Social media is a loudspeaker with an unlimited scream, a battleground for thought leadership without knowledge. It will be difficult beyond a point to distinguish between a dog or an expert shoving theirs thought leadership. During Covid, these folks were fighting with the doctors and experts. During the India-China standoff, they were the ones throwing …
Author Archives: Atul
earrings
It must have been around 9 pm and, the DVG market was buzzing. There were folks busy street shopping. I saw this kid staring at the box of earrings the hawker was selling. I felt like she is imagining to be wearing one of them from the collection. The city was going for a night …
disconnect
It can be the weather or, I don’t know what, sometimes I get in the zone of complete numbness when I feel like doing nothing. Just stay still, sleep more, listen to some instrumentals along with reading some fiction. It adds more perspective, makes me think and, I end up writing a few fictions or …
conflict
We conflict within. Our actions, decisions, approach, acceptance all are fighting within. The conflict of eating healthy or eating unhealthy. The war of watching Netflix or reading some fiction. Drinking or not drinking coffee post-lunch. In every instance of our life, we are fighting with ourselves and trying to convince ourselves for our actions. That’s …
hiring
I have been following the commentary on hiring over Twitter. Most of it is a rant. As in how impossible is hiring and building, retaining a team. I am not part of that brigade. I have been on a startup journey for over four years and running a tight ship. We have had attrition, people …
doing
There is so much fluff, showmanship, and thought leadership around entrepreneurship. For me, it has been for one reason: finding people like working, spending time with, money is the by-product. Are we growing every day individually along with team and organization? Our life is limited. Every breath of ours, we are getting closer to death. …
permanent
I keep thinking about things that I expected to continue with me in life, our relationship with peers being one of them. We, humans, are a slave to our habits. As as we grow old, our habits and tastes change. What happens to our brain when we grow old, our eyes, our bones? Do they …
Own
How does it feels when someone walks away from life or when you lose someone? Is it not like havoc? Do we get mad at the situation or the people who leave us? Is it because of our ego and not accepting reality? In short, it is our own misery, and we should responsibly move …
holi
I am home this year for Holi. I think I am home after a long time. Holi has a special love and hate relationship with me. Hate because it would come during exam and love because we have so much to eat. And no one asking to attend the study. Holi has been memorable during …
purpose
Why are we alive? What is the meaning of all our actions? What matters to our soul? In short, what is the purpose of all our actions? What differentiates humans from other living organisms in our consciousness. But in the world we are living in, we are on autopilot, slaves to technology. With the rise …