# guru purnima (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover guru purnima. Page: Feed: --- ## [Why Humans and AI May Interpret Medical Narrative Data Differently](https://vikkypaedia.substack.com/p/why-humans-and-ai-may-interpret-medical) _2026-08-17 · Vikram Sakaleshpur Kumar · Vikram Sakaleshpur Kumar_ A simple guide for clinicians, researchers, medical teachers, and healthcare institutions ## [The Haircut Was Billed. The Diagnosis Was Not.](https://vikkypaedia.substack.com/p/the-haircut-was-billed-the-diagnosis) _2026-08-13 · Vikram Sakaleshpur Kumar · Vikram Sakaleshpur Kumar_ A consultation conducted in a barber’s chair, and what it cost the person who never got one ## [Energy and Production](https://deeshaa.org/2026/08/05/energy-and-production/) _2026-08-05 · Atanu Dey · Atanu Dey : Life is a Random Draw_ Economists use production functions to express the mathematical relationship between physical inputs and the total quantity of output produced. A commonly used one is the Cobb-Douglas production function which has the form Y = AK αLβ, where Y is total output, A is total factor productivity (TFP), K is capital, and L is labor. Output elasticities Continue reading "Energy and Production" ## [Guru Purnima Greetings](https://deeshaa.org/2026/07/29/guru-purnima-greetings-2/) _2026-07-29 · Atanu Dey · Atanu Dey : Life is a Random Draw_ The word guru in the dharmic traditions—namely Sanatana, Buddha and Jaina—refers to someone who dispels the darkness of ignorance. Because ignorance is the primary barrier to enlightenment or moksha, the guru is supremely important. Today is Guru Purnima. Hindus believe that on this day Bhagwan Shiva became the first guru (adi guru) when he transmitted the Continue reading "Guru Purnima Greetings" [Listen](https://deeshaasite.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/guru-mantra.mp3) ## [Not a Mentor. Not a Master. What the guru–shishya bond actually asks of us on Guru Purnima](https://vikkypaedia.substack.com/p/not-a-mentor-not-a-master-what-the) _2026-07-29 · Vikram Sakaleshpur Kumar · Vikram Sakaleshpur Kumar_ A Guru Purnima reckoning with the guru–shishya bond — and what it teaches us with the same pair of hands ## [The Prevention Paradox](https://vikkypaedia.substack.com/p/the-prevention-paradox) _2026-07-22 · Vikram Sakaleshpur Kumar · Vikram Sakaleshpur Kumar_ A successful preventive programme is judged, unfairly, by how little it seems to do. ## [Hydrogen is Not Green](https://deeshaa.org/2026/07/20/hydrogen-is-not-green/) _2026-07-20 · Atanu Dey · Atanu Dey : Life is a Random Draw_ Any sufficiently deep ignorance is indistinguishable from stupidity. You’d recognize that to be a riff on Arthur C. Clarke’s Third Law (1968) which states that “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” While Clark’s 3rd law is about perception (how we perceive technology that we don’t understand), my variation is about outcomes: how severe Continue reading "Hydrogen… ## [The Extraction We Signed For : Free Data, Priced Return - We Are the Raw Material](https://vikkypaedia.substack.com/p/the-extraction-we-signed-for-free) _2026-07-12 · Vikram Sakaleshpur Kumar · Vikram Sakaleshpur Kumar_ How India's poorest hospitals are feeding the AI models that will probably price them out of their own future... ## [Lee Kuan Yew at the Kennedy School](https://deeshaa.org/2026/07/07/lee-kuan-yew-at-the-kennedy-school/) _2026-07-07 · Atanu Dey · Atanu Dey : Life is a Random Draw_ Lee Kuan Yew (1923 2015) was the 1st prime minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990. In the very short list of public figures I admire, LKY stands at the very top. Though he led a very tiny city-state (he liked to say that Singapore was only 224 square miles at low tide) his Continue reading "Lee Kuan Yew at the Kennedy School" ## [How Should Members of a Medical Association in the Current Age Look at Return on Investment(ROI)?](https://vikkypaedia.substack.com/p/how-should-members-of-a-medical-association) _2026-07-06 · Vikram Sakaleshpur Kumar · Vikram Sakaleshpur Kumar_ Why "we held 200 webinars" is not an answer, and "AI will replace us" is not a threat ## [Non-custodial Crypto Payments & Escrow (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/35mjdMykJS5r) _2026-07-06 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto with trustless