Amit Kumar BLOGS
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Desultory desilting & a national pastime
July 3, 2024, 12:34 AM IST
Going by the newspaper reports before monsoon approach the Indian cities, one gets a sense how hard the urban local bodies, the municipalities, are working to ensure that the citizens do not have to face…
July 3, 2024, 12:34 AM IST
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The first world deprivation
June 17, 2024, 10:00 PM IST
As they say, it’s all about the point of reference. Afterall POV distinguishes the first world deprivation from that experienced by third world, sorry, the developing countries. Just imagine, poor Sunak recalling the hardships he…
June 17, 2024, 10:00 PM IST
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Profundity in simplicity
May 27, 2024, 9:09 AM IST
“Profundity is not complexity; it is simplicity.” Bruce H. Wilkinson, The Seven Laws of the Learner: How to Teach Almost Anything to Practically Anyone. Trust a body dealing with juvenility to come to the rescue…
May 27, 2024, 9:09 AM IST
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Nudge nudge: Don’t astray too far
May 20, 2024, 9:27 PM IST
As the old adage goes, `Don’t ignore words of wisdom’. The grapevine is that certain banks and vigilant agencies are letting drop not so subtle hints to discourage affluent Indians planning opulent weddings abroad. No,…
May 20, 2024, 9:27 PM IST
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Lesser Citizens
May 10, 2024, 4:56 PM IST
A baby-formula by a transnational company has been in the news recently for its sugar content in India vis-à-vis that being sold in the developed countries. While it resulted in justifiable indignation in the country,…
May 10, 2024, 4:56 PM IST
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The happiness quotient
April 17, 2024, 3:50 PM IST
Recently a founder of an indigenous datacenter company imagined a happiness-detection chip to continuously assess happiness of employees during workhours, to address potential causes of their stresses. Undoubtedly when available, such a chip is going…
April 17, 2024, 3:50 PM IST
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Effigies are forever
April 2, 2024, 5:33 PM IST
The recent spate of effigies’ burning has brought back focus on this largely unorganized and cottage industry. Not to be confused with effigies of Ravan, etc. burnt during Ram Leelas; political effigies are used for…
April 2, 2024, 5:33 PM IST
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Realising bigger dreams
March 26, 2024, 10:48 PM IST
That India is dreaming big is no secret. It aspires to be a developed country by the time it turns 100 as an independent nation. The common wisdom would have pin pointed hard work to…
March 26, 2024, 10:48 PM IST
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Little matters of senior concerns
March 9, 2024, 9:40 PM IST
Recently I happened to stay in one of the most prestigious clubs in a city with the original riverfront. Needless to say, the room was equipped with all the modern amenities. But one of these…
March 9, 2024, 9:40 PM IST
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Deserving (potential) nobel laureates
February 27, 2024, 9:52 PM IST
Ever since an Indian Chief Minister claimed to be deserving of a Nobel Prize `for running the government in the state despite adverse conditions’, usually calm and quite Nobel Institute – home to Nobel Committee…
February 27, 2024, 9:52 PM IST
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Tolerance band
February 20, 2024, 4:27 PM IST
A couple of days ago, the finance minister made an interesting observation in the parliament, stating that prices of perishable goods like pulses etc. are within the “tolerance band”. Around the same time CRISIL (Credit…
February 20, 2024, 4:27 PM IST
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An Instagram-themed destination wedding
February 1, 2024, 12:51 AM IST
I made it finally! Yes, it is true that I managed to attend a “Destination Wedding”. Being close on the heels of the Republic Day, I was feeling so elated as if my name has…
February 1, 2024, 12:51 AM IST
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The enlightening ads
January 22, 2024, 5:04 PM IST
Since the newspapers today start with six to eight full pages of advertisements, it pays (pun intended) to devote more time to them than to the same, staid news items. Besides harbinger of a transformative…
January 22, 2024, 5:04 PM IST
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Ensuring public safety, innovatively
December 6, 2023, 7:40 PM IST
There was a palpable excitement in the conference hall. A once in a lifetime kind of excitement that only some really innovative and revolutionary idea can generate. That someone could even think of such a…
December 6, 2023, 7:40 PM IST
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Making Sense
November 16, 2023, 1:30 PM IST
One of the oldest democracies in the world has again set an example for other democracies: by appointing a cabinet minister with an ‘unofficial’ title of “Minister for Common sense”! If it makes little sense…
November 16, 2023, 1:30 PM IST
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Longing for long working hours
October 30, 2023, 11:21 AM IST
A few days ago there was news about New Zealand’s prime minister-elect highlighting the fact that he sleeps for five hours only. Then there are regular news-items about other world leaders who are said to…
October 30, 2023, 11:21 AM IST
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Consulting AI-ways with bot advisors
October 18, 2023, 11:46 PM IST
So, another citadel has fallen! And this was not just any citadel built by a small-time king but that of one of those rare, self-proclaimed emperors whose writ large over governments and corporates alike. But…
October 18, 2023, 11:46 PM IST
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Advertised augmented reality
October 13, 2023, 11:40 PM IST
Step aside India Inc. (not to be confused with a similar sounding union of sort, INDIA) and make way for the Indian governments: central and states. For long, in the advertisement space private companies used…
October 13, 2023, 11:40 PM IST
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Government shutdown: Lessons from one democracy to other
October 2, 2023, 8:10 PM IST
Sir Herbert Edward Read, an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher had famously said “Perhaps it is this theory of all work and no play that has made the Marxist such a very…
October 2, 2023, 8:10 PM IST
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Secrets of smart urban governance
September 30, 2023, 11:21 PM IST
Disclaimer: The contents of this blog are for knowledge sharing purposes only. The processes, all names, and potential incidents portrayed here are fictitious. Any resemblance with a technology hub is purely coincidental. Key stakeholders: A…
September 30, 2023, 11:21 PM IST
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