I was watching Sandor Katz: The Art of Fermentation lecture. It was an eye-opener for me. I remember how grandma was very particular about leftover curd to make more curd from it. Fermentation is more of a magic than science. We have made bacteria the villain. They are part of us humans residing in guts …
Category Archives: Random Thoughts
Reading
We are living in a hyper-connected world. We are always connected, occupied and and short of time. I keep hearing from friends that podcast and audiobooks have replaced their book-reading habits. I have not found replacing book reading with audiobooks. It should not matter how many books you have read for the badge, but the …
people skills
I have been in this startup ecosystem for over a decade now in multiple hats. There is a pattern that I have noticed: you need to be a people’s person before anything else. I have also seen people be it a VC, founder, or an analyst at a fund progressing well in their career with …
anger
How many lives lost because of anger? How many relationships came to a halt because of anger? How many negotiations faltered because of anger? Why do we get angry? Is it our obsession, wanting, or ego? Or is it about being right, running show in my way? Nero, emperor of Rome, burnt the entire city. …
winning
Winning runs in our adrenaline. Be it sports, politics, spelling bee, or business: winning at all cost is the mantra. It is part and parcel of every culture. With time, capitalism only added more fuel to it. Is there any side effect of this teaching? Or this what we have to feed our kids, help …
busy
Being busy seems to be the new norm. It gets us a bragging right. The treadmill crafted by a few wants us to feel great about being busy. We are busy, still, nothing gets done on time. We are busy to miss the son’s first recital or daughter’s participation at a speech competition. We are …
cave
Most of us are living in our little cave. Our needs, friendship, and longings are limited to ourselves. What we like is part of the cave. What we dislike is irrational, wrong, or moronic. We are hurt with the discomfort even though they be the reality of life. Our limited knowledge is our ignorance. I …
destroy
I am not writing this as an ambassador for the protection of the global environment. I saw the documentary on Netflix last evening: David Attenborough: A life on our planet. I could see the destruction we have done to our habitat for our greed and want for more. The documentary covers various aspects of the …
Rejection
Why are we so scared of rejection? Don’t we know we have this one little life? How will we be rejected without trying? I keep getting told reasons about not proposing the girl or starting a startup or switching the next big job as 1st employee. In most instances, we gave up without even trying. …
battle
We are mere mortals, just breathing. We are fighting to stay alive and relevant. What I mean by fighting is the dogma of society, insecurity of ours, and pessimism of our subordinates. We cannot excel at everything and, that is why we have to work our circle of competence. Social media is full of opinions, …