escrow, instant confirmations, and no KYC ## [Happy 250th](https://deeshaa.org/2026/07/04/happy-250th/) _2026-07-04 · Atanu Dey · Atanu Dey : Life is a Random Draw_ 4th of July 2026 marks the 250 anniversary of the day Congress approved the text of the Declaration of Independence, and therefore the birth of the United States of America. The Declaration was signed by 56 patriots. By putting their names on that parchment, they were committing what King George III and British law defined Continue reading "Happy 250th" ## [Large Numbers](https://deeshaa.org/2026/07/02/large-numbers/) _2026-07-02 · Atanu Dey · Atanu Dey : Life is a Random Draw_ The word trillionaire has been in the news since SpaceX s IPO a few weeks ago. I have no idea what it feels like being a trillionaire (and I bet neither do you.) A net worth of a trillion dollars is several orders of magnitude above mine and yours. Besides, I have a hard time dealing Continue reading "Large Numbers" ## [Vaidyo Narayana Hari, or Just Another Service Provider in the Healthcare Mall?](https://vikkypaedia.substack.com/p/vaidyo-narayana-hari-or-just-another) _2026-07-01 · Vikram Sakaleshpur Kumar · Vikram Sakaleshpur Kumar_ Today, July 1st, marks National Doctors' Day in India. ## [The Diagnosis Column Is Still a Dustbin...!](https://vikkypaedia.substack.com/p/the-diagnosis-column-is-still-a-dustbin) _2026-06-29 · Vikram Sakaleshpur Kumar · Vikram Sakaleshpur Kumar_ Part Two of a blog that apparently changed nothing ## [What Medical Educators and Healthcare Professionals Must Know About AI Research Redundancy](https://vikkypaedia.substack.com/p/what-medical-educators-and-healthcare) _2026-06-27 · Vikram Sakaleshpur Kumar · Vikram Sakaleshpur Kumar_ When the Study You Are Reading Was Already Outdated Before It Was Published — And How to Tell the Difference ## [Why Pediatric Wards Fill After Schools Reopen](https://vikkypaedia.substack.com/p/why-pediatric-wards-fill-after-schools) _2026-06-22 · Vikram Sakaleshpur Kumar · Vikram Sakaleshpur Kumar_ About the school reopening as a recurrent respiratory-virus amplifier, with children as both victims and transmission bridges to households. ## [Witness 1985](https://deeshaa.org/2026/06/14/witness-1985/) _2026-06-14 · Atanu Dey · Atanu Dey : Life is a Random Draw_ In this piece, I would like to talk about a favorite movie: Witness starring Harrison Ford. The setting of the 1985 movie is Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, among the Amish. I like and admire the Amish. Let me start with a little bit about them. The Amish are one of the most interesting religious communities in Continue reading "Witness 1985" ## [Why is Wealth so Badly Distributed?](https://deeshaa.org/2026/06/04/why-is-wealth-so-badly-distributed/) _2026-06-04 · Atanu Dey · Atanu Dey : Life is a Random Draw_ TL;DR. Wealth is not distributed; therefore the question whether or not wealth is badly distributed cannot be answered without knowing the process that led to the distribution that was obtained. In what sense is wealth distributed? Is there some stock of wealth that a society has that gets distributed to the people of that society, Continue reading "Why is Wealth so Badly Distributed?" ## [Karl Popper](https://deeshaa.org/2026/05/26/karl-popper/) _2026-05-26 · Atanu Dey · Atanu Dey : Life is a Random Draw_ David Deutsch is an awesome thinker. His day job is that of a physicist involved in cosmology and quantum physics. He is considered the father of quantum computing. Quantum mechanics is far above my IQ level; I couldn t possibly understand it. Quantum computation too is beyond my reach. Deutsch is a genuine genius. What was Continue reading "Karl Popper" ## [CLI-first decentralized GPU compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pNIj9GWhJ07R) _2026-05-26 · **Sponsored**_ Pay workers or run your GPU for FFmpeg transcode and AI inference. ## [Devotional Songs](https://deeshaa.org/2026/05/23/devotional-songs/) _2026-05-23 · Atanu Dey · Atanu Dey : Life is a Random Draw_ I am deeply devoted to music, in any case. So when it comes to devotional music, I am doubly devoted. My music collection has a large set of devotional songs in the Hindu, Buddhist and Christian traditions. They move me to tears and uplift my spirit. Recently I came across a YouTube channel called Beyond Continue reading "Devotional Songs"