Let me tell you a story. One day, a couple I know was having lunch with their friends who had come visiting after a long time. The couple had a boy named Keshava and their friends, also a couple, had a little girl who was playfully called Pitu. So Pitu comes along and says “Pappa, …
As I logged into LinkedIn a couple of days back, it gave me an option to create newsletters (and run them on a regular basis). The ever-curious me decided to have a go. And so I headed to Canva, made a banner, thought of a name (a bit of this…and a bit of that…) and …
Imagine a world without work. No seriously. Imagine a world where you do not have to work, where tech or AI or robotics or whatever takes care of everything and all you need to do is recreate. How would you derive meaning and from where? While this sounds like a very distant and unimaginable future, …
Yesterday I wrote about superheroes, both aspiring and reel. I forgot to mention a third category- the real. Yes they do exist. Not the silly Linkedin/Insta reels that speak about ‘not all superheroes wear capes’ and comprise emotion-evoking and boredom-provoking multiple-times copied attempts at garnering a few more likes. I’m speaking of the ones that …
I read this interesting article by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox in the Harvard Business Review. Titled “In praise of extreme moderation”, it speaks of the trend of workaholism being a badge of honor, and extremism is becoming the norm not only in our professional lives but increasingly in our personal lives as well. People take up sports and …
Don’t we see nostalgic posts of this kind every other day? On Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and oddly enough, even on LinkedIn. The kind which romanticizes the past and demonizes the present, and shudders at the thought of the future. I have done it too, and I don’t consider it wrong at all. After all, things …
Short answer – I don’t know. For that matter, neither do you. If we did, then a) the world would stop being fun and b) we would be rich beyond our imagination. The b) scenario is when you know what stocks hit what peaks and when etc etc. (just in case you were waiting for …
There is so much noise in life nowadays… NOISE: any random fluctuations of data that hinders perception of a signal. That is the engineering version of it, and it’s the noise that I refer to. From the time we wake, to the time we sleep, noise and more noise. Firstly, the phone. Multiple apps to …
Firstly, I don’t know how long this “Day (number) will go on. So if I stop this system midway, do overlook it:) Have you noticed that when you start a new project, or find a new passion, or maybe a new service (as in my case), you start to attract like-minded individuals and all of …
Love it when it rains in Dubai. A rarity, each moment is savored to one’s satisfaction. Until of course, it continues and does not stop. Many are not used to gloomy weather in the Emirates, and so the three days of rain have been kind of odd. Day 1 we made pakoras and hot tea, …
