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Dec 26, 2022

2022

2022 will be remembered as the year when we finally came out of the pandemic. The pandemic forced me on a journey of introspection like never before. I asked existential questions, I binged on social media and streaming platforms, I read some wonderful books, I discovered the value of good…

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2022
2022

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Nov 12, 2022

A stay at Sadhana Forest. A trip into the future.

Before I visited Auroville in Pondicherry, I had always thought of Pondicherry as Goa of the east coast of India. A beach place for Europeans to see India, booze and party, along with some interesting architecture. So when we packed our bags for Auroville, I had no other expectations in…

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A stay at Sadhana Forest. A trip into the future.
A stay at Sadhana Forest. A trip into the future.

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Sep 7, 2022

Words young people should hear more

Dear Zoomers, Over the past few years, I have seen very brilliant, mercurial, energetic, talented people like you take mighty falls due to poor mental health and burnouts, and I am alarmed. Seeing Marvel fed “fresh” graduates with hopes of changing the world with their superpowers and their social feeds…

Burnout

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Words young people should hear more
Words young people should hear more
Burnout

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Aug 15, 2022

25 Ideas for the Next 25 Years

We survived 75 years! A lot of progress made, but a lot of promises yet to keep. While the challenges always seem insurmountable, personally I am very hopeful that we can fix some of the big problems in the coming years. Here are 25 ideas I would like to find…

India

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25 Ideas for the Next 25 Years
25 Ideas for the Next 25 Years
India

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May 28, 2022

Discovering Dr Ambedkar

Tucked away in the corner of a leafy Dadar neighbourhood lies the final home of one of the founders of the Indian Republic, Dr B. R. Ambedkar. Like many of India’s revolutionary founders, today he is known as a political symbol, a champion of the oppressed, with his suited, bespectacled…

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Discovering Dr Ambedkar
Discovering Dr Ambedkar

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Mar 14, 2022

The Maverick Effect (Review): The story of how India become an IT powerhouse

The upcoming book “The Maverick Effect” by Harish Mehta, chronicles the beginnings and rise of the information technology (IT) sector in India. While technology was a globally disruptive force that would have come to India one way or another, without the efforts of a few intrepid entrepreneurs, we might have…

India

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The Maverick Effect (Review): The story of how India become an IT powerhouse
The Maverick Effect (Review): The story of how India become an IT powerhouse
India

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Feb 12, 2022

Culture and Identity in India

Often I think about the kind of cultural identity that my children will have. They belong to two distinct cultural heritages (Kerala and Gujarat) and there is almost no middle path. The only natural identity they can have is either the global identity or the secular Indian identity. …

Culture

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Culture and Identity in India
Culture and Identity in India
Culture

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Dec 2, 2021

DeFi and the Hyper-Capitalist Counterculture

DeFi claims to be yet another attempt to remake society for a new generation, but it is capitalism reincarnate in a darker, more subversive form. DeFi (Crypto/Web3/Bitcoin) seems to embody the frustration felt by the 99% against the 1% who keep getting more and more powerful irrespective of whatever changes…

Cryptocurrency

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DeFi and the Hyper-Capitalist Counterculture
DeFi and the Hyper-Capitalist Counterculture
Cryptocurrency

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Jul 11, 2021

Be an Artist

Since childhood we are taught to build up expectations of what we will do in our lives. In the Doris Day song about anxieties of the future, the songwriter first asks, “Will I be pretty? Will I be rich?” and then towards the end of the song, the children ask…

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Be an Artist
Be an Artist

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Jun 19, 2021

Lost Nation

This post is triggered by a very interesting discussion we had at our weekly team call. Most young, smart and ambitious Indians want to leave the country and do so at the first available opportunity. What is the root of this malaise and what can we do to remove it? …

India

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Lost Nation
Lost Nation
India

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