In Blog The dancing golf ball and the world of typography August 6, 2025 10 Mins Read I chanced upon a rather intriguing story today on the mystery of Dennis Ritchie’s Harvard… Read More
My strange love affair with (Carnatic) music By Prasad July 27, 2025 There’s something profoundly ironic about my relationship with Carnatic music. Here I am, a man…
The hidden history of vegetarianism in India: A 3,000-year journey By Prasad June 24, 2025 Growing up in a vegetarian home in Malleswaram, Bangalore, eating at popular eateries like Kamat…
The Indian rules the American Spelling Bee By Prasad May 29, 2025 Faizan Zaki, today, was crowned the Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion in Maryland. I found…
The tresses of time: A history of hair By Prasad May 26, 2025 Strangely, I’ve been thinking about hair these last few weeks. Perhaps because I just attended…
ChatGPT 3.5, Ashwatthama, truth and honesty By Prasad January 15, 2025 Prasad’s introductory note: I had promised, in an earlier blog, to keep track of the…
Masala chai, anyone? By Prasad April 26, 2024 Since the pandemic struck, it has been my morning routine to brew a pot of…
Why Paul Revere became famous while William Dawes was forgotten: The all-powerful social network By Prasad December 4, 2023 Back in November 2007, Jeff Stiles, my new manager at SAP, invited me to talk…
Marketing teams can learn a thing or two from RobMars Management By Prasad October 8, 2023 I was excited to learn today that I, apparently, had Polish relatives—including a business magnate…
Life is a safari* By Prasad September 28, 2023 Earlier this month, while in the midst of an adventure of a lifetime—going on safari…