Books corner on my Blog

June 7, 2011

I have always wanted to maintain a list of books I have finished reading. I have used Shelfari, Goodreads and some of the other portals (even 43 things long back) but realized that what I need is something rather elementary. So, Google Docs it is. Every time I finish reading a book, I enter it [...]

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From one college to another: The Young India Fellowship

May 21, 2011

In a couple of weeks I will be closing an important chapter in my life. I will be graduating from college; a wonderful 5 years that have changed my life for the better in ways I could only dream of. In many ways I’d say that I graduated from college last year since for the [...]

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Do your shit, but don’t forget the story

May 20, 2011

A friend of mine who runs a company walked into the doors of a VC firm. He had no business plan with him when he walked into the boardroom. All he had was a little video that his team mate had shot of his mother to demonstrate the problem they were tackling. A massive market [...]

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My Acupressure debut

May 15, 2011

One of the numerous benefits of working at a small organization like NEN are the little surprises that I am not accustomed to. Such as a special Acupressure session in between work hours. My surprise could be a result of my past work/study environments, which are: 1. A Multi-disciplinary healthcare think tank 2. A Government [...]

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BitTorrent Inc: Lousy monetization works well when you have more users than Twitter

April 28, 2011

I was always curious about how BitTorrent made it’s money. With nearly 40 million USD in investment (source Crunchbase) what exactly were they saying to the VCs? I have never paid a single rupee to Bittorrent, neither did I notice any form of advertising. So what was it? One look at the site might bring [...]

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Notes from the Kiruba Incident

April 23, 2011

One of the interesting (and obvious) things about the internet is unless you make the necessary arrangements, everything is out in the open for people to see. We might have personal beliefs or practices that we consider appropriate, however, divulging it out to the public might result in a backlash,  irrespective of your reputation. Something [...]

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Bangalore MIT Enterprising Forum’s Inaugural Discussion on the Grand Challenge of Education

April 22, 2011

Yesterday I attended the inaugural session of MIT’s Enterprise Forum. The Bangalore chapter is the first such chapter in India and focuses on the intersection of India, technology and entrepreneurship. The Enterprise Forum has identified 5 great challenges: Education, Healthcare, Financial Inclusion, Agriculture, Infra/Energy.  Kickstarting with Education, which they will focus on for next 3-4 [...]

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Free Advice

April 18, 2011

A few days ago I stumbled upon a blog Unlost. It’s a nice easy to read blog about finding direction in life. The publisher, Therese Schwenkler is a really friendly 20 something who provides food for the soul to (mostly) young adults, though I am sure anyone can use free advice. I signed up for [...]

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Quest for Interesting Panel Discussion Formats & Enhancements

April 17, 2011

Ever attended a conference that has great speakers who are on a panel? And 10 minutes into the Panel did you feel that you could have spent your time elsewhere doing something more fun or interesting? Because the Panel was such a drag. Or that the conversation taking place was not very participatory. Or that [...]

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3 day business weeks

April 13, 2011

Globalization can affect local cultures and practices. Or even universal practices, as is evident by the change in sleep cycles of millions of people who work in the omnipresent BPO units. An interesting piece in an Arab newspaper informs me that businessmen in Saudi are ticked off by the Thursday-Friday weekend that KSA follows. We [...]

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