This is the latest addition to the talent myth pop-science literature. The ones that have already been published are Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, Daniel Coyle’s Talent Code and Geoff Colvin’s Talent is overrated. Well, the academic research behind all these books is Dr.Ericsson’s revolutionary research on deliberate practice. Bounce is written by Matthew Syed , a columnist for the Times of London and a BBC Commentator. More importantly, he is a three time commonwealth table tennis champion , a two-time Olympian.

Via Within the Frame(David duChemin) VARANASI, INDIA. Varanasi is one of the holiest cities in India. It sits on the banks of the river Ganges, a holy river choked with pollution, decay, the remains of the dead, and the rotting offerings of marigolds placed in the river every morning and night by the faithful. Along her banks run the ghats, stone steps that descend into the river and form the meeting place between the Ganga and her devotees.

Via Sanjiv Sir : India’s Coming Urbanization Phase Some relevant numbers to get an estimate of the Urbanization that is predicated to happen in a big way: We think on very conservative estimates about 380 million people are going to be added to India’s urban spaces over the next few decades. So that’s more than the entire population of the U.S. moving into urban India. Close to 60% of our GDP is composed of private final consumption expenditures India relative to the rest of the BRICs we are at about just over $1,000 [of income annually] per head.

I have always wondered about the binning criterion in histogram, a basic tool that is used widely by any data analyst . By default, in most of the software available, Sturges’ Rule and Scott Rule are provided which say the following ,the bin width chosen should be There must be a derivation in some book but I had never bothered to look it up , until last week , when I had to for some reason.

Marriage is like a Cafeteria. You take what looks good to you, and PAY for it later.