Growing up like most Indians with a Congress Party sanctioned version of history (proving the old adage about how ‘history’ is a version decided by the winners) I realized, quite late in life, I really didn’t have the foggiest clue about what my India was all about. When you read Michel de Montaigne lament, “Nothing is so firmly believed as whatContinue reading “India through Naipaul’s eyes”
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On The Most Precious Commodity today
We are sitting across a table. You were on your way to meet friends for a beer after work. You don’t hate me but don’t like me either. I am a genial stranger to you. Scenario#1 I am asking 100 rupees from you. How valuable is that to you ? Would you willingly pay itContinue reading “On The Most Precious Commodity today”
Make Complaining Painless for Customers
Feedback is called the Breakfast of Champions. How easy do you make it for your customer to give you feedback ? How easy is it for you to give feedback to your favorite brands ? If the process of giving feedback is onerous or exhausting, and your excuse is ‘Our business model is complicated andContinue reading “Make Complaining Painless for Customers”
Do you and your city ‘fit’ ? A test.
The Subway in a city is a great way to check what sort of soul the city has and if you and the city are well matched. Wait. What ?? Allow me. At rush hour hop into a local metro train (the bus or any other relevant pulblic transport will do too) Observe behavior butContinue reading “Do you and your city ‘fit’ ? A test.”
Multitaskers need NOT apply
A few years ago Multitasking was all the vogue in the west and the rest. Gadgets abounded to help you with it and the hero was the expert in it. Women boasted how their ilk were better at it.They are. The Cult of More had found it’s shrine. Today Multitasking stands trashed and maligned in theContinue reading “Multitaskers need NOT apply”
Stop chasing MORE INCOME
Look. I am going to do you a favor. Or not. I sure hope it’s the former. If you already know what you going to see, count this post as an affirmation. If you were doubtful,know now that you don’t have to be anymore. If you didn’t ever stop to think about all this so far,Continue reading “Stop chasing MORE INCOME”
On Miswanting and False Goals
A little while ago another blogger I follow devotedly was moaning about how while she had quit living in NYC and was now living in an isolated farm (like she always wanted to), she was bored and miserable at the farm. Here is something this person THOUGHT she wanted for herself but, turns out, in reality she didn’tContinue reading “On Miswanting and False Goals”
Cognitive Tricks to be wary of
One of the best upsides to taking time off from work is the opportunity you get to pursue some of your pet passion projects. My current time off allowed me to do a ‘deep dive’ (I nicked this word off Jack Welch’ Bio) into a subject I really like : Cognitive bias, a fascinating subsetContinue reading “Cognitive Tricks to be wary of”
How Indian Education failed my generation
Let’s make a very random list of transformational technologies introduced in our lifetime : Smartphones and cellphones (example: A iphone or a BlackBerry) Portable computing ( example : a dell laptop, an ipad or a Mac) The Internet The internet available EVERYWHERE (on your phone,laptop,anytime) eBooks (Kindle) Facebook Retail DNA Tests Wikipedia Potable music players (ipod,Continue reading “How Indian Education failed my generation”
Third Eye Observations 