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I was intrigued more with the subtitle of the book and I wondered what makes America a great nation that the countries around the world have influence not only on their economies but also social fabric of the society.
I...
The conflict between Israel and Palestine surfaced again, after many months. As usual, the civilians are suffering in this mini war. Till 15th May, 147 people are dead. Among them are 23 women and 41 children.
Amidst, this relentless...
Most hindus know that during Samudra Manthan, Amrut, the nectar of life, emerged from ocean of milk. All the devas consumed it and they attained immortality.
Samudra Manthan is one of the most important stories of Hindu Mythology. It has...
Fareed has brought uncommon rational approach in examining the world impacted by novel CORONAVIRUS. His narratives are original and grounded in reality with scientific approach.
Here are nuggets and takeaways from the book that I personally found of great...
Don’t impress others, impress yourself!
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There are so many different people that we deal day to day. They have different perspectives about what we do, they will judge us any way. If we...
Cold calling is not a sales activity, it is an art, useful in every walk of life and which I have learnt over the 3 decades of my business development career. I am sharing some insights from my experience...
Opportunities
$ 10 trillion is the potential size of Blockchain technology ecosystem consisting of Cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology and decentralization – says Royal Bank of Canada report. Mark Cuban has announced that his basketball team Dallas Mavericks will begin accepting Cryptocurrency...
Nobody is loser. A person is winner or a learner. Still, many a times we hear people referring to someone as a loser. He is laughed at or looked down upon. Actually, he is a not a loser. It...
Life always gives second chance in most aspects of life, off course not all of them. If you break an egg, you can’t join it back, but you can always have another egg.
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An...
Power Distance Index measures willingness of employees to be subservient towards authority, in India the PDI is 77 which is significantly high and compelling enough to construe that positional power trumps above all . This can even be couched as...
During my stint in Skill Development Arena, we used to move around in various villages around the great city of Vadodara. We used to motivate candidates to participate in skill development programs linked to livelihoods. These were short term,...
Digital Transformation is a common buzzword reverberating across the innovation centers of global corporations that seek to radically transform and reinvent their Operations, products & services in a manner that generates an unparalleled level of customer satisfaction. Digitizing the...
Pandemic and lock-down has shaken the status quo of lifestyle, industry, education and actually everything. With this disruption, in these unprecedented times, there is time to look at few ideas, which were not on anvil. They probably will be...
What are DAO’s and AGI ?
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, unlike traditional hierarchical organizations or for the matter of fact even agile organizations are an interconnected network of individuals which work in a self-enforcing manner with self- defined protocols and are...
Blockchain has come long way, in last eleven years. From a technology underpinning crypto currencies, to a technology which can disrupt the way transactional commerce takes place. Large Tech companies like Intel & IBM have contributed heavily to this technology and offered their work...
You will always find Motivation within you. I strongly believe that, nobody except you, can motivate yourself. It is the fire in your belly, that will trigger you to cross your comfort zone, leading towards some extra ordinary achievements....
Introduction
This article is directed at offering a plausible framework for integration of Blockchain and Machine Learning in the Retail frontier of the Value chain. The operations focused on to re-architect are critical to Customer satisfaction, Provenance, Data interoperability and most importantly Trust. While...
Blockchain evolution
Overwhelming majority of transactions have been digitized since the advent of internet and that vast majority of those transactions require a centralized intermediary. But even with such a preponderance of digital transactions, we still find 62 % or...
Data privacy is about access to information, who defines it, who has it and who authorizes it. Compromise at any point of the entire value chain, results in data privacy breach. During Watergate times, it was paper documents & tapping telephone lines....
Picture of the day !
Amongst the noise and pain of Farmer’s agitation and protests on Delhi border, there was one beautiful moment captured by news agency ANI.
There is this 4 year old boy, Rehaan, distributing biscuits and bananas to...
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When we Indians think of Garud, few nouns cross our mind Speed, Power, Force and Reach. Now, these are spontaneous, because during our formative years, we have...
Seeds of future trends are sown in the evolution of blockchain, piloting on blockchain and results thereof. By now, almost every possible use case or potential of blockchain has been discussed in research reports, articles, TV shows and social media....
