Category: Musings
All the articles in the "Musings" category.
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I Learned English From a Teacher Who Didn’t Know What “Baa Baa Black Sheep” Meant
And I became a physician in America anyway. But some gaps never close. I was ten years old, sitting in a classroom in Punjab, Northern India, when my English teacher taught me my first English poem. Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool? I repeated it dutifully, the syllables strange in my mouth. Afterward,…
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When Fairness Meets Kindness: How ChatGPT Helped Me Refine My Own Reasoning
I once took leave from work, but my colleague pushed me to return early. Months later, he fell ill — and I asked him to return early. His comeback? “What happened to your kindness preach?” ChatGPT called this an ethical symmetry trap — when fairness/reciprocity collides with kindness/moral consistency. It’s not right vs wrong, but value vs value, and the tension is pure cognitive dissonance. The AI even gave me a one-line test for next time: > If this were reversed tomorrow, would I want my present choice to be the rule?
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The T. M. Krishna Dilemma: When Musical Genius Meets Controversial Activism
Exploring the complex legacy of T.M. Krishna, the controversial Carnatic music virtuoso whose activism has divided classical music lovers. A personal examination of separating art from artist.
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Why Artificial Intelligence Will Not Take Over Your Job?
While Artificial Intelligence will change the labor market, it will not take away people’s jobs. Instead, it will reshape the future of work and require people to integrate AI into their work.
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Choices!
Life is all about choices. Hard choices. Choices we have to make at some point, no matter what. Choices upon which the fate of our lives depends on. Sometimes we get to choose even before something significantly dangerous happens. Last day I went to visit my grandparents. My dad was planning to help them with…
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An insight into ‘Compatibility’
Compatibility- a word which we all come across in our personal lives, which leads to a lot of disagreements and discomfort in a relationship. Let’s try to look beyond!