How many half-finished online courses are sitting in your account right now? We live in the golden age of learning—yet finishing what we start feels harder than ever. The rise of MOOCs has revolutionized learning. With just a few clicks, you can access courses from the world’s top universities. Coursera [...]
You must have lived this moment in your school days: you prepared for your written test but skipped that one tough chapter. You get the question paper in your hand, scan it nervously — and your heart skips a beat. The very question you hoped would stay away is [...]
A few years back and many years after the floppy disks became obsolete, I coined a phrase at my work - "preparing a boot floppy"! The team around me knew what I meant. Some of you, especially those who do not have a bunch of grey hair, may not [...]
I hear this quite often and heard this again just last week - "My Gmail account has become a mess and I think I should abandon this one and create a new one". It's a common sight! You get too many useless emails every day adding to the already [...]
An esteemed associate of mine once shared a snapshot of the screen of her computer to show an interesting article opened in one of the tabs of her browser (see featured image). To me, in that picture, the more striking thing than the article was the countless open tabs [...]
Last Friday, the 13th incidentally, I got a meme about Monday blues, which, I would say, captured the whole sentiment behind this phenomenon. It said, “FRIDAY THE 13TH IS STILL BETTER THAN MONDAY THE WHATEVER”. When I shared it back in Teams group chat, at my office, there was [...]
“…In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” - Benjamin Franklin Since the former sounds easier, let’s talk only about the latter. Anxiety starts mounting all over the world as the Tax return filing date approaches. Your CA starts asking all kinds of [...]
Everyone needs creative ideas all the time to solve tough problems in life, both personal and professional. One of my ex-colleagues, a voluntarily retired Indian Army General, said quite often, that he got his best ideas when he was at three B’s. I never asked him about what those [...]
I remember a sleepy afternoon, about 45 years back when my teacher, during my visit to his house, unexpectedly asked me if I collected newspaper clippings. When I shook my head no, he pulled out his stash of newspaper clippings and advised me to acquire this habit! Then and [...]
Shravan appeared much relieved when I said, “No. Don’t worry. It happened with me too.” Whenever I talk to Shravan, my pal, we always end up talking about memories from our childhood. His pain came from the fact that however vividly he remembered inconsequential and mostly useless details of [...]