Monthly Archives: December 2008

Dharmic finance

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

While reading a retrospective article today about the recent Madoff scandal, I came across a fascinating financial firm — Dharma Investments.
Whatever that name makes you think is probably right. Dharma Investments is a firm that considers its primary mission to be “the development of Hindu and Buddhist faith-based investing.”
I’ve heard about Islamic finance, but this [...]

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The Dark Knight

Monday, December 29, 2008

If you live in America and have access to the Internet, chances are you’ve at least heard of this summer’s blockbuster The Dark Knight, director Christopher Nolan’s grim revival of the Batman franchise. If you’ve heard about the movie, you’ve heard about the late Heath Ledger. And by extension, you’ve heard of the movie’s star [...]

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Taking a walk

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Yesterday, I was working in a room on a problem which, it seemed, didn’t want to be solved. I was at that stage in problem-solving where I had saturated myself in the problem and all the various approaches, but it was not able to click. And saturated is definitely the right word to use — I felt [...]

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