Insight

Let us just say that some things trouble me. I cannot understand the father who says his son was punished for 20 minutes of action when he raped a girl. I feel helpless when I read about doctors in Syria have to plead for the bombing to stop. I dread the days when Nadal and Federer stop playing tennis. I feel gutted when India fails to win anything in the biggest sporting event and fellow Indians dismiss the athletes effort with pomp. I feel absolute emptiness when people keep complaining about luxuries that they cannot afford. The thirties have not been what I expected, the has been a tinge of emotion in everything. When I was younger I probably had a lot of avenues to let off steam, and found ways to ignore the problem as well. But as I have aged, It is difficult to get over the pain and anger. The fact that nobody cares is extremely frustrating. Is empathy not a virtue anymore? Will we ever learn to be content?  Will I learn to live life free from pain, misery, anger, hatred an...

Albert Einstein once said " I have no special talent, but I am passionately curios".  I am no Einstein, but do feel a need to understand how things work. I was certainly not born this way, but over time I started to understand the importance of knowing how things work.  The pursuit of knowledge marked the beginning of an exciting phase in my life. I began reading a lot, began observing things keenly, began building a repository of movies I liked to watch. In short I started building datasets around me and spent hours improving the quality of data I had. The more data I processed, the more I started to question the status quo. I did not want to be the master, but I wanted to be a student who never stops learning. Surprisingly I did not find many people who believed in the Intellectual pursuit. I either got weird looks or was labelled a rebel for doing things in my way. Ultimately, I found it endearing to read about something new than having conversation with people who did n...