Madan Thinks

Opinions, Context & Ideas from Me

Experiences from Fostering a High Powered Virtual Team during the Covid-19 Crisis

Around 10 am on 26th Feb this year, I received a call from a Sr. Australian leader in our firm seeking input on managing international travel for our consultants flying … Continue reading

April 25, 2020 · 1 Comment

Perspectives on AI based Facial Recognition in Law Enforcement

Amit Shah, Union Home Minister of India, addressed Parliament early last month on the Delhi riots in his usual belligerent style. Slipped in between the rhetoric was a short comment … Continue reading

April 7, 2020 · 1 Comment

My 50 Greatest Films of the 21st Century

Selecting my 50 Greatest Films of the 21st Century – the effort turned out to be a deeper than expected enquiry into myself. The introspection was far lengthier than I perceived and the exercise led me into thoughts, emotional realms of the period. A challenging exercise it was. My set is a rather modest proposal […]

September 22, 2019 · Leave a comment

The Madrid Finals Preview – Klopp’s Heavy Metal Football meets Potchettino’s Punk Rockers

On the face of it, Liverpool start this game as major favourites. They finished 26 points ahead of the Spurs (short for Tottenham Hotspurs) in the Premier League this season, … Continue reading

June 1, 2019 · 1 Comment

Intelligent Automation – What Lies Ahead?

We live in an era where the fundamental rules by which businesses are being rewritten daily due to the power of software driven automation. But skeptics of its future ask … Continue reading

May 28, 2019 · Leave a comment

a Short Piece on the Long Peace

The Long Peace – An alluring concept that continues to draw many an eminent thinker. Major powers of our world have not gone to war for two generations and they … Continue reading

February 23, 2019 · Leave a comment

My Experiences in Meeting Grief

6 30 am – On the morning of the 21st September 2018, I had a quiet chat with my mother about her health and left for office after checking she … Continue reading

December 29, 2018 · 3 Comments

Robots in the Newsroom

As digitization becomes pervasive in our world, more of its happenings are rendered in data. Advances in computational sciences specifically in AI, Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics as well as … Continue reading

November 11, 2018 · Leave a comment

Retrospective on a dazzling World Cup’18

Dazzling, exciting & wholly unpredictable – adjectives used by commoners & media alike to define the World Cup that just concluded. I concur with these popular sentiments of this tournament. … Continue reading

July 22, 2018 · Leave a comment

World Cup 2018 – Predictions

This quadrennial sporting spectacle is the arguably the greatest show on Earth. With a flawless preparation that we’ve come to expect from Putin, this WC has had its interesting lead up … Continue reading

June 17, 2018 · 1 Comment

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