He tries to micromanage my work without understanding the nuances of the work He is heavily biased to those who worship him and tend to doubt those who don’t He wants me to work magic but can’t stand any display of brilliance in the process, as that means I outshine him He approaches things in a subjective fashion and tries to beat me down with a logic so derived (or … [Read more...]

We have been used to hearing this - people make up the company, people are the real assets, strength of the team decides the success of a startup, people matter the most, etc., But is there a flip side to it, especially in startup world? Where people don’t matter at all at times? I have been with startup ecosystem for half a decade now and have been managing young teams … [Read more...]

I have been holding on to this habit of reading newspapers for more than a decade now. The habit has stayed with me constantly, what’s the only thing that has changed is that I kept shifting to 4 different dailies (genres) in this time span, in-line with my various life stages driven changes in preferences for news. Newspapers come in various forms, English & Regional, … [Read more...]

This is a sort of different blog post, picking up inspiration from something that has almost become a part of our daily lives - WhatsApp. We are all part of several WhatsApp groups comprising work, cousins, neighbors, business sub-groups, interest groups, etc., and we are bombarded daily an average of 100 messages - with most of them being the famous "forwards". Startlingly, … [Read more...]

Life throws various challenges and hurdles at you to deal with, sometimes you would imagine why this is happening to me? You would face challenges in your personal relationship, headwinds at your work place, unforgiving sudden health issues, financial loss, etc., This could play a havoc in your psyche, take you to depression mode and lets you to wander with your imagination … [Read more...]