Barry’s breath was stinking. He looked severely ill. But he was waving the biopsy report in his hand with triumph and saying ‘I did it!’ His wife yelled at him ‘This is enough Barry. Take that damn medicine. Now!’ In 1984, Dr Barry Marshall, a gastroenterologist at Perth was working on the cure for deadlyContinue reading “The Gutsy Doctor”
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Bounce Forward
‘I lost everybody in the company. I don’t have money to pay their salaries today. But we will pay 25% of the profits to each of the families for the next 5 years and cover healthcare insurance for the next 10 years’ Howard Lutnick said on the Larry King show on CNN on Sept 15thContinue reading “Bounce Forward”
India’s Favourite Teacher
When Joseph Stalin finally agreed to meet the new Indian Ambassador at 9 pm, the staff at Kremlin were surprised. Stalin was not known to give any time to foreign envoys. It was the peak of Cold War in 1950’s and India was trying to find its place in the global affairs. So when PrimeContinue reading “India’s Favourite Teacher”
Raging Bull and Greedy Banker
‘You know us bankers. Our hands are tied. We do all the social work and then govt asks us profits. Where can we squeeze out from? Too much pressure.’ The Chairman of the PSU bank was cribbing with the Star Broker. ‘Sir, I have a plan. I can solve your problem’. When he laid outContinue reading “Raging Bull and Greedy Banker”
The Curious Case of Melted Chocolate
When Percy reached into his coat pocket he felt a wet clumpy mass there instead of his favourite chocolate bar. He was stunned. As the Senior VP at Raytheon, US’s largest defence manufacturer, he was working on electromagnetic equipment. Chocolate bars got him through long hours at work. But why is it a gooey messContinue reading “The Curious Case of Melted Chocolate”
The Butterfly Chaos
Edward Lorenz was staring at the new sets of output data that were streaming on his computer screen. They were totally different from what he had seen a few minutes before he went to get his coffee. The variance was now increasing with every new line of output. As the assistant professor at MIT’s meteorologyContinue reading “The Butterfly Chaos”
‘Hamara India’
ADJ 1650. The first image I saw were the numbers on the license plate of our scooter, shining in the darkness. Instantly I felt the firm hands of my father pulling me up. I saw my mother checking on my brother. It looked like we were alive. A minute back, my father accidentally drove ourContinue reading “‘Hamara India’”
The Drag Test
‘It took longer to launch a new product than our nation to fight World War 2’ said an engineer in the Grinders team at Ingersoll Rand. It took them 4 years to make a new tool. They were mocked as the ‘Toolies’ in their own company. ‘We’ve had enough’ said Stryker, the leader of theContinue reading “The Drag Test”
The Toxic Contraband
Dec 6th, 1917 was a bright, freezing morning at Halifax, Canada’s busiest harbour. Halifax was a big base for ammunition transport for Europe in WW1. A crowded waterfront with ships and freighters. The French captain of SS Mont Blanc was carefully steering his ship through this maze. Normal rush hour traffic. And then he spottedContinue reading “The Toxic Contraband”
The Friendship Turnaround
In 2011, Airtel brand buzz was just not matching that of Vodafone & Idea. There was intense pressure on them to bounce back. The Three big players were pumping in big monies into their brands. Vodafone‘s Zoozoo gave it massive gains and ‘What an Idea, Sirjee!’ was rocking it for Idea. Airtel had pumped inContinue reading “The Friendship Turnaround”
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