A new personal best in Continuous Learning-Memory Training! This month – as a simple personal challenge – I memorized and recited the value of Pi (22/7) to 1000+ digits! I have been a voracious reader- and have evolved a commitment … Continued
With Govt of India (Ministry of Electronics & IT) giving another call for an Expression of Interest for Semiconductor Fab, there is a keen interest in select players for exploring a WBG semiconductor fab. On behalf of Applied Materials and … Continued
Government of India has announced its new Expression of Interest for a Semiconductor Fab with a mixed response and a lot of media interest over the recent weeks. Another subtle move has been the preparation of a detailed project report … Continued
As mentioned earlier, I first encountered Billy Bunter at the library of St.Xavier, Jaipur. They had a whole shelf of the earlier era hardbound Cassell version of the stories. Simiilarly, Oxford library during my Kolkata stay had several yellow-jacketed … Continued
Today…I possess 498 out of the 499 titles published in the long-lost JSF picture library! This post shares how I tracked and recovered these long-lost treasures. In 1969, My dad got transferred to Jodhpur. I still remember riding in a truck full … Continued
My introduction to the Western Genre was thru Rifleman comics at the age of 5 years! I still have those comics from Uran era (ref post1 ). Chuck Connors starred as Lucas Mccain – the single father rearing his teen-aged … Continued
Proud to be acknowledged by my corporation for my initiative in organizing the technical workshops on Semiconductor and ATMP manufacturing for the Indian stakeholders. Applied Materials has a very clearly articulated value system – we lead with winning teams that … Continued
In 81, post retirement, my dad returned to Delhi and we shifted in to the top floor of the Daryagunj house. One of the highlights of the shift was that I became a regular weekly visitor to the book market … Continued
Some of the Gems from the Kabadi Bazaar! Our family home was at Daryagunj, Delhi and my cousins introduced me to the famous Delhi Kabadi Bazaar (flea market) in our annual family visits to Delhi in the late 60’s. This … Continued
This has been a crazy year – with the world flipped upside down- and yet, I thank God that we were spared the worst! I know of families ravaged by the disease and it’s economic fall-out – and as we … Continued