2024-03-20 07:19
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2024-03-04 08:20
Just as everyone thought the layoffs winter can’t get any more frigid and worse, looks like Byju is going to be laid off from Byju’s. Every Edtech company has three components 1)… Read More
2023-11-19 06:44
I came across this interesting image on a social media post. In the image, escaping from such a situation is impossible. Now look closely. 1) Snakes do not prey on humans so no snake will li… Read More
2023-10-02 14:01
The Community Nutrition Forum (CNF) in my home state of Kerala in India organized a “Webinarathon” in celebration of National Nutrition Month in September. 15 days of 1 hour sess… Read More
2023-09-20 15:48
This rat snake scaled the neighbor’s wall and lay there long enough for me to do its photoshoot. When I sent these photos to my contacts on Whatsapp, majority of them sent me gawking e… Read More
2023-07-01 06:18
Its been a month since my dad’s passing and as mom and I continue to reminisce about his life and reconcile with his loss, I am realizing that life has taught me an important lesson. B… Read More
2023-06-12 08:42
It has been a week since the sudden demise of my dad (at 72 years) and through our bereavement mom and I have had a lot to contemplate about his life. As a person, he was outright, outspoken… Read More
2023-05-17 09:03
Got invited to a talk on “A.I. for wealth creation in the stock market” at an investor’s meet in my hometown and came away completely bamboozled. The speaker, the CEO of a… Read More
2023-04-21 08:48
According to NASA website, “Global warming is the long-term heating of Earth’s surface observed since the pre-industrial period (between 1850 and 1900) due to human activiti… Read More
2023-04-09 10:48
According to ancient Sumerian tablets, a race of beings from another planet called Anunnaki descended on Earth in search of gold. Why they needed gold isn’t clear yet but they needed l… Read More
2023-02-15 07:55
A critical aspect of the fallout of the Adani group or any similar large business is how its lenders are going to deal with the aftershock and this is something I haven’t seen addresse… Read More
2023-02-12 05:02
LinkedIn has been inundated with posts about employees quitting jobs because of bad managers for quite some time. While this is true and I have done the same in my past jobs, a good amount o… Read More
2023-01-30 03:43
There is a delightful and must watch Malayalam social satire movie, Pranchiyettan and the Saint that was released in 2010. Pranchi is the colloquial Malayalam version of the name F… Read More
2023-01-23 08:26
News of layoffs from the Silicon Valley heavyweights and the startup world are grabbing headlines and eyeballs each day now. Professional social media platform LinkedIn is inundated with pos… Read More
2023-01-20 05:43
Came across this social media post about a leopard and a dog getting stuck inside a toilet and the leopard choosing to not feed on the dog. What is interesting is the comments of wildlife re… Read More
2023-01-04 10:35
October to February of every year are the most important months for the birding community. Birds in the Northern Hemisphere embark on their epic migration to escape the onset of the frigid w… Read More
2022-12-18 09:13
The recruiting head of a startup company based out of my home state in India contacted me recently for a senior role. Seemingly buoyed at my profile being a good fit for the role, she immedi… Read More
2022-11-27 12:35
Through the course of human civilization, we have always sung and written about the best and the victorious among us. History is all about the tales of the heroes who braved everything and e… Read More
2022-09-06 10:17
We Indians have cursed and complained about our governments, politicians and civil administration for being corrupt and useless and the judiciary for not being able to deliver justice at lea… Read More
2022-09-04 09:45
Rishad Premji, son of Wipro founder chairman Azim Premji recently commented that moonlighting or working in multiple jobs simultaneously is unethical and amounts to cheating. Question to ask… Read More
2022-09-04 09:08
It all started post World War II when businesses slowly got back on their feet, from the manufacturing sector & into the government sector. Work hard on 8-10 hour shifts through the enti… Read More
2022-04-09 07:29
More than a month back, as Dad was walking towards the gym for his cardiovascular workouts one morning, he suddenly became unsteady and ungainly. He had been complaining about general weakne… Read More
2022-02-21 03:17
My favorite women can be found working in supermarket and apparel stores across India and I am thankful to my dad for telling me about them from an early age. Born into socially and economic… Read More
2022-02-02 08:11
A renowned snake catcher in my home state in India is battling for his life after being bitten by a cobra. I have been coming across many discussions about snakes and snake rescue on social… Read More
2022-01-30 07:50
Swapna was an alumnus of the engineering college where I studied. She was forced to take her own life last year after she was unable to bear the work pressure she had to endure at Canara Ban… Read More
2021-12-11 13:05
Inspirational quotes are being increasingly short sold and aspiring professionals are getting misguided by the interpretations of the self proclaimed experts, motivational speakers and caree… Read More
