Meta Hera Pheri
Hemant R Joshi
by Hemant Joshi
11M ago
“Universe ho ya Metaverse, jab tak paise hain, Hera Pheri hoti rahegi.” Dedicated to the fantastic team that made Hera Pheri and Phir Hera Pheri happen. PROLOGUE At the end of Phir Hera Pheri, Raju got a call from Babu Bhaiya informing him that the guns he had just thrown off the sea bridge were very valuable. The bag of guns remained hanging on to a pillar of a parallel under-construction bridge.  Though Raju tried to bend over the bridge, the fear of falling into the sea was too big of a risk. He turned around empty-handed and came back to the chawl. *** With a promise not to fall for ..read more
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Meta Hera Pheri
Hemant R Joshi
by Hemant Joshi
2y ago
“Universe ho ya Metaverse, jab tak paise hain, Hera Pheri hoti rahegi.” Dedicated to the fantastic team that made Hera Pheri and Phir Hera Pheri happen. PROLOGUE At the end of Phir Hera Pheri, Raju got a call from Babu Bhaiya informing him that the guns he had just thrown off the sea bridge were very valuable. The bag of guns remained hanging on to a pillar of a parallel under-construction bridge.  Though Raju tried to bend over the bridge, the fear of falling into the sea was too big of a risk. He turned around empty-handed and came back to the chawl. *** With a promise not to fall for ..read more
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I’m starting a new SEO-focussed niche blog
Hemant R Joshi
by Hemant Joshi
2y ago
Over the last 3-4 years, through my experiments, one major learning is that I am not good at social media and I need to get better at it in order to continue to grow as an independent writer. Now, to solve this problem, there are 2 ways: Improve at social media. This is easier said than done. I have tried this several times, but I’ve realized that the mental drain is too much for me. Find alternative avenues for growing my online presence. Two things here: 1) do interesting things & write about them without being too worried about “growth”, and, 2) master SEO Through this website, I get ..read more
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Making ice cream without a refrigerator
Hemant R Joshi
by Hemant Joshi
2y ago
 Technology, migration and explorations have tremendously changed what we eat. The story of the evolution of ice cream is one such story. Ice cream is one of the most wonderful human creations. Today, ice cream is a $66 bn industry, and is still growing. But when it started spreading around the world, it wasn’t meant for everyone to consume. It was considered a royalty, until some enterprising individuals decided to make it available for the masses, very much similar to the history of sugar. So, what does the history of ice cream look like? And how exactly did they make ice cream bef ..read more
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The tech innovation in Formula One
Hemant R Joshi
by Hemant Joshi
2y ago
Formula One is one of my favourite sports. Things could turn one way or the other in hundredths of a second. For example, in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in 2021, the race leader, Max Verstappen, had a crash 3 laps before the race was about to end. Within a split second, he went from position one to out of the race. Sometimes, Formula One gets a bad reputation – that it is a rich man’s sport. While a part of it is actually true, I think this image tends to belie the decades of technological progress we’ve made in automotive technology, which has made the world a safer place to live in. Through th ..read more
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The need to show your work
Hemant R Joshi
by Hemant Joshi
2y ago
I recently had a chance to read the book – Show Your Work, by Austin Kleon. To say that the book has been an eye-opener will be an understatement. Barely a hundred pages long, this was the book I needed at this time. I have been thinking about what to write consistently, now that I’ve finished the Level Up series. This book helps me create a system for my overarching strategy towards writing. While I’m still creating a “system” for publishing regularly, here’s what I took away from the book. Show Your Work in a picture!A couple of highlights which I liked On shari ..read more
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WeWork and Theranos – what do we learn?
Hemant R Joshi
by Hemant Joshi
2y ago
A few weeks ago, I finished reading a book called “Billion Dollar Loser” – a book about the epic disaster at WeWork. The company, which was going to IPO at a valuation of $47bn once, was valued at less than $10bn weeks later, and also decided not to IPO. Right after, I saw a documentary about another company called Theranos, another colossal startup failure. Both of these made me wonder about the motivations of founders. What was it they were really wanting that they kept growing their companies despite not having a business that worked? What exactly happened? Theranos, founded in 2003 was a s ..read more
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A brief history of sugar
Hemant R Joshi
by Hemant Joshi
2y ago
Today, sugar is a ubiquitous substance. The entire world craves for it. But this was not always the case. The spread of sugar is a fascinating study for how products that were once not even necessary have become indispensable today. Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com Here’s a brief history of how it happened – Some sources suggest cane sugar originated in India, while others state that it originated in New Guinea. Initially, canes were enjoyed just by chewing into them, but Indians started refining sugar from canes in the 4th century BC.  Soon after, they started mixing sugar with other foo ..read more
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A brief history of samosas
Hemant R Joshi
by Hemant Joshi
2y ago
My fascination with Samosas had me go down the rabbit hole of finding their origin story and write a Twitter thread about it. Photo by Satyam Verma on Pexels.com Samosas originated in the middle east. Persian literature from the 10th century has a lot of mentions of early variants of the modern samosas. These samosas were filled with minced meat. In the 13th century, traders brought them to India. Made with meat, ghee and onions, they became popular in the Delhi Sultanate. Samosas were almost always filled with meat. Literature around this time doesn’t have a mention of *vegetarian* samosas. T ..read more
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Are increasing life spans a good thing?
Hemant R Joshi
by Hemant Joshi
2y ago
Last year, I read a book called Factfulness by Hans Rosling. This book has, to an extent, changed my perspective on human evolution. It has provoked thoughts in me, led me to read up more on where we as the human race are heading, and given me a number that I’m fixated on — The world population will peak at 11 billion people. This gives us a great way to think of the future. You can use this number to size opportunities of all kinds. Also, you can also calculate how much resources (food, water, housing, internet bandwidth, carbon emissions, etc.) we need in order to sustain a good life. Sure ..read more
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