Ankur Jain's musings

Jun 01

Jet Airways - still the best Indian airlines! (Taken with instagram)

Jet Airways - still the best Indian airlines! (Taken with instagram)

This is what we do at WalmartLabs India! (Taken with instagram)

This is what we do at WalmartLabs India! (Taken with instagram)

May 27

Once upon a time, I went for hiking with my friends from Kosmix. This photo was taken at the top of Windy Hill in the picturesque Portola Valley, California. 

Once upon a time, I went for hiking with my friends from Kosmix. This photo was taken at the top of Windy Hill in the picturesque Portola Valley, California. 

May 25

Somewhere in Sierra Nevada. With Gaurav Bhalotia.

Somewhere in Sierra Nevada. With Gaurav Bhalotia.

May 23

25 Handy Words That Simply Don’t Exist In English
Approx­i­mate­ly 375 mil­lion peo­ple speak Eng­lish as their first lan­guage, in fact it’s the 3rd most com­mon­ly spo­ken lan­guage in the world (after Man­darin Chi­nese and Span­ish) but inter­est­ing­ly enough it’s the num­ber 1 sec­ond…

25 Handy Words That Simply Don’t Exist In English

Approx­i­mate­ly 375 mil­lion peo­ple speak Eng­lish as their first lan­guage, in fact it’s the 3rd most com­mon­ly spo­ken lan­guage in the world (after Man­darin Chi­nese and Span­ish) but inter­est­ing­ly enough it’s the num­ber 1 sec­ond…

May 22

Joy of living in India - mangoes and all the delicious fruits!

Joy of living in India - mangoes and all the delicious fruits!

May 21

Lake Tahoe!

Lake Tahoe!

ZeroN -

by Jinha Lee 1 week 6 days ago, vimeo.com

Simply amazing! Gravity under control.

May 19

Some random thoughts at 35000 ft

Here are five thoughts that came to my mind on the flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong:

  1. Nothing is achieved without hardwork.
  2. Work Hard. Party Hard.
  3. When in doubt, take action!
  4. Pick a choice and move ahead
  5. Live Rich. Die Poor.

#5 is the most profound one. The credit should go to Richard Reed, CEO and founder of Innocent Drinks. He wants to make LOT of money during his life time so that he can donate MOST of the money by the time he dies. This is what Bill Gates is doing. Warren Buffet, Mark Zuckerberg and many others have joined Bill Gates in his mission. 

May 14

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May 10

The Internet Never Sleeps
fmpcorp, federatedmedia.net

The Internet Never Sleeps
fmpcorp, federatedmedia.net

May 08

The Rise of India’s Soft Power 

India’s soft power has now been on display for at least a couple of decades: Indian philosophy has captivated Western minds since the 1960s; Bollywood’s prodigious celluloid fare has long drawn huge audiences in significant parts of Asia, Africa, and beyond; India’s English-language novelists have often edged out native British writers for the prestigious Man Booker Prize; and, of course, yoga studios have become all but ubiquitous in the United States. However, even South Asian scholars and analysts have thought of India’s largesse as a possible source of material power, especially in the realm of foreign assistance.

The Rise of India’s Soft Power 

India’s soft power has now been on display for at least a couple of decades: Indian philosophy has captivated Western minds since the 1960s; Bollywood’s prodigious celluloid fare has long drawn huge audiences in significant parts of Asia, Africa, and beyond; India’s English-language novelists have often edged out native British writers for the prestigious Man Booker Prize; and, of course, yoga studios have become all but ubiquitous in the United States. However, even South Asian scholars and analysts have thought of India’s largesse as a possible source of material power, especially in the realm of foreign assistance.

May 07

“People don’t come here to play it safe”

There’s work, and there’s your life’s work.
The kind of work that has your fingerprints all over it.
The kind of work that you’d never compromise on.
That you’d sacrifice a weekend for.
You can do that work here.
People don’t come here to play it safe.
They come here to swim in the deep end.
They want their work to add up to something.
Something big. Something that couldn’t happen anywhere else.

May 06

The Physics of Spilled Coffee -

“I cannot say for sure if coffee spilling has been detrimental to scientific research to any significant extent,” says study author Rouslan Krechetnikov, a mechanical engineer at the University of California, Santa Barbara. “But it can certainly be disruptive for a train of thought.”

Krechetnikov and his graduate student Hans Mayer decided to investigate coffee spilling at a fluid dynamics conference last year when they watched overburdened participants trying to carry their drinks to and fro. They quickly realized that the physics wasn’t simple. Aside from the mechanics of human walking, which depends on a person’s age, health, and gender, there is the highly involved science of liquid sloshing, which depends on a complex interplay of accelerations, torques, and forces.

May 05

Achieving overnight success: Kevin Systrom -

Frequently startups pop up and take over the press, framed as an “overnight success” taking just a year or two to reach some incredible milestone. For some time I’ve had a slight intuition that perhaps by looking at the founders behind these “overnight successes”, it will become clear that…