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…
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…
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…
Ekalavya’s right thumb and the importance of opposable thumbs By Prasad April 17, 2023 This weekend, I accidentally cut my left thumb. As I fumbled around, two trains of…
Using an electric toothbrush will increase your lifespan! By Prasad January 12, 2023 My mother was pretty unusual for her generation—she ensured that the entire family visited the…
New topologies, evolved solution-market fit will define manufacturing AI in 2023 By Prasad January 10, 2023 (Originally posted on Jan 10, 2023 on the Drishti blog) Traditionally, I’ve taken a look…
The genius of the Kinder Egg By Prasad November 13, 2022 I first chanced upon a Kinder Egg (“kinder überraschung”) when in Germany in the fall…
Modernizing the genba to demystify the factory floor By Prasad October 31, 2022 (Originally posted on Oct 31, 2022 on the Drishti blog) A significant amount of time…