Bogged Down, Need a Break, Here’s what I am going to do this weekend

I am bogged down. Got hundreds of things to do. I feel caught up in responsibilities and my own expectations. I need a break. Need a pit stop! My mind is full of pending items, guilt and worries. I keep moving from one task to another. Fixing one problem and then to another. My mind […]

How’s it like writing a book?

Do you dream of writing a book? A technical one? Three years ago, I was creating my future plan and writing 6 books was one of the top items in the list. Today, I have two books already in print and have learned a lot on the way. One of the lessons is to get […]

Big Lie + Repetition + Audacity = Truth

Hitler, for good or bad, changed the world history. Some of the things going around me, just reminded me of Dr. Joseph Goebbels – Adolf Hitler’s public relations / marketing / propaganda man. What’s most remembered of Goebbels is his explanation of Britain’s Big Lie theory (which was adopted by Hitler / Goebbels very well). […]

Teaching English is not easy

Our maid requested if Nikita (my wife) could teach English to her daughters. They are 12-14 year and know only the alphabets. One of the daughters came yesterday evening for her first class. I was watching things as Nikita asked her to write down A-Z. First in capital then in small. And she did not […]

Team: We need to improve quality of Gujarati translations

Upgraded Firefox for my dad, and that led to this screen. Essentially, it says that “Your Firefox has been upgraded to the latest edition”. But the translation to Gujarati changes the meaning. If I were to translate this Gujarati back, it would read “You have been upgraded/improved to the latest edition of Firefox”. C’mon, it’s […]