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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Is the current French turmoil an echo of 1968?
Some ill-informed folks are comparing the current riots in France with the 1968 uprising led by Red Danny. Absolutely wrong! I was then an admirer of Red Danny. He was called Red because of the colour of his hair and not the hue of his ideology. I read almost all his pamphlets and his book…
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…
Again Prasantada
প্রশান্তদা উবাচ -৩ আজ সকালে প্রশান্তদাকে ফোন করলাম , ” তোমাদের আমেরিকায় কি হচ্ছে? ট্রাম্প সাহেবতো কাঁপিয়ে দিচ্ছেন , গ্রীন কার্ডধারিদেরও নাকি ঢুকতে দিছে না? তোমরা এর প্রতিবাদ করছো না?” “দ্যাখ ভাই আমরা আদার ব্যাপারী , জাহাজের খবরে আমাদের কোনো প্রয়োজন নেই। আমি অর্থনীতির অধ্যাপক , তাও আবার নেব্রাস্কায় , এখানে নিউ ইয়র্কের উত্তেজনা আসে…
Introducing Prasantada
First written in December 2017 (Prasantada is a fictional character I have created in Bengali. He studied in a Moffusil town in a missionary school and when there was a big exodus from Bengal he went to study in the UK. Economics of course and now teaches at Nebraska University bang in the middle of…
পশ্চিম বাংলায় পরিবর্তন নয় রূপান্তর চাই
পরিবর্তন নানা রকম বদলের নাম ! মত বদল, সরকার বদল, দল বদল , ভোল বদল আরো কত কি ! প্রথমে মত পরিবর্তনের কথায় আসা যাক । সব সময় অহিংস প্রথায় মত বদল হয় না । দ্বিজেন্দ্রলাল রায় একটি হাসির গানে মত পরিবর্তনের প্রক্রিয়াটি ব্যাখ্যা করেছিলেন: “প্রথম যখন ছিলাম কোন ধর্মে অনাসক্ত খ্রীষ্টীয় এক নারীর প্রতি…
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…