It’s been a while since I’ve dropped everything and gone on a vacation. I am finally doing it. A friend of mine is coming in from Canada, and under the guise of the “local resource”, I am planning to take a break. The plan is to meet at Delhi, and head to Agra, Jaipur and [...]
You know, we’ve been talking about one cultural activity to bring out the exuberance of this city and how united people can be together in certain things. I think we have an opportunity for that. Diwali is coming. Most folks will be at home watching TV all day long and from the experience of previous [...]
The Bubble is back again. Facebook is grossly-overvalued. I am turning green with envy at the guys who are raking in money. This is not going to last. Facebook should go public. I hear many such comments at the recent news that facebook is valued at USD 15 billion. Hold your horses, will ya? Microsoft [...]
The Bubble is back again. Facebook is grossly-overvalued. I am turning green with envy at the guys who are raking in money. This is not going to last. Facebook should go public. I hear many such comments at the recent news that facebook is valued at USD 15 billion. Hold your horses, will ya? Microsoft [...]
Life goes on. But imagine making a repository of life around, a snapshot in time, through the eyes and lenses of a multitude people on a certain instant of the flow of time itself. On November 3rd, at 3:11pm, whereever you are (within the boundaries of Chennai), reach for the closest thing that can click [...]
Those who know me will tell you that I never talk about relationships. Well, i don’t think i am old enough of a soul to talk about it nor the supreme authority to give people advice. We live with the choices we make and the only thing we have absolute rule over is in the [...]
So yep, its official. The Third edition of Proto is planned for the dates of January 18th and 19th in Chennai. There were a couple of very key decisions that were made today as to the direction and shape of the event. There is much to look forward to. There are great prospects of including [...]
I am quite impressed at the way people have taken this simple concept and have chosen to run with it. As skeptical as most folks were, our third campaign had about 30+ people who were out on the roads fixing one of the issues that this city (Chennai) faces – potholes on city roads. There [...]
I’ve always been curious about the way different industries work. There is a lot to learn from each other and more often than not you usually find that the learnings from one industry can provide to be of vital importance for the breakthrough of a process in another industry. Take for example a restaurant. I [...]
This is not a general question. For the sake of clarity, let me confine this to the boundaries of entrepreneurship, startups and the world wide web. These are thoughts, arguments and discussions that have in some ways defined my understanding and thinking as to where the next big move can probably be made. And of [...]