Obsolescence Technology has always accelerated obsolescence. Be it camera and one-hour photo printing kiosks which survived for just 15–16 years, or be it projector industry which was booming for over 50 years, or car ownership behavior or for that matter any type of ownership where sharing is overriding the ownership! …

Black Hole.. “Black hole” is a familiar phrase in everyday conversation. While making a presentation, you spend enormous time on one slide, leaving no time to complete important points! A project takes inordinate time to complete as you are engrossed in a single process! A client eats most of your…

“DeWorsification” I don’t remember when I first read or heard this word. But it resonated well with my three and half decades of experience, both in personal and corporate world! Worsification, grammatically (though English doesn’t accept this as a legal word!) is a linear progression (or digression?). …

My love for Grey Shades — Reel and Real life! I do not remember since when I started liking grey shades — be it from Bollywood or in the global history or from Indian mythology. …

Crossing the Borders: Couple of days when I evade my routine morning walk, people at Gymkhana realize that I am preparing for my next US trip and preserving all my energy for a marathon walk to the immigration counters at some US airport! Few years ago when I landed at…

Taxi Driver(s) Getting a cab in Mumbai, in those days, was easier. Once out on the street, there were few waiting for you or else just waive at the empty cab passing by and it will stop. …

Risk Avoidance: As my retirement day was approaching, I was getting edgy. I strangely started glancing through the daily, weekly, monthly, yearly horoscope predictions and my affection for Palmistry, Numerology, Tarot cards, Astrology started growing astronomically! Also my “WhatsApp friend’s” list and Facebook add-friend requests abruptly started swelling! Many of…

Probability: I hate the word probability since my childhood! Probability safeguards uncertainty. It exposes a percentage or a fraction. I dislike uncertainties and I never liked the concept of fraction — a decimal number between 0 and 1. …

Delivery Mishaps: “Sir, just wanted to confirm your address once more…” The liquor delivery boy called again. Third time! I was annoyed. “You have already called me twice! You even called the alternate number (of my wife) 4 times in last one hour, to confirm the address!” “Sorry Sir. I…