Archive - Vijayaragavan’s Essays

Deepseek, The Sputnik moment for US, India's place in this US-China race to AGI glory

State of the Union

Jan 29 •

I am reading Amitava Kumar's The Green Book—An Observer’s Notebook, which is quite profound.

Jan 18 •

August 2021

How to read books for nothing but the sheer joy of reading?

My father reads newspapers every single day as a ritual for the past 50 years or so.

Aug 23, 2021 •

Deal with the devil

We have done the deal with devil and that devil has taken away one thing that we own and can control. Time.

Aug 23, 2021 •

January 2016

December 2015

#100 — What I learnt by writing 100+ posts in a year

When I look back, it seems I have written over 100 posts this year.

Dec 29, 2015 •

#99 — Control how the days starts.

I am a morning person and I wake up around 5–5.30 AM every day.

Dec 28, 2015 •

#98 — Practise ‘no internet’ day

Recently I visited my hometown which is a sleepy little town located in the southern coast of Tamil Nadu.

Dec 28, 2015 •

#97 - Write the things that you’d savour anytime in your life.

I read this list by Leo babauta and had a smile after I was through with it.

Dec 27, 2015 •

#96 - Questions to ask when you want to make decisions.

With decision making, how do you know when you are making the right decision?

Dec 25, 2015 •

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