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Latest — 03 Oct 2025

Be Active With the Passive

Passive voice has received a lot of bad rap for leading to unclear communication. While that may be true, 'clarity' is not the only goal of communication. At times it is also the opposite - to obscure agency, to deflect blame and even to sidestep legal exposure. See

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Thanks, But No Thanks—Decoding the Graceful Decline

Warren Buffett famously said that successful people say "no" to almost everything. Whether it's his investment acumen or boundary-setting skill that made him successful is up for debate - but I don't doubt that the principle stands. In a world where time is scarce

The Plenty of Room that Feynman Saw at the Bottom

Understanding quantum mechanics - a study of the behavior of atomic particles - has become a priority for me after I started research on quantum readout circuits. Search for material led me back to Richard Feynman’s lectures which I had set aside during my junior college years, never imagining

Making sense of common-sense

With several decades of life experience under my belt, I can confidently say that common sense is considered a desirable virtue. I am sure there are Australian, Asian, American, and European parents preaching the value of having common sense to their little ones as I write this article. Thinking back,

The Beginning

I enjoy learning, and I learn best by reading. I usually have to read a number of times before I understand what I read. To my surprise, I found that writing about what we read enables learning. While writing, what I don't know become obvious. And that helps

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