The many beginnings of Diwali
If over a billion people on the planet are going to be revelling in in festivities over the next three days, it is worth finding out the history behind this. And who better to help us understand the historical significance of Diwali, the festival of lights, than Manu Pillai, arguably the best Indian historian of […]
Google CEO Sundar Pichai on achieving quantum supremacy
It is almost a century since Niels Bohr won the Nobel Prize for his work in quantum physics. Whilst applications from his work have emerged across diverse fields and solved real world problems, quantum computing has been a mega promise yet to see real world applications. From that perspective, Google’s announcement this week that their […]
Napster paved the way for streaming-reliant music industry
Spotify has been Godsend for music lovers across the world, especially given its ability to machine learn your music taste and push stuff that you didn’t know existed but you would absolutely love. But little is known about how Daniel Ek, its founder, was inspired by an equally loved online music service called Napster. If […]
The US has fewer than 400 statues of women—but that’s changing
Women are not only smashing the glass ceiling in the corporate world but also apparently in the world of statues. Women have always been given a raw deal in a male dominated society and capturing the important role they have played in the past through the means of statues also shows our society’s apathy towards […]
NBA exec: ‘It’s the dirty little secret that everybody knows about’
Many of us who endure long commutes and work in businesses where frequent air travel is a must know a thing or two about sleep deprivation. But very few of us understand the full effects of sleep deprivation on our bodies & minds. The ESPN article on players in the American NBA therefore becomes required […]
Airbnb and Uber are chalk and cheese
Uber and Airbnb were both founded around a decade ago and most of us think of them as being synonymous of the gig economy where millions of vendors sell their wares via asset-light platforms who act as a shopfront. However, “As Airbnb prepares to go public next year, its boss, Brian Chesky, has been making […]
Diwali Special: Learning From Creative People At Work
20 years ago twelve American academics published a collection of studies tracing the intellectual development of giants like Einstein, Darwin, Faraday, Lavoisier, Beethoven and Wordsworth. This intense study of creative people yields rich leanings. At the core of creativity is a heavy duty memory, a multiplicity of projects, stimulating company and a willingness to work […]
‘Only Re 1’: Customers line up for sanitary pads as price slashed at Jan Aushadhi stores
In his book Factfulness, Dr Hans Rosling remarked that the sanitary pads market remained the world’s largest untapped business opportunity, which could also make the biggest difference to humanity by improving women’s menstrual health, given the huge underpenetration of this product, especially in the third world. The issue got some much required publicity in India […]
Findings from Keeladi excavation site have a clear message for modern cities: Cherish your water, or perish
We alluded to Bangalore’s traffic congestion problem in last week’s 3L-3S but it is the city’s ability to deal with the challenges around water scarcity which will likely shape its future. Mridula Ramesh, who is the founder of the Sundaram Climate Institute, and author of The Climate Solution — India’s Climate Crisis and What We […]
How Did Eliud Kipchoge Break the Marathon Record So Soon?
As an ever increasing number of people across the world take to running citing benefits varying from the physical to the metaphysical, there is more inspiration coming from the field of long distance running. In an epic run last weekend, the current marathon world champion and world record holder Eliud Kipchoge broke the two-hour barrier […]
The Tycoons Behind China’s Gadget Factories Boom Prepare to Pivot
This is a super piece on how cold calculations – rather than national or ethnic identity – drive FDI. As China’s trade war with America rumbles on, Taiwanese entrepreneurs who set up factories in China 30 years ago are reconsidering their commitment to China. “Today, four Taiwan-based companies—Foxconn Technology Group, Inventec, Quanta Computer, and Compal—together […]
Salesforce Founder Marc Benioff: What Business School Never Taught Me
Continuing with heartwarming inspirations from the world of business, Marc Benioff, the iconoclastic founder and co-CEO of Salesforce has to be right up there. Ahead of the release of his latest book Trailblazer: The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change, Marc’s interview with the Fortune magazine gives a peek into the mind […]
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