Unfathomable mind
“Unfathomable mind: now beacon, now sea.” – Samuel Beckett
Scout and Atticus
“It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.” – Scout, To Kill a Mockingbird
Thoughts on morality and utilitarianism
“Morality is subjective.” If you’re about to drop that bomb on someone trying to have a logical argument on morals or ethics, don’t do it. It kills the discussion without any productive outcome. There’s nothing wrong with the statement itself, but it’s ultimately a useless assertion. Subjectiveness is mostly seen as a shapeshifting blob that …
Laziness and irony
Laziness is right at the top on my list of character flaws. Which is why I have never been much interested in sports. Ironically, I carry with me a permanent sports injury. In 10th standard, I was playing as a replacement goalkeeper. The original guy was injured. Halfway through the match, a player stepped on my …
The story of stuff
Some courses require us to write a “reflection sheet” after each lecture. And what better way to make it bearable than blogging about it? The documentary Story of Stuff, shown to us during the first lecture of Socio-cultural Environment of Business, describes the negative effects and unsustainability of the modern culture of consumerism. It drew a …
The useless third
A nice side effect of being a business student is that it made The Restaurant at the End of the Universe an even more hilarious read than what it would’ve been otherwise. I’m referring to a part of the story known as the ‘B’ Ark, where our protagonists stumble across millions of alien management consultants, …
Into the Wild
It has been many years since I first watched Into the Wild but I find myself revisiting it from time to time. The film is based on the real story of Christopher McCandless, a guy who was repulsed by the materialistic inclinations of society and decided to get away from it all. He was later discovered – …
Ramblings… and a new domain!
Note: This post is outdated. I have since moved to a newer domain yet again. I was reading through the blog posts of one of my favorite writers today and I realized I will never be as good. Not in a million years. This is not a hotshot, famous writer I am talking about, this is someone …
Punctuality and IIMA
We went to watch Fantastic Beasts last week. The theater was running 15 minutes late and made us wait in line. While standing there with a tub of rapidly dissipating popcorn, I suddenly realized how unaccustomed I have become to queues, waiting, and things not happening as they are supposed to. Good management is only appreciated …
Optimizing a Prey-Predator model using Genetic Algorithms
Picture source: The Royal Society, Flickr The programming section of this blog has been quite inactive lately. Hence, here’s an interesting little project I did last year. The idea started off as a biophysics class presentation in collaboration with Abhilash Sahoo. From there, I adopted it into an optimization tool through Genetic Algorithms. I’ve used …
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