Blockchain is a peer-to-peer network of nodes, who are engaged in transactions, without any controlling elements. Mobile devices, web apps or even smart IoT devices can be designated nodes, in the network having credentials to initiate and execute transactions.
A shared,...
Amidst the global financial meltdown in second half of 2008, research paper “Bitcoin: A peer to peer electronic cash system” by Satoshi Nakamoto was published. It spoke about an online system, for direct payment from one party to another without an...
In epic Mahabharat, Kuru dynasty ruled Hastinapur. It is said that, Mahabharat consists of all the situations, that may arise in one’s life. There are many characters, around whom the story moves.
There is one character Dushala, who was only daughter of Gandhari and Dhrutrashtra. Except Duryodhan & Dushasan, 98 Kaurav and...
RB Leipzig faced the 2020 Champions League runners-up, Paris Saint-Germain at home in an apparent rematch of the semifinals the previous season. The French side was without its front-three of Neymar, Mbappe, and Icardi: all three being ruled out with injuries.
RB Leipzig went...
Real Madrid was up against FC Internazionale Milano in the UEFA Champions League at the Spanish capital. The encounter took place in the less spectacular Estadio Alfredo di Stefano with the Bernabeu being closed for renovations. Both teams were coming off a...
Blockchain was launched, through Bitcoin, during turmoil of financial markets in 2009. It emerged as an alternative to fiat currencies. However, due to depressed business conditions, probably nobody was in mood to take it forward. Only Bitcoin was traded as...
We propose development of a platform, by customizing open source blockchain framework, to achieve far reaching economic and societal impact in peer to peer environment, without a presence of central controlling authority.
The Platform
A model blockchain platform is proposed, as a holistic...
Sean Connery, the first bond of the James Bond Movies’ franchise, dies at 90 on 31st October, 2020. He is survived by his wife, Micheline Roquebrune and son, Jason Connery.
https://youtu.be/Ta7PkOaB73E
He was not just an actor, but also a producer. The Scotland...
Match Report for Juventus-Barcelona, UEFA Champions League, 28/10/20
FC Barcelona and Juventus faced off against each other in the UCL on Wednesday evening in the Allianz Stadium, Turin. Both teams went into the highly-anticipated tie after disappointing results in their...
American elections, by far, one of the most, if not the most followed elections in world. It is not just because, it is the oldest democracy but America being the most powerful country in the world, in terms of...
For long Bihar figured in the list of weakest states of India, in terms of economic growth and linked to that livelihood opportunities; Wasn’t that enough, it had a major law & order problem. So much so, people used...
Due to Covid-19 pandemic, lockdown was imposed on not just Indians, but for most people of the world. Off course, it was rightly intended to curb spread of virus. Everyone knew the fallout of those actions, economic hard landing...
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In Epic Ramyan, King Dashrath was Lord Ram’s father. He announced coronation of Ram. Entire Ayodhya got prepared for this auspicious occasion.
Kaikeyi was Bharat’s mother and Ram’s...
In 2009, I moved to Vadodara, Gujarat (India), from Mumbai. One of my long-time customers, offered me an opportunity to head, technical services division (to be formed). I was supposed to offer design services to various units of the...
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There would hardly be any Hindu, who wouldn’t know Tulsidas. Most of us when we remember Ram, we remember Sita, Laxman, Hanuman and also Tulsidas. He...
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As per epic Mahabharat, after the great war of Kurukshetra, Pandav ruled Hastinapur for 36 years.
Around that time, Shrikrishna left earth, for heavenly abode. Pandav...
“China confirms human to human transmission of Corona virus” – appeared in 3rd week of Jan 20. By then tally of Wuhan had moved to 200+. News came that, lockdown was imposed in Wuhan from 23rd Jan. It was all of...
I believe it is very easy to quit smoking and drinking if you decide so. It is more like what Nelson Madela said “It always seems impossible, till it is done”
I quit smoking, drinking and non-vegetarian food in a span...
For generations, ecosystem of villages, have been revolving around agriculture and at max agriculture linked, peripheral activities. This translates in over dependence on agriculture produce and in turn nature. Due to climate change, for last several years, monsoon has...
“Ultimately, the greatest lesson that COVID-19 can teach humanity is that, we are all in this together.” Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Covid-19 outbreak, pandemic and aftermath! It doesn’t matter now, how it all started & who was responsible, much like World Wars....
