Creating a master tweet of my stories -
1) Luna + Washing Machine: https://t.co/tWEWZ26AUW
2) My "Computer" career: https://t.co/2VG2qjlNl4
3) Manufacturing Birdspikes: https://t.co/2r0PSyUtGj
4) Soap As A Service (SaaS in '90s): https://t.co/LQNov63Q2g
SaaS is 1992 - a short story.
In 1992, while doing general timepass with a bunch of friends, one of them said that he's won a cleaning contract of a certain soap factory. Each evening after the shift work is done, he goes there with his crew to clean up the factory floor.
Most of us think digestion starts when food reaches the stomach. It starts earlier. Just the sight, smell, thought and taste of food trigger a preparatory response called the cephalic phase.
Modern eating has managed to disrupt it.
I had the opportunity to meet Nims Purja a few years ago, and hear his inspiring story of achieving the impossible summit of 14 peaks greater than 8000 meters in a record time.
So sorry to hear about his death on the Broad Peak. This is a big loss. RIP.
BREAKING: Renowned Nepali mountaineer Nirmal “Nimsdai” Purja has officially been declared dead following the devastating avalanche on Broad Peak (8,047 m) in Pakistan’s Karakoram. Further details to follow.
After more than 12 years, the Modi government has finally been forced to concede a principle it has spent all these years refusing: accountability is baked into democratic government. A minister cannot simply outlast public anger. Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation matters for that reason. +