeological site in Haryana is dated to be 3000 BC and might be even older. As of July 2021, the site isn’t ready for visitors just yet. There is a museum but that’s under construction too. So, […]
Start with podcasting or video blogging (YouTube/TikTok) It is hard to build an audience when you don’t have one Start with interviewing other podcasters/creators to bring yourself to the front of their audience Alternatively, build an audience via engaging (tweet […]
The startups where you can be paid to sell your data don’t succeed much. Statistically speaking, the users who flock to these startups are usually the lower rung of demographics an advertiser would be interested in.
I ended up writing this post after coming across Indian ethnicity folks who grew outside India, knew Hindi, and wanted to read/write Devanagari, the standard script for writing Hindi. One advantage which Hindi has over English is that spellings and […]
Google’s official client for Mac OS, “Backup And Sync” is no more. It has been replaced by “Google Drive” now. One problem is that the new approach exposes files as a Network Drive. That for some reason isn’t indexed by […]
On my way from the Prague airport to the city of Prague, I sat on a bus next to a man wearing a suit and tie. “Here for business?”, I asked. “European Space Agency meeting”, he replied. Those were the […]
Unlike Tokyo, Kyoto is a nice and cozy city. We started the day with a walking tour that gave us an intense view of this city of shrines. There is a lot to do in this city. However, I would […]
This book seems to address the myth that primitive societies are more harmonious than our present societies.
Let’s say 1% of kids are born with allergies. The statistic is useful for a public policy maker, someone who is setting up food menus in schools or regulating restaurants. However, the statistic is useless for you as a parent. […]