A Tale of Two Pens
Written for the Straits Times, this piece was withdrawn because the anecdotes were published on this blog before. Here it is, to wish you a Happy Father’s Day 2026!
parenting
When Your Child is as Big as You
My mom used to say that when your child is as big as you, you have to treat them with
Why Have Kids?
At some point in their life, most parents of teenage children would have asked a question very similar to the
Fields Medal – First Woman
Just read the news that Prof Maryam Mirzakhani won the prestigious Fields medal (the equivalent of Nobel prize in Mathematics).
Battles Too Small to Fight
Many companies owe small sums of money to us. Should we ignore it because the sum is small, or fight it because their loot is huge?
Work and Life, Corporate Life
Uninsured by Default
On the shady reimbursement practices of insurance companies.
Malayalam, Work and Life, Parenting
Another Pen Story of Tough Love
Another pen, another story about the tightrope act called parenting.
Home No More
On the loss of a second parent, and its implications.
The Wilmott Magazine, Quantitative Finance, Columns
Physics vs. Finance
The last post in this series of Love of Math looks at how math gets used in physics and finance. Or, more precisely, how one has to be careful about the assumptions in modeling stuff, and the pitfalls of (the lack of) error propagation.
The Wilmott Magazine, Topical, Quantitative Finance, Columns
Math and Patterns
Most kids love patterns. Math is just patterns. So is life. Math, therefore, is merely a formal way of describing life, or at least the patterns we encounter in life. So, where is the difficulty in loving maths? Here is the second post in this series.
Love of Math
This is another short series of posts on love of math — that questionable gift. Recently, I was asked to think about how to make kids love math. Here are my thoughts, as the first of three posts. This article will be published in Wilmott Magazine.
How to be a Good Parent
Practical advice to my younger readers.