Philosophical-jombie

  Break a leg   Recently I was taken aback by the news in the paper that a petition has been filed in the Bombay High Court against the makers of Ludo Supreme, alleging that the online game promotes gambling that deviates from the original board game, which is a "game of chance". The decision regarding this popular game relies on skill or luck may soon be decided by the Bombay High Court - at least in the case of gaming application Ludo Supreme. Will you please lend your mind to ponder over the issue a little bit!   It has been a curious habit of me to know the story of success-people, interesting-people, famous-people, privileged-people and even adverse-people, unsuccessful-people too? I question even to myself why I was successful in a particular case and not at other times? At my tender age I used to think it is luck but now I realised it was my incompetency that drove me such a bad consequence. Somehow I was fascinated with my growing up in a poor family where...

  Dethroning the Truth   Any number of restaurants and cafes claim to serve the “World’s Best Coffee,” but we can all agree that this judgment about the ‘best coffee’ is completely subjective. Indian coffee House at College Street? Coffee House at Central Avenue? Barista ? Jadavpur university’s canteen-coffee? Mrs. Magpie—the most insta-friendlyCafe? StarBucks?   Sienna Café with delicious coffee ? And our favourite Wise Owl ?   Paris Café—with French elegance, or the neighborhood shop around the corner and last but not the least our own kitchen-coffee? It is all a matter of personal preference. The tiny cute and colourful café, the brewed flavoured coffee, the cosy space to bring book or laptop in a comfortable ambience is tempting enough to ditch office or college instantly for an instant coffee. A hit meeting place for intellectuals, artists and students.   But it is hard to grasp the truth about the coffee, where consumer’s truth is concerned.  T...