The more I think about life, it feels like a destination less train journey full of surprise. We are on a ride. It can be good, bad, or ugly. In sum total a mixed bag. That true north, that made in heaven things are not real. It is sold to us by the materialistic marketers. …
Category Archives: Random Thoughts
fast
We are living in a fast-paced world. New-age companies like tinder, Amazon, Slack, Uber has it in their DNA. Pace is the mantra for Gig-economy. At the same time, delivery agents and warehouse workers are turning into slaves. Build fast and break things are the new age startup, growth strategy. Hire and fire are the …
Chauthi Chand
Growing up with parents and grandparents in a Hindu family, celebrating festivals has special meaning. It is not about prayers, bowing to the gods alone. It was also about the grand feast and meeting relatives, cousins. Mother and Grandmom will be on fast. I think not even having water. They would prepare lots of prasad …
Ruskin Bond
Justbooks folks have started calling me Ruskin Bond fan. I have bought 90% of his books for reading from them. My friend’s joke saying that I am recreating my childhood, in all seriousness, I am catching up with it. While growing up, reading was the last thing for me. We were small-town boys happily playing …
team
Can you match the salary of your team member with what your well-funded competitor has offered him? Some people move for better pastures and, you cannot stop them. Change and moving on is a continuous journey of our life. We have build capitalism, our society on money and most follow it. On the contrary, what …
Other India
There is an India where we still celebrate Holi, Diwali, and smaller festivals. There is an India where eating out once/month is a celebration. There is an India where less is more. There is an India where a child gets incentivized for a new dress by scoring well in exams. There is an India where …
connect
I have been noticing some trends in the sales process. I have been able to connect and close most of my sales via the referral. In some cases exiting customers vouched for us and in many other friends whom I helped one or the other way in their journey. The relationship I built in my …
small
What has happened to us? Have we stopped celebrating small milestones? Are we not happy with smaller wins? The meaning of success and happiness has altered with time. We want everything huge, big. We are so much busy seeing the bigger pictures that we have forgotten seeing smaller joys. The smell of soil after the …
Scent
Has the scent of agarabaati reminded you of your mother’s evening prayers? Or has it remained you of your ex, the fragrance of perfume at the client’s meeting? I wonder why our brain acts this way by throwing our past. Everything comes to a halt. Positive association of it brings a smile. We end up …
opportunity
I got lucky that someone trusted me, gave me the opportunity. I would not have reached this far in life without it. My mother was adamant seeing me go to Delhi for higher studies. Coming to Delhi, making great friends, and amazing teachers helped me to learn and grow. As I grew in the profession, …