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 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’”
When a Story Bailed Me Out
Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme (VDIS) launched in end of 1997 was the first ever amnesty scheme for tax evaders. A chance to declare and pay up 30%. No questions asked and no cases. It was a big hit Early ’98 we were also getting ready for our MBA placement season, preparing for various GDContinue reading “When a Story Bailed Me Out”
Instant Julius!
World War 1 saw the biggest spike in working women in history. Millions were called upon to fill in for men on the war front leaving families behind. Julius was the youngest of five children in one such family of Italian born mill owners in the Swiss village of Kempathal, Zurich. Young Julius saw hisContinue reading “Instant Julius!”
Train Journey to Fame
It was in one of those 10 hour crowded train journeys from Shangdong that Eric dreamt of a better way to meet, talk and spend time with his girlfriend. Armed with a degree in applied maths and ace coding skills he looked westward. But even as Silicon Valley beckoned, US immigration blocked. For 8 consecutiveContinue reading “Train Journey to Fame”
Two Hundred Years of Resilience
When 10 yr old William heard loud knocks on his bedroom door at midnight, his family were readying themselves for a big escape from their home in Shoreham, England to Baltimore, US. The British PM, a close friend of his father asked him to leave England or risk death for sympathising with Americans fighting forContinue reading “Two Hundred Years of Resilience”
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