I moved all the way from one of the remote part of India to Capital city. I really feel blessed that my mom made the decision to kick me out of her jurisdiction to a new independent hostel life. My first encounter was with A.N. Singh, my physical education teacher and hostel warden. He is …
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Random Thoughts: On starting Up
One advantage of living in Bangalore is everyone around you is working on startup ideas. You visit a coffee shop or a microbrewery you will find folks talking in length & at times even pitching product ideas to investors for funding. I keeping asking myself these questions whenever i think about starting up. 1. Is …
India in 69 pictures
We celebrated 69 years of Indian independence yesterday. Like all the bloggers, artists, media houses and social media friends, I wanted to post a tribute to India on this blog. Here are 69 pictures of food, temples, people, palaces and more; taken by me or my friends [Johnshon, Shiva, Krish or Deepan] while traveling across …
Notes from OpenStack India Day
I know this post should have been published a bit earlier, but I have been sick for few days and therefore this delay! Last week we fervently celebrated Openstack India Day. It was the fourth one in the past 3 years. I am very happy the way the OpenStack project has taken over and particularly …
Random Thoughts: Money, is it everything.
In age of capitalism, money is de facto to happiness for most , it gets you everything (almost) Power Business Class ticket Grand Villa World Tour But are these the only things you need in life? What about inner peace, satisfaction and quality time with your new born baby or old aged parents?
Random Thoughts: Anger, enemy within
At times due to certain situation we get angry, aftermath of it has never been sweet. At times we end losing 1. Friends 2. Loved Ones 3. Blood 4. Respect Next time before getting angry, think thought what all is at stake for you.
Random Thoughts: Nobody should take you for granted.
Nobody should take you for granted. 1. Your friends 2. Your colleague 3. Your boss 4. Your family members Things which matters to our life is trust, belief, happiness and respect. Don’t be in a pain by sacrificing for sake of keeping relationships.
My problem with Twitter feeds of Indian VC’s & Investors.
India is turning into a startups hub with the amount of fund flowing in from US/Japan/China and other countries. Some of the startups got an early exit making VCs & founders rich. Anyways, this post is not about funding scene in India. It is all about these investors and VC’s who are glorifying portfolios in …
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Encounter with Indian Ocean
Saturday I along with Archit & Krishna went for Indian Ocean concert, Shastry you get all the credits for letting me know about this buddy. 😀 I am a big fan of Indian Ocean and on record this was first time in my life i attended any live concert. Apology if I am hurting someone …
Rest in peace Kalam Sir
The untimely demise of a great citizen, the people’s president is no more and I am deeply saddened with his demise.Dr. Abdul Kalam was India’s hero, a worthy scientist with indomitable spirit and an impeccable leader the nation was lucky to call President at one point of time. He carried out his duties of office …