2021-12-08 12:15
A lot is being said and written about the layoffs at better.com and people I know are mortified by the way the CEO terminated the employees over a video call. When we hear such news, our nat… Read More
2021-11-28 04:32
I was explaining Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to a good friend and that is when I realized how it can be used to understand patriarchy. We have come across patriarchy being interpreted… Read More
2021-11-22 16:51
Yes Vir Das the Indian movie actor and stand-up comedian was absolutely right. There are indeed two Indias. I came across an article which describes how a star can get reduced into a planeta… Read More
2021-09-12 05:36
This is about my dad’s journey from an active to sedentary lifestyle which almost cost him his life, 8 years of wobbling health and how he is transforming himself now. He is 6 feet tal… Read More
2021-08-26 04:29
This is the analysis about the jobs we do and our personality I have searched for many years. The classifications Jordan Peterson has made are quite simple but the underlying factors are ext… Read More
2021-06-23 11:34
Vismaya’s brutal death must have become national news by now. One of the most notorious evils in society has claimed her life. Dowry. In order to start their own family, men and women… Read More
2021-06-22 05:50
When established norms and widely accepted views are questioned and challenged, it has become normal to call them conspiracy theories. The term conspiracy theory has a predecessor. Heresy. A… Read More
2021-05-22 13:04
Making sequels for any movie is tough and especially more for crime thrillers. Unless the script was prepared for 2 parts like the Uma Thurman blockbuster Kill Bill, getting the flow of the… Read More
2021-05-19 16:57
I had a very interesting conversation with a friend (who is going to read this) about whether COVID-19 virus is a zoonotic virus or a man made virus. There are many articles and videos that… Read More
2021-05-18 08:19
Dr. Shankara Chetty, a doctor of Indian origin living in South Africa has done what should have been done at the onset of COVID-19 pandemic. He has conducted clinical diagnosis to understand… Read More
2021-05-14 08:40
People in India who have known me well for some time may have noted that I gradually stopped writing about politics after 2019 elections. I have never voted in my life that is how interested… Read More
2021-05-10 09:51
Its been a year and a half since the COVID-19 pandemic began and ironically, information about the COVID-19 virus, tests done to identify infected people and vaccines is becoming more hazy a… Read More
2021-05-09 10:18
The second wave of COVID-19 pandemic is upon India with greater ferocity. The pandemic started in late 2019, had spread from China to Europe and had just touched the shores of the USA. The G… Read More
2021-04-27 16:51
I was travelling by train when I saw the chandelier like hanging nests of Baya Weavers for the first time & I was absolutely spellbound at their sight. It has taken me a few years to fin… Read More
2021-04-11 05:39
I was on my regular morning walk yesterday looking to photograph anything interesting happening in nature when I suddenly heard a short whirring sound which sounded familiar. I looked around… Read More
2021-04-04 10:09
Human-wildlife conflict has been a growing concern globally especially in the last few decades. We are coming across more wild animals in towns and even cities which can create nightmarish s… Read More
2021-02-13 12:40
Back in 2018, much before the pandemic began, a businessman I know told me one day that his company was taking up the franchise of Wrangler, the leading international apparel brand and he wa… Read More
2021-02-07 03:42
On the intervening night of 2nd February, when most of India was fast asleep, international pop icon Rihanna detonated the equivalent of a nuclear bomb on Twitter. Nearly half of 1.25 billio… Read More
2021-01-20 16:39
When I wrote a eulogy about the Indian cricket team after it’s historic test series win in Australia in 2018-19, the last thing on my mind was an encore of a far greater magnitude two… Read More
2021-01-09 14:52
The year 2020, for me, ended on January 6, 2021, the day the world bore witness to a spectacle that was unimaginable till it happened. An insurrection bid in the oldest democracy of the worl… Read More
2021-01-04 10:16
There has been fervent buzz around digital transformation in the past decade. Using technology to improve and transform businesses was already on the ascension when I took a break from the I… Read More
2020-12-09 16:31
Online food delivery companies Zomato and Swiggy have completely changed how urban India eats it’s food. Sensing how Indian families like to eat home cooked food, Swiggy came up… Read More
2020-12-07 10:01
So often, we come across messages explaining why we should not feed wild animals. I am not talking about animals in forests. All animals that live in nature are wild. We are even told not to… Read More
2020-11-22 09:01
The trending news globally now, apart from Trump trying to usurp democracy in the US is the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. Many pharma manufacturing companies have been in the race to… Read More
2020-11-09 06:39
Democracy is a concept born from thousands of years of monarchy and kingship to free ourselves from the shackles of being ruled and progress towards governance. Constitution contains guideli… Read More
