The Viral Storm

Liked reading The Viral Storm. The core of pandemic seems to be poverty. The viruses from Gorillas and other wild beast is moving to us and causing havoc. People in Africa, China are blamed for their game and wild hunting.

Nobody asks why are they eating wild animals. Given the option of available alternative proteins like the rest of the world, why would they hunt? 

The developed world has eradicated cholera, polio, smallpox, malaria and anti-vaccine gang blames vaccine for autism. I am not sure how much is the truth. But as we progress in our life, we will need these viruses as antibodies to fight against the deadly beast. 

Islamophobia

India during lockdown as well going through Islamophobia: bias and prejudice against Muslims. Entire countries media, social media and WhatsApp university are blaming Muslims for the spread of Covid19.

Indian media and some stupid politicians have made entertainment bulletin out of the stupidy of a few Ulama.

Whatsapp is sharing propaganda messages urging people not to buy groceries and vegetables from Muslim sellers as they are working with Jihadis and spreading Covid19 in our country. As a sensible Indian we have to teach our parents, not to fall for this stupid hoax.

65 lakhs gods, Christ, Allah et all watching from above must be feeling sad. What have we turned into as a human? What happened to our logic and rationality?

superheros

Gone are the days when Superheros needed capes. More and more ordinary citizens in our country are contributing to their best in these times.

Some are donating money, others are feeding poor via their kitchen. Many others are working in hospitals non-stop ensuring the rest of us are safe.

Those scooter riders, grocery delivery folks or people collecting trash from your doorsteps are no less than superheroes. They don’t need social media praise, they are silently doing their job.

perfect

How can we be perfect? Be it with life, relationship or profession. It does not happen overnight. A lot of effort is needed to know our imperfection.

Improvement happens knowing what to fix. A lot many of us are living like an animal, disrespecting others, claiming to be always right and wanting to win at all lost.

Niccolò Machiavelli wrote The Prience after losing his job.

remote

I keep seeing work from home posts. It looks funny and at times makes me go nuts. Not everyone can enjoy working from home, especially someone like me. Work from home has its own set of challenges: communication, triggers, and context are a few.

How we perceive and react to the conversation while talking over the phone is different from being together.

What is going in the mind of others and what all pain he is going through cannot be witnessed with one team call.

Not everyone is an extrovert and born perfect for a job. It requires hand-holding and mentoring.

criticism

It is easy to take feedback as criticism and form our own opinion. Some people develop aversions of others.

Some people take feedback in positive spirits and grow.

The choice is ours, we can crib or strive to get better. We don’t have to burn ourselves or prove it to someone. It has more to do with us. This body and mind are ours, what we feed it, the mind will dwell on it.

Ugly Delicious

One of my achievements for this year has been binge-watching Ugly Delicious on Netflix. David Change is a great storyteller. I enjoyed watching both seasons. Watching the show made me travel the world and see, learn and experience cuisine across the globe.

I loved knowing the history behind many popular foods, how immigrants carried their food and fusion happened. Be it Chinese and Indian in America or Lebanese in Mexico.

stupid

I have been one of the opinionated guys all this while. With experience and age, I have realized no idea, sweat is stupid. We all have our paintbrush to paint our world, we know what colors to use. It is okay to keep painting and not worrying about others’ opinions.

Running a car, letting others pick vegetables for you or living as a guest on another person’s bed or finding a life partner via some mobile app would have never happened.

It is very important to imagine, come up with all kinds of ideas. Acceptance for all should be the mantra for our progressive society.

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, the greatest work of his came when he was almost deaf.

align

In the early days of a startup, we have everything at stake. Chances of failing are more than making big. It is important to have a solid founding team who can go against all odds. Each one of us has to be open with our goals and should have priorities aligned with the organization.

Most companies were built to last for 10-15 years before the VC era. Unlike growth at all costs resulting in raise, burn, hire, fire.

Lucky are the founders whose founding team sticks together in a crisis.

As a founding member of team patience, perseverance and belief pay more than regular salary in the longer run. Young millionaires in the valley are also founding members of Google, Yahoo, Facebook et all.