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Samsung Dex, a game changer
Alright, let me admit it up front, I am quite excited today because I finally got my Samsung Dex to work. But the excitement from making...
Vinay Payyapilly
Aug 25, 20212 min read
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What women want
I am not a big fan of the Olympics. Not that I have anything specific against the Olympics, it’s just that I find that nation-based...
Vinay Payyapilly
Aug 11, 20212 min read
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Mimi (2021): A movie with so many lost opportunities
As a movie, Mimi is a typical Ayushman Khurrana kind of film. Take a little discussed topic and wrap it up in a lot of comedy with...
Vinay Payyapilly
Aug 2, 20212 min read
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Sarpatta Parambarai (2021) – The movie Bollywood forgot how to make
Yes, I am recommending you watch this movie multiple times.
Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 26, 20212 min read
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Affirmative Action
A strange thing you will see in Indian restaurants is the Family room.
Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 23, 20212 min read
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Toofaan (2021)
You don’t have to win to win. To win, you have to be better than what you thought you could be. At that moment, irrespective of where you pl
Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 19, 20213 min read
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Another promise bites the dust
In 2019, Prime Minister Modi, in typical style, announced that India would be free of single-use plastic by 2022. Just as with so many...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 5, 20212 min read
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Moral Judgements
In May 2021, Justice Anil Kshetarpal passed an order dismissing an appeal by a young couple asking from protection on the grounds that...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jun 7, 20212 min read
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To martyr or not to martyr
These are times of extremes. We leave no space for in-betweens or grays. One casualty of this behavior is our language. On the personal...
Vinay Payyapilly
Jun 2, 20213 min read
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The dangers of hero worship
Heroes, mentors, gurus....we seem to have an inherent need to deify someone and put them on a pedestal. As a young boy, I was a big fan...
Vinay Payyapilly
May 27, 20213 min read
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Nehru and Modi, are they really the same person?
No, the title isn't click-bait. By now, you must be used to people comparing Modi to Indira Gandhi and remarking how similar they are in...
Vinay Payyapilly
May 21, 20214 min read
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Good words masquerading as bad - Part 2
Words such as hoarding, profit, surge-pricing, black money have come to hold a very negative meaning in our society. The negativity...
Vinay Payyapilly
May 12, 20214 min read
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Good words masquerading as bad words - Part 1
Words such as hoarding, profit, surge-pricing, black money have come to hold a very negative meaning in our society. The negativity...
Vinay Payyapilly
May 10, 20212 min read
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Better documentation: Articles as band-aid
Have you ever had to scroll through a long table that tries to explain the columns in a report? There is a very easy way to solve that...
Vinay Payyapilly
May 9, 20212 min read
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Those Muslim men and their four wives
It's a common argument, isn't it? Muslims have four wives and hence they can have more children, which then leads to a growing Muslim...
Vinay Payyapilly
May 4, 20212 min read
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What's good for the rich is bad for the poor
The other day a friend of mine was telling me how he is making a killing at the stock market. A share that traded at 800 the same time...
Vinay Payyapilly
Apr 22, 20214 min read
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Making documentation a key activity
A common complaint when two or more technical writers get together is how documentation is not given the importance it deserves by the...
Vinay Payyapilly
Apr 19, 20212 min read
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Heads you lose, tails you lose!
The start of the Corona pandemic saw many countries go into lock-down mode with a varying results. But what did become clear was that...
Vinay Payyapilly
Apr 15, 20212 min read
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Potato Fried
This recipe is something I cooked up on my own. It came out pretty well, so I added it to my repertoire, and decided to put down the...
Vinay Payyapilly
Mar 19, 20211 min read
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Why it is your religious duty to get vaccinated
Strange but true - The laws of evolution and natural selection work when applied to religions too. To understand this, let us consider...
Vinay Payyapilly
Mar 17, 20211 min read
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