Category Archives: People

Related to people I know or have influsenced me

Our Corona Experience

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Makarand karkare

The dreaded Corona finally sneaked into our household. All three of us, my wife Geeta, my mother and me were detected Corona positive. We chose to remain home quarantined and today is our last day of the 17 day quarantine. We are all in good health. This small writeup summarizes our experience in the hope that it would be useful to the readers. Continue reading →

Posted in General, People | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Mumbai to Leh – June 16

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Makarand karkare

[Himyatra – 2018 This is part II of the series. You can read the first part here.] As I was waiting for the beginning of my Himyatra, I had a lot of work cut out for me. I had to … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Himyatra 2018, IIT days, Memoirs, People, Travelogue | 13 Comments

Himyatra 2018

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Makarand karkare

I was fortunate to experience a unique journey in Ladakh between June 16th to 23th 2018. During this journey, we covered a distance of about 1000 km, crossed high altitude passes, camped at altitudes of above 15,000 feet many times, … Continue reading →

Posted in General, IIT days, Memoirs, People, Travelogue | 27 Comments

Business Sutra – By Devdutt Pattanaik

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Makarand karkare

Devdutt Pattanaik, “Chief Belief Officer” of Kishore Biyani‘s Future group has been one my favorite authors. I am always attracted to people who have chosen unusual careers and have been successful in them. Devdutta is one of them. From being a trained physician, to an executive in pharmaceutical and … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Reading, Business, Fundas, People | Tagged , | 9 Comments

चला, देश सुधारुया 

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Makarand karkare

मागच्या लेखात आपण पाहिले की ब्लॉग्समुळे प्रसार माध्यमांचे लोकशाहीकरण झाले. आता लेखक, बातमीदार आणि प्रकाशक होणे हे कोणाही सामान्य माणसाच्या आवाक्यात आले आहे. आपण हेही पाहिले की ही शक्ती लोक आपल्या कळकळीच्या कोणत्याही कार्याकरता वापरू शकतात. किंबहुना अनेक लोकांची ब्लॉग … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, General, People | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

टिळक, पुन्हा एकदा तुम्हाला विनम्र श्रद्धांजली!

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Makarand karkare

As most of us would remember from our school days, come 1st August, and we remembered Bal Gangadhar Tilak. We used to have elocution competitions in the school most of us contributed by taking part. Almost all the speakers recited … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Fundas, People | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

No mean feat…

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Makarand karkare

When we hear about someone who has lost both his feet to frostbite at the age of 23, what is our typical reaction? We feel pity for that person. We wonder why should a young person meet this fate. We … Continue reading →

Posted in Extraordinary, Fundas, People | Tagged , , , | 5 Comments

Solving the Confusion of tongues

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Makarand karkare

The story of Tower of Babel has always amazed me. I read it first in the Mythical Man-month, the classical collection of essays on software engineering. It emphasized the importance of having a common language. This is how the story … Continue reading →

Posted in Extraordinary, People, Science / Technology | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Happy new year 2012

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Makarand karkare

It has been exactly a year since I began writing. And what an year it has been. Today, I would share some of the highlights of the year with all of you and muse about what I plan to do … Continue reading →

Posted in Fundas, People | Tagged , | 10 Comments

इंग्लिश मंगलाष्टक

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Makarand karkare

Last few weeks, we have been pre-occupied with my son, Mihir’s wedding. A wedding is quite a project, that needs contributions from so many people. In fact, In Marathi, we have a saying, लग्न पहावे करून. (One must experience organizing … Continue reading →

Posted in People, Weird, Unusual | Tagged , , | 3 Comments