Observation: People now use Google as a verb to look anything up on the Internet. Whenever we have to look something up, we usually say, “I’ll just Google it.” That’s how much the search engine has become a part of people’s lives. Also, people mostly...
Background This speech was delivered as the commencement address to the graduates of The University of Texas at Austin on May 17, 2014. Video Speech Transcript President Powers, Provost Fenves, Deans, members of the faculty, family and friends and most...
Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away… That’s how most stories written for children usually start, and it was with these words long friendship with books began many years ago. As a child, my mother used to tell me stories during bedtime, and I used to be...
It feels weird to receive a compliment from someone you have probably never met. For example, I felt strange when someone told me, “You are awesome; just believe in yourself,” at a seminar I attended. This is because people don’t use this word as a...
