April 2011
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My country has paid up the ransom, Mr. Hazare!
Image Courtesy: My friend Sandeep
Disclaimer: I am equally appalled by corruption in governance. I’m not a government stooge.
If we wish to maintain democracy not merely in form, but also in fact, what must we do? The first thing in my judgement we must do is to hold fast to constitutional methods of achieving our social and economic objectives. It means we must abandon the bloody...
And I'm back!
After an unplanned year-long break, I’m back on my blog. Though I blame twitter for weaning me away from blogging, you know the truth.
So what brings me back? Anna Hazare, Bollywood and the Babas (both the spiritual and the designer clothes varieties) protesting outside Jantar Mantar. A very rant-y post is coming up.
Btw, how do you like the blog’s revamped look? The previous version...
January 2010
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November 2009
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India, my India!
The recent 20th anniversary celebrations of the fall of Berlin wall had an unlikely fallout here in India. The hopeless romantics amongst us got off indulging in unnecessary and ill-informed banter about Indo-Pak unification. What made it incredible was the fact that such discussions were being spearheaded by people you’d normally believe to be well read.
Many years ago, as part of a school...
June 2009
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Tweet! Tweet!
Twitter totally kicks Facebook’s backside!
Where else, but in twitosphere, would two diverse personalities as a bollywood actor (@gulpanag) and the editor-in-chief (@nramind) of India’s best newspaper respond to and connect with someone on the same day.
Without doubting the merits of FB as a social networking platform, what makes twitter such an awesome social tool is the simple fact...
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When is the right time, eh?
This post is in response to all those people who keep asking me - when is the right time to start off on my own?
Just because I’ve been an entrepreneur for a few years now doesn’t mean that I have the faintest idea when one should start a company or even if one should! There are a million and one people out there who would love to assist you. They’ll tell you everything - from...
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Where did Cleartrip screw up?
Those on twitter would already know about the Kiruba Incident and Cleartrip’s response. Though Cleartrip did make up for the lapse by quickly compensating Kiruba, their handling of the social media has been disastrous to say the least.
The emotion heavy cleartrip post does not even address the core issue - breakdown/non-existence of their international ticketing process. No one really cares...
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Epiphany and Confession Time!!!
TODAY is the game changer. TODAY is the day that has changed the way I’ll lead the “rest of my life”.
And all it took was this one post by Steve Blank.
I quit the supposed “rat race” to follow my dreams but I never realized that the rat race never quit me. And this post is about an entrepreneur’s confession.
The long hours at my previous work places always...
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Cafe Coffee Day - Seriously?!
This is very disturbing. I had visited the Coffee Day outlet on Commercial Street last Sunday to meet a friend. When we ordered a couple of cold coffees, the waiter offered the familiar choice of whipped cream, ice-cream and chocolate sauce. Since all that we wanted was a glass of cold coffee on a very hot afternoon, we declined.
Then came the shocker, the waiter informed us that they don’t...
May 2009
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Update (IIT/IIM: National Shame)
A big thanks to everyone for responding so passionately. Let me reiterate once again - the post was not meant to provoke but highlight the fact that we are celebrating something that we shouldn’t be proud of. The reason why its a lot tougher to get into IIT/IIM than Harvard or MIT is because people there have a wider choice of top schools.
I don’t intend to be prescriptive in any of...
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IIT/IIM: National Shame!
Let me add a disclaimer right at the outset: This post is not intended to be provocative and I definitely do not want to be drawn into a lengthy debate.
My earliest brush with the word IIM was in primary school when my father, an employee in a public sector company, spoke about the time he first stood outside the gates of IIM (Bangalore) many years before his marriage. That image got stuck in my...
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Watching the news now - got an idea for a blog post - something that I’ve felt very strongly about for a few years now - details to follow!
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Startup 101: Go, get some love!
In the last 2 years that I’ve been running a startup - though I’m not sure if we can be called a startup anymore, there have been very valuable life lessons. Apart from the usual perks and pitfalls, one thing that has really stood apart for us is the sheer range of people interactions that we’ve had - family, friends, customers, investors, ex-colleagues, business partners,...
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“What does a startup need more than anything else ? - not money, not luck -...”
– Explanation to follow!
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Kyra Theatre, Bangalore →
Theatre + Restaurant + Bar = One Great Evening!
April 2009
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Susan Boyle - Astounding Performance! →
Listen to this woman sing - absolutely fabulous. Looks can be so deceptive.
March 2009
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Tumblr
Finally, moved to blogging on Tumblr. Once you figure it out, Tumblr is a breeze to setup and run! Tumblr cannot import my old posts from wordpress as yet - thats the only bummer. Will update more often henceforth.