One night at Call Center - Chetan Bhagat

No author has impressed me more than Chetan Bhagat.

I enjoyed the dark humor in "One night @ Call Center". A must read.

Waiting for his next book.

His website

Question on probability

Probability is mathematical approach to quantify uncertainty.

Assume we are trying a estimate the probability of person y getting disease X.

Using statistics (say it occurs for every 100 people), the probability would be 1 %.

But if we talk from the perspective of person y, it should be 50 %(because there are two possible outcomes - getting and not getting the disease).

Is something wrong in this argument ?

Without Fear

"Revolutionaries have to die, Bhagat Singh had said to him. "because the cause they represent is strengthened by sacrifice - not by an appeal in court".

It would be a calamity if I am spared. If I die, wreathed in smiles, India's mothers would wish their children to emulate Bhagat Singh and thus, number of formidable freedom fighters would increase so much that it would be impossible for the satanic powers to stop the march of revolution ...

Ma, I have no doubt that my country will be one day free. But I am afraid that the brown sahibs are going to sit in the chairs that white sahibs will vacate.

Inquilab Zindabad (Long Live Revolution)

Excerpts from "Without Fear - Life and Trial of Bhagat Singh" by Kuldip Nayar

Srinivasa Ramanujam - Mystery

Excerpts from wikipedia about him:

"With almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions in the areas of mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions."

He continues to amaze me. Such a wonderful person.