A new season of The Slow Interview begins. My first guest in Season 4 is the amazing actor Ashish Vidyarthi. Watch this deeply cathartic episode with his beautiful thoughts that shall have life lessons for you. It is easy to make content with negativity, or abuses, or extreme

This is why you must carry a camera, everywhere. This is by far the best view I've had while taking a wee. Leh, India.

Vipin Tiwari Shaw’s story is a major learning moment for many parents who go hard on a child’s education/training and end up robbing the need to be a child and play. Prithvi’s childhood of hard work and no play eventually caught up with him and his desire for more play and the “good life”. I

It’’s May 1st. Labour Day in India. The house help came. The cook showed up. The apartment security gaurd & housekeeping staff is on duty. Only me and my laptop class friends taking a break to “celebrate labour.” Irony is now a public holiday.

*APPEAL TO THE YOUTH* *Serve the Nation. Be Prepared.* Chandigarh Administration invites young citizens who are above 18 years age, to join as *Civil Defence Volunteers* and support emergency preparedness. Civil Defence Enrolment & Training Camp: Date: 10th May 2025 Time: 10:30

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory has long been an Indian political tradition. Here are just a few examples: 1948: India takes the Jammu and Kashmir issues to the UN and then agrees to a ceasefire when the Indian Army is marching toward victory. 1954: Without any quid

Spare a thought for Punjab though. What a run with this young bunch of players I hope they build on this. Give Iyer and Ponting a very long go. Build a core around Iyer and Arshdeep and not change the entire team every 3 years. They have lots of exciting young Indian talent

An old colleague of mine, more a fan of Amit Varma, sent me this clip. It is from Amit’s masterclass on the art of podcasting, done a year ago, which I had not seen. It’s incredible that people still write to me about the 5.5hr conversation I had with Amit in early 2022. 1/2

ER diagrams are difficult to make. I mean how do you all think of relationships between entities while building products.

During my first sabbatical, I adopted a slightly alternative lifestyle. I was young, had some money and all the time in the world, some of which I spent flying my paraglider in Panchgani and hanging out with European parglider hippies taking refuge from their harsh winters in