SEVEN days of being MIA on Facebook and THIS is what I need to deal with :( - the crazy thing is these application invites!
I hate having to deal with a new "mailbox" - and expectations people have about my responses. Usually I do love staying on top of what friends are upto (and am now caught up on friend requests), but for now I hear ya Jason.
"As mathematician Carl Jacobi would say - invert, always invert! In other words, start with what you do NOT want to be or become (sloth, unreliability etc.) and you have already become better than most people around you. Or as Ben Franklin would say, tell me where I will die and I will make sure I don't go there!
- Charlie Munger (USC Commencement address)
APJ Abdul Kalam is one of my favorite people. One of a few people I feel live by example rather than by talk (cue: Atanu's piece on existence proof). Proving that politics is no rocket science (no pun intended!) he lent a new credibility to the role of President of India and was often called the People's President.
I was thrilled to see that as part of his plans for the future, he will teach undergraduates at my alma-mater PSG College of Tech. in Coimbatore, India. An excerpt:
“I will take three to four classes this year, for about 60 students each.60 students? Are you kidding me? I wouldn't be surprised if the hall starts overflowing left, right and center, based on how inspiring his writings and speeches can be. His autobiography Wings of Fire is a must-read and very sincerely written.
The subjects that I will concentrate on are mostly nano-science, nano-technology and also the influence of society in knowledge areas,’’ he announced here on Saturday.
He wanted the undergraduate, post-graduate and the Ph.D students of PSG to take up the study of the implementation of Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) as a business proposition in the different areas around Coimbatore.Took me back to eons ago, when I collaborated with Rajesh, Atanu and Reuben on Deeshaa, which had a similar vision as PURA.
Sorry for the shoddy blogging, here are a few recent things that are worth mentioning:
The story Mr. Buffett likes to tell involves a man who is new to town. To get a sense of the place, the man walks to the town square, where he encounters a local resident and a tough-looking German shepherd.
The newcomer asks the local: "Does your dog bite?" The man replies, "No."
So the visitor reaches down to pet the German shepherd --only to have the dog lunge at his arm and tear the sleeve of his coat to shreds. As the newcomer collects himself after this scare, he glares at the local man and says:
"I thought you said your dog doesn't bite." The man replied: "I did. THIS is not my dog." The point of Mr. Buffett's story, of course, is to highlight the importance of asking the right question.
Betty Makoni and Michealene Risley will be on CNNi and Anderson Cooper AC360 
