My Opinion

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...