My Opinion

It is fascinating to think that money is such an important part of our world today. Because money is just an improvised version of barter system. During the barter system only few human skills were useful - all related to the basic needs of humans. After barter system humans started using commodities to buy or sell various skills, these commodities ranged from precious metals like gold to consumables like wheat. This introduction of commodity money has allowed humans to measure value of a skill in a common denominator, this in turn allowed skills to blossom or I should say explode. The commodity money has changed to coins that are made of precious metal and endorsed by rules and finally took the form that we know it today. Just like everything else in the world the transformation of money is not going to stop here, there are signs that the electronic currency might be the future. While currency has solved various problems it has also created numerous new problems. Undue accumula

When a person makes a mistake it is fascinating to see how they respond. Based on the situation and nature of the person who makes the mistake there are various ways one can react. I tried to broadly divide the reactions into following 7 categories: No I didn't make a mistake – I never do any!  This is the kind of response we give when we don’t want to agrees to the mistakes we do. Even the mistakes of worst nature i.e. blunders would not deter us from self-protection. This behaviour could be because the person really believes that it isn't their mistake or it could be that the person knows it but isn't brave enough to accept the mistake.  The problem with this behaviour is that the person doesn't learn from the mistakes and keep making them again and again.   It’s not my mistake, I did it because... Most of us use this in scenarios where we try to find excuses for our short comings. The hard core section of this group of people try to find a reason and believe

Past few years have been stressful for a person of Telugu origin, be it a supporter of separate state or in favour of a unified state. The agitations had a bad impact on the economy of the state, which at one point, not distant past, has been the most talked about for its booming economy. People in favour of a separate state for Telangana should not misunderstand ‘United Telugu Front’ to a ‘Unified State’. Regardless of Telangana state being formed or not it is apparent that a deep division has been created between Telugu people from Telangana and Non-Telangana region because of vested interests of Politicians and so called well-wishers. This division should be cured with utmost urgency and care, otherwise Telugu people will only have failed state(s). Idea behind ‘United Telugu Front’ is to have a common organisation for Telugu people which is non-political and which helps us fight as a single force. It is very clear, after the issue of bail to a political leader, that centra

Most of us, if not all of us, have said at some point that caste system should end for the good of society. I don’t actually disagree with that and until recently I am a strong supporter of that idea. But after some thinking during recent weeks I started to have second thoughts about it. Castes in the region I come from are mainly formed on the basis of their profession. Like priests are Brahmins, Gold smiths are Kamsali, Carpenters are Vadrangi and so on. This isn’t true for all castes but it can be fairly generalised. And in the days they are formed these professions are hereditary. So, this way of grouping similar profession people into a caste makes a lot of sense and in fact is very beneficial in providing unity and provides a platform to exchange new ideas and improve the professions. If the caste system remained to just grouping people from similar professionals it would have never gone into the troubled waters as it is now. Caste system has become unpopular because of so

Some recent studies highlighted that humans are more creative in solving problems and coming up with new ideas when they are allowed to work on their own, without any management control or guidelines. Though the concept sounds new and radical for technology professional like me, where management has major say on individual’s work, this isn’t new to the world of scientists and research professionals. As technological revolution started after industrialisation most of the technology firms have an organisation structure similar to manufacturing companies which is a hierarchical structure where every person has a boss and he/she works according to what the boss decides. This caused innovation to stall and most of the innovations came from new start-ups or individuals who had the freedom of working on their own terms. In todays’ world of patent wars technology companies can survive and outpace their rivals only if they can come up with futuristic technologies before their rivals does

One day I was driving back home through a deserted road after a hectic day at office. It was already late in the night and except the head lamps of my car there is no other light source that is visible. I was cruising along at around the prescribed speed limit and suddenly my car started to make some unusual noise. This noise gradually increased and all of a sudden my car shuddered to a halt with a big bang. I switched on the hazard lights, pulled the lever to open the bonnet, jumped out of the car and opened the bonnet and as I am not very good at car mechanics couldn't find any obvious fault. I was feeling more resigned than frustrated and slowly closed the bonnet. When I looked around I realised that I was in the middle of no-where and my car's hazard lights are the only lights I could see. I quickly pulled out my mobile, searched for the entry of car recovery company  in the contacts and dialled it. Immediately after dialling I heard 'No network coverage in your area