I hate going to Adyar Anand Bhavan which is also popularly known as A2B. Not that food is that bad but I know better ones. But more than that it is for a very different reason. Most of the times I have visited A2B with extended family and parents. When…
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IIT Kanpur Ki Barat
It was late night in Jan of 1994. Five of us sitting in Hall 2 Galaxy Control Room and thinking what we could do for next days publicity event. Ideas came and were dismissed for various reasons. The night was getting longer and the ideas were going from bad to…
Unknown Picnic Spots Around Namma Bengaluru
Internet is a boon as well as a curse. You can find information easily and then everyone lands up at the same place. But I used the lockdown time to explore some really unknown places. These are places which don’t have a name. But you can drive down to these…
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Namma Bengaluru Cherry Blossom Tour
Beware the ides of March said the soothsayer to Julius Caeser but cometh the month in Namma Bengaluru, bloometh the city with a fascinating set of colours, predominantly pink. So I and my daughter decided to explore the colours on our Avenger. This trip took us to various localities and…
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Obituary – Shiva – Once a techie, always a techie
The first time I heard about you was from your sister and my dear friend Shiv Priya, proudly talking about your professional achievements. Sisters are always a proud lot when they talk about their brothers. She told me how you transitioned your career from being an Air Traffic Controller to…
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#MeToo – Frequently Asked Questions by Men and Some Hard hitting Answers for Them
So first things first. Why am I writing this? The reason is simple. I just see too many opinions on this floating around and some of them are so wrong at so many levels that it was important to clarify. Q. Tanushree Dutta can do a bold scene with Emraan…
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5 years of Steve Jobs Moment and state of Grocery E Commerce
Yes. It is five years. Maybe I got too animated about those 5 years. And forgot to tell 5 years of what. Yes, 5 years of my Steve Jobs moment. So what all I have been up to all these years. Continued to mentor a large number of companies Went…
One night at Bangalore Airport
So travel always brings along experiences. Some good, some bad and some you just can’t figure out where to put them. So I landed today after a brief trip to Delhi. As I usually do on short trips, I drive to airport and park it there to avoid the taxi…
Obituary – Kamla Raju – someone who spoke to me in a language called love
She never spoke a word to me, but she communicated so much. We met just three times, and a fourth time after she had breathed her last, Â but it means the whole world to me. It was few months back when I met Gita Raju in a BBG meetup…
2nd anniversary of getting fired up
Yup. It is two years now. Precisely two years back I got fired from my own company – my Steve Jobs moment. The reason I write this is not to settle any scores or to vent out but I have realized over the years that this has helped lot of…