The Vostok Amphibia (famously featuring the “Scuba Dude” artwork) uses a clever design philosophy known as a dynamic water-sealing system (or compression case design). Instead of relying on sheer static tightness and rigid parts, the designers—Mikhail Novikov and Vera Belova—engineered the watch so that the deeper you dive, the tighter and safer the seals become!…
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Timing Difference
The accounting concept of “timing difference” We had a delightful colleague at Price Waterhouse. His name was Dawn Ray. He was the life of every party. He loved his drink and delivered his one-liners with great panache. Here is an anecdote. Dawnda was going alone to the US, and he was flying Air France. A…
In Clive Street
The book written by RN Sen, “In Clive Street,” has been reprinted. THAT WHICH CANNOT BE COUNTED Roopen Roy “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” —Albert Einstein At the time it made a decision to diversify into Information Technology, the firm was a conservative partnership of…
Prasantada’s Political Economy
(Was written on March 13, 2021) I called Prasantada in Nebraska. He was busy finishing his new book : India after Modi. The book was due for publication in 2019 but unfortunately Modiji returned to power taking the wind out of this book’s sale (no spelling error). “What’s going on in my favorite West Bengal?…
Prasantada Challenges
Written on 24th January 2018 Professor Prasanta -da (PD)was invited by Ghanashyam Goswami Memorial Foundation to deliver a keynote address on Keynesian Economics , Tantric Buddhism and the Tolerant Traditions of Santana Dhamma. The winter birds usually return by end of January and he is booked on the 30th flight back. He is headed for…
Business Strategy: the Kansa Blunder
Towards the end of 2001, a US headquartered PC manufacturing company invited four consultants from four different companies to a resort hotel in Penang. I was one of them. Two others were from strategy consulting firms and one of them was a technology analyst. After breakfast, we were sworn to secrecy. We signed a non-disclosure…
বাঙালি কে ? কে বহিরাগত? এই বিতর্কের ফল কি হবে ?
সাধে কি ঈশ্বরচন্দ্র গুপ্ত বলেছিলেন : “এতো ভঙ্গ বঙ্গদেশ,তবু রঙ্গে ভরা !” এ দেশে রঙ্গের শেষ নেই ! আর বিভাজনের অন্ত নেই । স্বাধীন বাংলার শেষ নবাব সিরাজদ্দৌল্লা শচীন্দ্রনাথ সেনগুপ্ত রচিত নাটকে আবেগভরে বলেছিলেন : “বাংলার ভাগ্যাকাশে আজ দুর্যোগের ঘনঘটা, তার শ্যামল প্রান্তরে আজ রক্তের আলপনা, জাতির সৌভাগ্য-সূর্য আজ অস্তাচলগামী; শুধু সুপ্ত সন্তান-শিয়রে রুদ্যমানা জননী…