Wit Wisdom and Whoop

This is a spoof, meant to be funny, not to be misunderstood as a insult or whatever.  It was already 8 in the morning and Putin was still sleeping. He had been up till 5 AM and finally drifted off to an exhausted sleep. But then the news coming in from Ukraine didn’t look good and finally Anton woke him up, arranged some strong coffee by the time Putin walked into the situation room in a foul mood. The briefing didn’t look good. He was irritable and snapping at everybody and the only one who could stand up to him was Brychyova affectionately called Brychy. She could give him all the bad news and make him listen. She now told him. “President, you need to get some rest and be fresh so you can give us all the right direction. You must talk to Baba Ramdev and restart those meditation and breathing exercises he has taught you. Your public image is becoming an issue here. The people of Russia thought we would just walk over all over Ukraine in a week and here we are even after months s...

Watching a talk last week, given by an extremely accomplished person I have known very well in the past, I realised that during the long period 2000 ~ 2008 when I knew him, interacted with him, I never knew his pioneering efforts in the Indian Infotech Hardware industry. Way back in the 70’s, he and his company developed technology products and solutions, which were used globally as a benchmark. I learnt of this in 2022, as I am sure many of his own industry colleagues also. Often organisations don't realise, that they are creating history. History must be recorded in real time lest people forget who did what, what happened and this is especially so for companies that are pioneers and individuals involved in this effort. Hence, the motivation to write about this Indian journey of Hexagon Agility and my own small part in it. As I move on from Hexagon Agility after 12 years, even if my association will continue in a small manner, I felt that Indian clean energy industry and the India...