As a white collar professional since 2001 I, like a lot of my colleagues and friends, dutifully skilled up for a linear predictable world. “Learn X skill, do Y job. X skill will be relevant for decades” went the thinking. Most of us ensure our kids skill up similarly. For a stable predictable world. ButContinue reading “Skillsets in a Black Swan World”
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World History Beautifully Narrated
A History of the World in 100 Objects was a joint project of BBC (Radio 4) and the British Museum, comprising a 100-part radio series written and presented by British Museum director Neil MacGregor. In 15-minute presentations broadcast on weekdays on Radio 4, MacGregor, voice like rich butter and chocolate mixed, used objects of ancientContinue reading “World History Beautifully Narrated”
The Olympics at Meerut : A lesson about our Indian graduates seeking jobs
‘Enemies of Promise’, first published in 1938, is a critical and autobiographical work written by Cyril Connolly and it has a quote that resonates every time I hear someone talk up the BRIC countries – “Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising”. For a long time running now every bullish TV andContinue reading “The Olympics at Meerut : A lesson about our Indian graduates seeking jobs”
On Education : What I wish I had been taught in School
My education was based on State, ICSE and CBSE curriculum here in India. Full spectrum. I spent 19 futile years in that depressing factory. 19 full years. I was told and forced to memorize hundreds on complex chemical equations , obscure dates in history, India’s coal production output since independence, bizarre biology terms of unknownContinue reading “On Education : What I wish I had been taught in School”
Third Eye Observations 