2020-10-03 08:25
Of all the numerous consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is one that is the most significant yet the least discussed. Fear of death. Media has played a central role in unleashing it… Read More
2020-08-11 09:15
A good friend of mine shared this article about preserving secularism and Hindu ethos in India. The author, Ashwin Sanghi shares some interesting thoughts and slices of history to substantia… Read More
2020-08-06 09:12
Now that Hindu God Ram is in the limelight, it is a good time to take a look at the Gods on the planet. Texts from ancient civilizations all over the world are replete with references… Read More
2020-08-01 06:42
So the model of the temple that is going to be built at Ayodhya in the honor of Hindu God Ram is going to be shown on the iconic Times Square billboard in New York on August 5. Ram is… Read More
2020-07-30 06:20
India’s education sector has always had serious issues. From poorly maintained to dilapidated government schools and exorbitantly expensive private schools, good education is st… Read More
2020-07-22 08:42
India’s economy has been on a downward slide from the time the knife of demonetization was struck deep into it’s heart in 2016. Everything that could go wrong has gone wrong from… Read More
2020-07-18 14:12
“Two fall outs of COVID-19 pandemic have become clear: 1) Creating medicines and vaccines for every known disease and consuming Vitamin tablets to boost immunity has rendered ou… Read More
2020-06-29 17:11
The concept of startups has defined the decade from 2010-19 and altered the landscape of business which continues strongly as we step into the next decade. While every company we know was a… Read More
2020-06-22 14:20
Scientists and researchers agree that since life began on our planet, 99.9% of all life forms that ever existed have become extinct. This clearly means we are not going to be here forever. A… Read More
2020-06-16 11:17
India has been jolted by the suicide of a young, talented and hard working actor in Bollywood, the country’s biggest movie industry. As rumor mills swirl around nepotism as the… Read More
2020-05-28 13:43
COVID-19 is the only disease in the world now. People suffering from existing life threatening diseases are being made to undergo COVID-19 tests before giving the treatment they have been ge… Read More
2020-05-19 08:02
Every year at the fag end of the extended monsoon season, birds start migrating to the wetland areas in my hometown. They come from far and near and more species of birds have been co… Read More
2020-05-11 12:53
A social media post about an Impala (deer) sacrificing it’s own life to save the lives of it’s fawns from a cheetah attack had gone viral some time back. The post had gone… Read More
2020-05-01 07:47
The rise of Hindu nationalism, better known as Hindutva in India is no accident. Though resentment towards Muslims is being perceived as the fundamental reason for it’s current status… Read More
2020-04-22 16:38
The world is going to take stock of it’s economic situation soon. The economic system we have created requires us to work to keep it moving. Only when people work will goods and… Read More
2020-04-09 09:39
I am part of a local birding community group on WhatsApp since 2018 and it has been a very interesting couple of years. I have come across so many people from different walks of life in diff… Read More
2020-04-06 04:32
So the PM of India asked the people to light oil lamps and candles yesterday night based on astrological and numerological advises and people lit fire torches and walked out on to the… Read More
2020-03-29 08:14
I have had a very tentative immune system right from my school going days. I would get fever every now and then without any major diseases invading my body. Getting derided at home fo… Read More
2020-03-16 15:11
A pandemic is upon humanity in the form of a new strain of coronavirus named COVID-19. Keeping aside the conspiracy theories floating around on the Internet and social media about the virus… Read More
2020-03-16 08:07
I have been on the trail of Snipes for more than 2 years now. They are the most elusive birds I have come across in open areas and wetlands. The first time I saw them was in 2019 and I was a… Read More
2020-03-02 06:32
India has been going through tumultuous and yet interesting times in the last couple of months. The world has watched millions of dollars getting splurged on welcoming the President of the U… Read More
2020-02-12 05:05
Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi is increasingly looking like Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros. Both are dogged fighters, takes the fight to the opposition, fights deep and are not intimidated b… Read More
2020-01-12 06:26
As the protests in India over the controversial amendment of it’s Constitution which paves the way for persecution of Muslims and polarization of Indian society intensifies, the… Read More
2019-12-31 08:43
Don’t we all come across jaw dropping pictures on the Internet every day? Those awe inducing images have enticed millions into the world of photography. Now social media is inun… Read More
2019-12-12 10:46
India is descending into nation wide protest as its government moves ahead with the highly contentious and problematic exercise of legitimizing citizenship of its people. The National Regist… Read More
