** “First we make our habits, then our habits make us.” ** - Charles C. Noble

Via NYTimes : But as I traveled the land, the data did not fit the framework. The children of the lower castes were hoisting themselves up one diploma and training program at a time. The women were becoming breadwinners through microcredit and decentralized manufacturing. The young people were finding in their cellphones a first zone of individual identity. The couples were ending marriages no matter what “society” thinks, then finding love again.

It’s Saturday morning and it’s pouring in Mumbai. A perfect setting for a cup of hot tea and a book. Simple pleasures of life:) are sometimes all that one needs, I guess. Was planning to read this book for quite sometime as it was touted as a book similar to “Against the Gods” and “Lady Tasting Tea”, books which I thoroughly enjoyed. After recovering from a brief illness this week, I thought I should spend my time peacefully with a book and managed to read this book in about 2 sittings.

Here is a TED talk by Dr.Arthur Benjamin ( Mathemagic ted talk person) who says, that stats & probability should be elevated to the status that is given to calculus

I was familiar with this technique, had used it in a couple of places. This week I had a chance to apply this technique to a problem at hand. However, this time I did not want to rush in . Had in my archives an old book called “User’s guide to Principal Components”. Took some time out to know a bit more about the technique. As always, there is always some new learning by reading old stuff.