Caught in the midst of change
Image credits Pixabay I heard of this saying some nine times, at last count, in the past week. When it crept on to my screen as well, I thought of this as a signal for me to dwell deeper and...
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Blockchain News: Education & Law
Here is a roundup of interesting stories on Blockchain that got discussed, debated or worked on. Blockchain news and views that caught the eye. 1. The Law joins Blockchain! China’s Supreme Court Rules that Blockchain Can Legally authenticate evidence which is legally...
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Hello from the midst of the typhoon
Its the strongest storm in 25 years. Typhoon Jebi has been quite something to Japan and to me too. For I have never been near one in my life. I write this with winds howling outside the window and rains...
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Love Story
I write this just after getting off the phone speaking to a dear friend. He is helping with the relief effort in Kerala. The magnitude of the calamity does not lend itself to easy estimation of the time or cost of...
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Blockchain District in India
Will Telangana, the youngest of Indian states, lead the way for the Blockchain adoption and innovation in India? If the MOU signed by the State of Telangana “to create the first Blockchain District in the country”, is any sign, it is off to a head start. The 50...
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The weaver’s story
It was intrigue that got me to read the card that was packed in along with the saree my mother had bought. It told a story of the weaver who had woven it. My own belief in the power of...
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Leveraging the power of Blockchain – Transparency and Privacy
The essential dilemma about the internet the way it is this: We have had to give up privacy in order to get productivity. The volume of conversations that stem from privacy concerns and the lack of credible alternatives to remain...
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My dad’s jail term
My dad died of Parkinson’s disease. It is a cruel disease where all your mental faculties are alive but you can’t move a single muscle. Hands, legs, hips, tongue, eyes..! There were spasms of time, when medicines would unfreeze his...
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Blockchain Possibilities
A permanent secure digital distributed ledger was the simplest definition of Blockchain that emerged in the previous post from this series. A long conversation on the possibilities with blockchain resulted. As the ideas were wrestled with, the contours for further conversation needed to...
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Cryptography in Blockchain
There is much in the airwaves about the loss of privacy in the internet-enabled world? Have you wondered about it yourself? Of course, there is much truth in it all. It is a fact that modern-day digital technology, with facial...
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