Read the previous part here… After waiting for more than two hours, Mantharaka told LaghuPatanaka “My dear friend, Hiranyaka and me are too slow and will take forever to comb the forest looking for him. So can you please fly around and see if you can find Chitraanga?” LaghuPatanaka immediately agreed and rushed off to …
Read the previous part here… As they were deeply engrossed in conversation, a deer named Chitraanga (the one with a beautiful spotted body) came running towards the lake, and jumped into the water with a huge splash. Alarmed, LaghuPatanaka flapped his wings and flew to the nearest branch, Hiranyaka ran into a clump of reeds …
Read the previous part here… “There is no greater wealth than happiness”, explained Mantharaka. What follows are some points of wisdom on satisfaction and happiness, and a lot of yogic thought as well. Since they are in verse form, one may tend to want to skip them. I would encourage you to read these as …
Read the previous part here… “If you want to hoard money and not spend it, I will make you like GuptaDhana. If you think it is better to spend the money that you have, then I will make you like UpaBhuktaDhana.” And saying this, the voice in the sky vanished. Somilaka was surprised at this …
Read the previous part here… Just like a small steam gets filled up easily, and a rats hand gets filled up with a little grain, an unenthusiastic man gets satisfied with very little. A man would always strive for more, and with a lot of energy and enthusiasm. It is said… यत्रोत्साह-समारम्भो यत्रालस्य-विनिग्रहः ।नय-विक्रम-संयोगस् तत्र …
How often do you change your passwords? Do you change them at all? Was eating breakfast this morning, and got a notification from the bank that AED 100 had been deducted for an OSN payment. I don’t have OSN…and so called the bank now, disputed the transaction, and blocked my card. In the meantime, logged …
How difficult is banking nowadays? With all the fintech floating around, I would assume it should have gotten better by now. Instead, we still have the countless paper forms to fill, endless days to wait (a month for an account!), hardly any business banking facilities for 3 years, and excessive charges. Where is that promise …
What are your pain points? Let’s touch base and leverage synergies on this topic… Sounds familiar? While I did have such ‘pain points’ before, they seem to have magnified in the COVID era of prolonged voice calls. Maybe I’m just noticing them more, since I don’t have a good cup of coffee to compensate:) Why …
A journey of a thousand miles…starts with a single line of code… 17th September 2019. Thats the day I first interacted with Ivanka Tancheva. “I want to set up a specialised food delivery app” she said. Sounded interesting, but I was skeptical initially. The business model was too niche, I thought. We had a couple of …
C U Soon… Have you seen this Malayalam movie yet? It’s on Amazon Prime with subtitles. Shot during the lockdown, using phones and mostly on computer screens, C U Soon is a taut thriller, starring Fahadh Faasil, one of India’s most talented actors. They experimented, used minimal resources, and came up with an excellent product. …
