Rockets Agile Practices and Risks
shashiWoke up today to the news of the SpaceX rocket getting destroyed in a pre-launch fire. SpaceX has made commendable progress in establishing commercial space launches after NASA let go of…
The Great Arc
In history, regimes can't be classified in binary. Their activities, actions and achievements have to be summed contextually. Even then, without accounting for multiple perspectives, judging a regime as good…
The day when I practised “Mentalism”
Probably the earliest instance of telepathy :-p The other day I was watching a show on mentalism on National Geographic. Though sceptical about such shows most of which seem to…
Bazaar in the Cathedral – Changing faces of Open Source Software
Some time ago - not too long ago - contributors to Open Source Software - nay Free Software - used to be highly motivated geeks mainly driven by the need…
Comments on the Government’s Draft Open Source Policy
It is heartening to note that the new Government is trying hard to involve people in more and more of their policy initiatives. One such initiative is their "Policy on…
Frugal Innovation and Android One
Android One looks to be the perfect example for global companies pondering overFrugal Innovation. The project seems to have got quite a few things absolutely right. The consumer price point…
When the chickens come home to roost!
14 March 2025 Hi, I’m Gyanesh Harindra - a 36 year old investigative journalist with The Hindustan Dak. Of late, my efforts at digging for the truth are throwing up…
The missed slingshot
Here is a sketching attempt I did out of boredom! It depicts a scene that shows a man with a bump on his head shouting at a naughty boy. The naughty…
LatLong to Addresses
Here's a simple python script to convert latitude, longitude to addresses. It depends on Google Map's Reverse Coding API. https://gist.github.com/3958041