April 10, 2009

Think

A recent successful bollywood flick “Rock On!!” carried a somewhat popular number - “Socha Hai” (lyrics, written by Javed Akhtar, sang by Farhan Akhtar). This song is a series of...

April 07, 2009

Panacea

This post is in response to Prosperity.One of my colleagues posted his views on ways to increase India’s prosperity. His suggested action items - Adopt / Guide a Student Guide...

April 06, 2009

Prime

General Elections 2009 are approaching quickly (16th April to 13th May). The 'pundit's' have made their guesses. Here are mine -Magic numbers -Whoever reaches 125 seats should be able to...

March 30, 2009

Deficit

Here are some numbers on India’s deficit and debt. 2005-06 – Fiscal deficit – 4.1% GDP 2006-07 – Fiscal deficit – 3.5% GDP 2007-08 – Expenditure - 6.4 Lac Cr...

March 22, 2009

Calorie

A couple weeks ago, I published Watts. Here is some of the math behind it - 1 calorie = 4.184 Joules 1 Watt = 1 Joule per second Recommended Calorie...