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Karthikeyan Balakumar

The decision to Open Source my courseware

The decision to Open Source my courseware

While pursuing both my MBA and my PhD, I had observed professors (and visiting faculty) often reuse their question papers from previous years. Consequently, the students who had access to previous year question papers had an edge over others. More often than not, these papers were circulated selectively and good

Late Book Review: The Paradoxical Prime Minister

Late Book Review: The Paradoxical Prime Minister

It has been some time since I could pen to paper. But I have resolved to write something today. My writer friends tell me that it is, in fact, the discipline to write regularly everyday that makes or breaks a good writer. While YouTube is filling up with late reviews

The F**k conundrum

The F**k conundrum

It has been about 2-3 weeks since my little son (he’s 22 months old as I write this) started repeating the words that we commonly use at home (that includes Tamil, Telugu, and English words). I really think he knows what most of these words mean as well. For

Is R simply faster on Linux? (Part 2)

Is R simply faster on Linux? (Part 2)

Apologies for the delay in reporting the findings. One reason there was a delay was due to the lack of any useful findings. Like I mentioned in the previous post, I installed linux (for those who are guessing, Linux Mint) on my work machine on Tuesday. After installing the necessary

Is R simply faster on Linux? (Part 1)

Is R simply faster on Linux? (Part 1)

Let me begin with a quick disclaimer. I have been using R for a few years now. When I was working on my dissertation, I began learning the language and would consider myself to be something more than a novice with R. I do know some work arounds to possible

The difference between control group and control variables

The difference between control group and control variables

This question came up in class sometime last week. Clearly, the two words relate to different ideas (A quick google search would illustrate this point). But, at it’s core, I think they are one in the same thing. Let me explain. The central idea behind both the control group

Some pointers on Edu-Tech apps for parents and educators

Some pointers on Edu-Tech apps for parents and educators

Education is one of the many fields that the internet helped democratize. With increasing mobile and internet penetration, a plethora of apps made by Edu-Tech firms have been finding increasing acceptance among Indian parents. It may be argued that there are two forces at play here. First, parents want to