Man I can make a huge list of HDFC nonsense. 1. When opening an account for my first job at 22, they refused to take my full name as 'you could only have a surname if it was on your PAN' and my PAN had an initial. And then they refused to take the initial too because 'rules'. So

Wrote about why there are only two strategies left in B2B marketing: 1. The category play 2. The brand play Whatever you are doing will fit into one of these buckets. If not, please look at your numbers. Link to post in bio.

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A Stratechery special on the AI bubble and the good it can do for the world. Required reading. stratechery.com/2025/the-benef…

This is the future, and kudos to Notion. Not surprised that they are doing this. But let me also tell you who in India understood this and acted on it: Flipkart, when they launched their Stories platform, merging PR, comms, and customer stories. Their execution and

So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates— scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend’s or relative’s

I see why we are doing the Sanju/Jaddu-Curran trade. There's a good chance Sanju leads, letting Rutu get on with his game. Goes some way in fixing the batting issues, especially with Brewis in later. But letting go of both Jaddu and Curran? I get it, but I don't have to like it.

Definitely something in the Bangalore air since yesterday and especially today. Suddenly everyone seems to be coughing or is complaining about a sore throat.

Wrote these out last year. 1. Don't confuse your knowledge for experience, and your intelligence for wisdom. 2. Shut the hell up, listen to what people are saying, and speak slowly. 3. There is always a different layer to every conversation. Look for it. Think: What does this

Dream for BCCI and Indian cricket.

You all asked in every language known. Leo still chose -- --- ·-· ··· · 😉✨ #LeoHotline #WhistlePodu

Killer move by Mumbai Indians, they know what they are doing. Rutherford is seriously underrated. Can hold the middle order together, plus gun chaser.

Ink and Oak in HSR is an annoyingly lovely bookstore. Annoying only because for the 3 years my office was literally a street away, they weren't there. Plus as you enter, there's a classics shelf with Steinbeck's East of Eden staring at you. Took a lot of effort to not grab it.

On a pitch where no other batter reached 40 in three inns, this man has given his team a fighting chance with 55*. It’s not the size of man in the fight, but the size of fight in the man. Well played Temba Bavuma 👏 #INDvSA

Gambhir's head should roll for this. How many more home tests is he allowed to lose?

Now for the entertaining part, looking forward to “journalists” spinning how the Indian team’s coach is developing players and building this side.

4 spinners, 2 wicketkeeper-batters, 3 specialist batters. 6 bowlers. Gill’s injury left 2 specialist batters. Gambhir’s a cricketing mystic, playing 4 dimensional chess in a 3 dimensional world.

Can't wait for Gambhir to say some absolutely inane shit to justify this loss. In any other world, this would have been enough to sack him. Alas, this is the world of the BCCI. We are watching this coach single-handedly leading a star team to doom.

Lovely memoir, carefully written and constructed. I've never been to Darjeeling, and Mr Bhattacharya's book may well be the catalyst I needed. Also, there is a certain (Bengali?) subtleness in the telling, a holding-back, asking the reader to fill in a few blanks. And it works.

Hot off the keyboard (?), I guess. Also very timely. Link in bio.