Can Money Fix Attitude?
Got a call from a bank sales rep yesterday. “Sir, your eligibility for credit card has been approved.” Wait, what? I didn’t even apply. I don’t even want it. But she made sure to sound like it was my privilege…
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We Upgraded Our Devices, But Did We Upgrade Our Cities?
Travel within a city like Bangalore at 7:30 pm on a weekday, and you might be scrolling through your iPhone – marveling at how far technology has progressed. But then you glance out of the window, and the traffic jam…
Will Your Institute Be Known for Numbers or Names?
Don’t showoff the average/median/highest package in your reports. How many of your students are creating jobs? What difference are they making? What contributions have they made to advance their fields? You fill an educational institution with the all-obeying students who…
1990s Had Their Heroes. 2020s Need Their Own.
The MNC job era after 1991 promised people a steady paycheck, a home with a balcony view, two vacations a year, and a comfortable retirement. It was a dream worth chasing then. But when I see people in 2025 running…
Electrons Follow Rules. People Break Them.
Science is simple – because electrons don’t have feelings. They don’t change their minds. They don’t wake up one morning and decide to move left instead of right. They behave today exactly as they did at the dawn of time.…
VCs Love Biscuits
The ideas you choose to work on – they do matter. A VC will fund a biscuit brand with some revenue but hesitate to back a new kind of software. Because biscuits are a safe bet – the TAM, manufacturing,…