Intelligence vs Hard work

I have heard this all my life (I am still very young there is a lot of life still left) from various sources...

"Intelligence is an asset, but, it is not a substitute for hard work"

This might be true...but I strongly believe that

"Hard work is not a substitute for intelligence"

Updated: My friend Vinay believes that hard work can substitute intelligence but it would require tremendous effort (like in the movie Forest Gump).

I do not agree to it. I am not saying that "Intelligence is a substitute for hard work". All I am saying is "Hard work is not a substitute for intelligence" you might keep working like a donkey if you are not intelligent.

Getting support or applying pressure

What do you think this picture actually represents are the bigger slabs getting support or are they applying pressure to the smaller stones?
I think that larger slabs are 'getting support' and 'not applying pressure' because if the supporting stones are removed then the bigger slabs will fall they cannot stand by themselves.

Rules are made to help governance

At my home we have a kind of rule that we can have breakfast only after having the bath.
The incident I am going to tell about happened when I was in college and had gone home during the semester break.

I got up late and was feeling hungry. I was ready to have my breakfast when my sisters objected and said I could eat only after having bath, as they were not allowed in such a scenario. At that time my father took my side and said this amazing line.

“Rules are made to help governance, not to govern.”

Come to think of it. Isn't it a beautiful thought?

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Every natural number is interesting

There is an interesting theorem in Mathematics. It states that every number is an interesting number. The proof is as follows and is based on the principle of mathematical induction:

One is interesting because it is the first natural number. Two is interesting because it is the first even number. Three is interesting because it is the first odd prime number. Let us now assume that the first ‘n’ numbers are interesting so that ‘n+1’ can possibly be uninteresting. But, this number will also be interesting as it is the first uninteresting number. Hence, by the principle of mathematical induction the all natural numbers are interesting.

Decisions....

Somewhere I read this

"There are no right decisions.
You have to make your decisions right."


I believe that whenever an out of the box decision is made. People always ridicule it. It is the responsibility of the person to prove that his idea was great. Fools will think the people are right.

On Image Compression

"A picture is worth a thousand words."
-an ancient saying
"But, pictures cost you a million pixels."
-Shishir Pandey (on need for image compression)