It was one of those yearly team outings, where the entire organization heads for a retreat. The management talks about the roadmap, growth plans over lots of alcohol and food. For Vishal, the senior analyst, it was a special occasion. He wanted to propose to Rajni for marriage. They both have been at the firm …
Category Archives: Life
Pressure
The positives and negatives of the Internet are known to us all. This generation is under pressure to show and share. Social media is the go-to destination for all announcements and achievements. In the 90’s most of us mostly lived reading comics, watching MTV, and fighting over batting in the cricket field. I feel the …
flood
Mansoon meant flooded mohalla [society] with lots and lots of water. We would store food for a month in advance, some of our neighbors would shift in our house because water had gone to their houses. My hometown in north Bihar will transform into an island with no connection with the rest of Indian. It …
actions
Our actions define who we are. It is the path for our destiny. It is easy to complain about all the bad things encircled around us in life. It is easy to complain about how bad our work is. It is easy to complain about how complicated or misaligned we are in a relationship. In …
Creative destruction
Capitalism thrives on Creative destruction. A concept shared by Schumpeter, an economist. According to Schumpeter, the “gale of creative destruction” describes the “process of industrial mutation that continuously revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new one” [source] If we look back, see the history, we have many …
Freedom
Freedom is a double-edged sword. It comes with its own challenges. In the eyes of society, you are an outcast and, for actions, you are responsible. The sooner we realize that the consequences of our decisions and actions will be on us, the easier becomes our journey. In short, freedom comes with a lot of …
Privilege
I have been interacting with founder friends regularly. Most of them are working hard to sail on their journey. Some of them are seasoned and, some are out in the fundraising market. Their observation says privilege has switched sides. I am not sure if it is permanent or temporary. An incident a founder shared a …
Auto
Ramana lost his wife during 2nd wave of COVID19. There is a void; he cannot fill. He was under severe depression and, at times, thought of ending his life. He consoles himself that he did everything by his means, from running to a hospital to bribing for a hospital bed or paying an inflated price …
faith
Sometimes I wonder if faith is a poison. In another instance, I feel the survival of ours depends on faith. We divided ourselves on these faiths. The byproduct of faith ended up being a religion or worshipping some sect or joining some cult. Our upbringing or environment has a role in picking the faith. Some …
Time
There is time for everything, something elders told me in the past. I see the point in it. The fast pace of our generation has made us more machine. There is an app for everything: eat, walking, exercising, etc. We built machines for leisure. We are now a slave to it. Our betterment is nothing …