I went alarm-free [July 2025 Check-in]

Written over a couple of days, from my desk at home, in rainy Bombay. It’s 6.15 PM on a Tuesday, I’ve come back from a bunch of meetings in Powai, indulged in some kachra food (sorry, Dr H), and opened this empty page to write. Two reasons – it has...
Power, Patience & Selling

Power, Patience & Selling

3 observations from my time at Bharat Mobility in Greater Noida. Kaushik and I spent two days at the Bharat Construction Equipment Show. Two of our clients at C4E had set up exhibits, and this was our chance to experience a large-scale, on-ground event and some...
You win some. You lose some.

You win some. You lose some.

I came across this post today. And I felt some wires move inside my head. As though the world had been trying to teach me this but I just couldn’t see it. The past couple of months have been a rollercoaster. So much so that I am not ready to let go of the year...
The biggest epiphany I’ve had lately

The biggest epiphany I’ve had lately

“The biggest epiphany I’ve had lately – If I had indexed on structure and outcome in the first three years of my career, I wouldn’t have progressed. Or made it to where I am today. What did this mean? Working on ideas that often did not see the light of day....
The city’s on fire and so is my heart

The city’s on fire and so is my heart

It’s 8.29 PM, I’ve just had the egg dosas Heer made me, and I’m thinking about things. Three people asked me why I don’t celebrate Diwali. And of course, like the answer to the last question how-have-you-been, even this one is a blogpost. I...