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Karthikeyan Balakumar

Letter from the past

Letter from the past

I’m not sure why, but I have been thinking about my school days a lot recently. I thought this post from my past would be a nice addition to the posts section. This was my speech during my 12th standard. I never really gained the heart to make it

About Love and the Sacrifice of Self

About Love and the Sacrifice of Self

When I was very young, I recall we had a prayer that went something like “… There is no love without the sacrifice of self…” I don’t recall anything more from that prayer, but the message stayed. For most of my formative years, I thought those words were the absolute

Update: First set of open courseware content is now live

Update: First set of open courseware content is now live

Hi Everyone, I’ve finally figured out how to upload files and enable users to download from the side. You should now be able to download the slides and other course related material that I used when teaching my first course (principles of marketing) to MBA students from the resources

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.

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