The secret sauce of success is sold and glamorized by media and best selling authors. What most don’t tell you about the sufferings one has to go through to achieve the invisible. Tesla, Gandhi, Beethoven, Rudyard Kipling, Helen Keller, Ada, Charlie Munger, Ruskin Bond, Van Gogh, Epictetus, founders of Haldirams, Havell’s Electric: the list is …
Author Archives: Atul
want
How much time do we spend thinking about what we want from the world and the people around us? It is like a checklist of expectations from the rest. We build our imaginary castle, and when these expectations are unmet, we turn sad or become violent. In certain instances, we stop believing in humanity altogether …
positive
We are living in a world where being positive is supreme. We have been sedated and pumped up via coaches or best-selling authors why we should think positive. At times I feel capitalism thrives under the cult of positivity. I have been told time and again how acceptance and positive belief does miracles. I understand …
Technology
“Necessity is the mother of invention” is an English-language proverb. We are living across the continents, connected via technology and fighting against hunger, health, poverty, and illiteracy. Internet is no less than Renaissance or the Bhakti movement. We are all on the same rocketship. An individual sitting in a remote part of the world know …
Makhan
Makhan was village mukhiya’s son. A tall, lean kid full of anger. He was the only kid for his parents and, It gave him the power to act like an asshole among his peers. People would call him junior Mukhiya Ji and, it will make his head high with pride. He was an eccentric and …
Raju
Raju was seven years old when his father got remarried. He had lost his mother a few years back due to tuberculosis. She was the only person who took care of him. Raju was born without legs. Polio was at its peak, and children with deformed bodies were a common sight. As fate has it, …
done
I keep hearing what it takes to run a startup. Reading the success of oldies like Walmart, Berkshire Hathaway and, a dozen others makes me realize: there is no secret sauce. There was a problem to be solved and, the founders worked hard to solve it. They were opinionated, visionary. Nobody asked for a car …
job
In a democratic society, we have all have our roles to play. Media is considered a pillar of democracy. When it comes to startup, the same rule applies. We should public, discuss talk about all aspects of building a company. As a media, one should cheer for the success of the ecosystem and at the …
deception
We are living in a world where deception sells. It is not limited to relationships, humans. Our consumerism era thrives in disguise and deception. I was at a grocery store, and this is what happened. Another evening in the name of security, HotStar was harvesting the phone numbers of Indian users. A friend of mine …
Badi ma
Kids call her Badi maa; she is in her nineties. She had long white hair like a snow-covered mountain. She has been active, all senses in control. On top of this, she would cook daal roti for herself and consume it twice. Sometimes one of the son’s wife would get her some milk. Badi maa …