Category Archives: Health and wellness

Nexus

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Chirag Bindal

This thought experiment envisions a world where a super large language model (LLM), acting as a “master digital mind” or “digital twin,” absorbs all digital content from an organization—code, specs, emails, databases, etc.—to autonomously run it without human employees or … Continue reading →

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God

Posted on April 23, 2025 by Chirag Bindal

What is God might be a better question to ask than who is God. That’s because God is not a person even though we may personify different forms of energy or phenomenons as Him or Her. God in fact is … Continue reading →

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Sense of Humor

Posted on April 21, 2025 by Chirag Bindal

The Prantha Predicament: What a Childhood Friend’s Laughter Taught Me About Humor Picture this: it’s the summer of 2024, and my childhood buddies Kush and Bhavna, who somehow convinced each other to get hitched, are visiting us from Dubai. Mornings … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday * yawn*

Posted on December 7, 2024 by Chirag Bindal

I am happy to announce that I passed away yesterday. Now that I have your attention, rest assured I am alive and kicking. When celebrities pass away, there is an outpouring of love and messages that they never get to … Continue reading →

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Heaven is a place on earth

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Chirag Bindal

Imagine there’s no heaven, it’s easy if you try… No hell below us, above us only sky. John Lennon, 1971 Physically speaking, earth is as heavenly a body as any other heavenly bodies in the universe. Most religious texts, however, … Continue reading →

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Too much of anything

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Chirag Bindal

Humans were hunter-gatherers. Then we discovered farming and started settlements, along fertile river banks. We formed tribes. The most wise and respected person was appointed as the tribe chief. His (yes, his) job was to protect the tribe from harm. … Continue reading →

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Magic Quadrant

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Chirag Bindal

Back in 1998, I visited Mumbai with my college band Krossbreedz. We were participating in the rock competition at Mood-Indigo, IIT Bombay’s cultural festival. The organizers put us up at one of the IIT hostels. We got a unique chance … Continue reading →

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Fly, don’t die

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Chirag Bindal

Everyone dies. Some day it is bound to happen. No one who has ever lived has not not died. If they haven’t yet, they will some day.  But then nobody likes to die, not most people.  And under most circumstances, we … Continue reading →

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Not an ordinary Monday

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Chirag Bindal

It was a Monday. But not an ordinary Monday. Not from the vantage point of a relatively junior employee in the 250 people organization. The year was 2002. Cybage had recently implemented Formal Mondays. The reason mentioned in the policy … Continue reading →

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Hero

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Chirag Bindal

“You are my Hero, Papa”, said my almost 4 year old daughter last evening. Her statement triggered various emotions and questions in my mind. Did she mean what she said? Did she know what those words meant? Where did she … Continue reading →

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