2019-12-08 05:26
India becoming the rape capital of the civilized world (if one such exists at all) is a stark reality on the face of every Indian. The most recent ones that have shaken the country are the b… Read More
Only A Comprehensive Understanding Of India’s Caste System Can Lead To It’s Eventual Eradication
2019-10-24 06:57
India’s caste system has been discussed and been under the scrutiny of the world for a long time. Whereas in the international community caste based oppression and violence has been ga… Read More
2019-09-06 03:46
The awareness of adverse human impact on nature has only started to grow in earnest in recent times. Many of us were even in denial about human imprints on climatic changes till not so long… Read More
2019-08-29 06:25
If we have to understand the crux, meaning or purpose of something, the question that needs to be answered is why. There is a business model called 5W (Why, What, Who, When, Where) +1H (How)… Read More
2019-08-01 06:01
Haven’t we all wondered at least once in our life why we are such a violent species? What are the origins of humanity’s seven sins? Or have we even pondered over these, ever? Rap… Read More
2019-07-24 05:18
Born in the 70’s, “Customer is King” was the business mantra I grew up listening to. But it no longer seems to be the case. While the advent of Internet has been the bigges… Read More
2019-07-07 15:32
The Indian government has released its Union budget plan for the FY 2019-2020. The country’s economy has been in doldrums since demonetization delivered a knockout punch to it in 2016… Read More
2019-06-14 04:30
The noise over the current hiring practices in corporate companies is growing louder with each passing day, especially on LinkedIn. More people are complaining about the lost value of humani… Read More
2019-04-26 16:15
It has been the most anticipated movie in the world for well over a couple of years now. Ever since Thanos pillaged the Universe, Wakanda and snapped his fingers to wipe out half of the bein… Read More
2019-03-19 05:54
The fact that climate change and its potentially disastrous consequences if left unresolved has been a hot topic of debate for quite some time now. Even school going children have greater aw… Read More
2019-03-19 05:40
The tranquility of two peaceful countries has been shattered by gunfire in the last few days. Life in New Zealand and Netherlands has been jolted by bullets and the ensuing blood and gore. A… Read More
2019-03-07 09:45
While it is commonly accepted that a business degree is not required for project management, those times have quietly gone by a long time back. What has caused this dramatic change is the co… Read More
2018-10-13 16:12
In certain jokes floating through the social media I have seen the phrase “That escalated quickly”. Given the situations it gets used, I find it hilarious. The same happened with… Read More
2018-10-08 15:25
So the ticking time bomb has triggered a full scale explosion. The endless debates and punches and counter punches that has been happening over the course of weeks and months has given way t… Read More
2018-10-07 05:06
Bollywood actor Tanushree Dutta seems to have opened up a massive cupboard of skeletons of sexual harassment. So many women in the corporate world are taking to Twitter to narrate their tale… Read More
2018-10-05 09:06
Its a curious case about Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler. People who know them would die for their music. People who don’t know them don’t know them at all. When I tell the youn… Read More
2018-09-19 10:03
Writing a resume has been the biggest bane of job seekers and sometimes it would seem to be much worse than not getting a job itself. We pore over 100s of different formats available through… Read More
2018-09-17 02:21
Of all the factors that has divided and fragmented society, money has risen to top that list. Now money is not the same as wealth. It is commonly said that someone is wealthy and prosperous… Read More
2018-09-08 15:52
I have heard from many people that the startup initiative in India has been a failure but no one said why. Below is a list I obtained from a social network about the top reasons why startups… Read More
2018-09-02 15:54
In an interview a few years back for a project management role, the interviewer asked me what project management is. I was taken aback a bit. First of all that’s too generic a question… Read More
2018-08-27 13:13
The devastating floods in Kerala has shaken and stirred the country in an unprecedented manner. Nature’s fury, tragic scenes, political wrangling, communal rhetoric, diverse India unit… Read More
2018-08-17 04:24
It is looking like the wrath of the Gods is upon their own country. Kerala is in a deluge of Bibilical proportions. The ongoing rains and the ensuing floods are being compared with the Great… Read More
2018-08-11 16:36
After the bloodbath during Indian independence religion was used again to spark tension and polarize society on a large scale when the Ram Janmabhoomi fire was stoked. But the intensity of t… Read More
2018-08-03 05:45
I didn’t see it coming, maybe no one saw it coming. 4 days back I was on Twitter when the current chief of TRAI who was the boss of the Aadhaar project suddenly tweeted his Aadhaar num… Read More
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