Author Archives: Dr. Ramakanta

Nobody sends insects on Valentine’s day. Because, insects have to be ugly and flowers beautiful.   A doctor married a nurse. Their child goes to school. On the first day, the teacher asks, “So, your father is a doctor ?” ..The child says,” No”. ..The teacher was surprised. “But you are one of the doctors’Continue reading “Implicit Bias”

Over a decade we accept a lot of changes as our own which we wouldn’t have found acceptable earlier.      People greatly underestimate how much they will change in the coming 10 years. Yet, they accept a whole lot of changes that has already happened to them in the past 10 years as natural.Continue reading “The past decade versus the future decade”

much of land’s value comes not from what is built on the plot by the owner but from the communally created value of its surroundings: nearby roads and railways; a thriving economy, a safe neighbourhood; good local schools and hospitals.    Monopoly is a board game where players roll two six-sided dice to move aroundContinue reading “Monopoly”

The FedEx story.   In the year 1962, one Yale student named Fed Smith had submitted his paper in economics. It was titled “overnight delivery service in a computer information age”. It spoke of delivering package by air. In those days, courier delivery from one coast of the US to the other used to takeContinue reading “The FedEx story”

This may be the equation of your life. Take a minute and answer these questions: 1. Why are you in your current job? 2. How did you choose your subject in college? 3. Why don’t you spend all your time on your favorite hobbies? And if your answers are: 1. “The job pays enough money.”Continue reading “Equation of life.”