The Comfort of the Known
“If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.” – Carl Jung There is comfort →
Watching The Wind Work
The sea was calm, the sky spotless, and a light breeze played around like it had nowhere in particular to be. Then a boat caught the wind, its sail filled, it leaned slightly, and began to move. Just like that.
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The Brown Snake and I
The Story Bridge glows over the Brisbane River — the Brown Snake — on a still evening under a full moon. Some nights, the river feels less like water and more like time itself, quietly flowing past the city it has seen grow, falter, and rise again. →
Between the Big Blue Sky and the Brown River
Between the big blue sky and the brown river, I met Joseph — a deckhand who turned routine into rhythm, and work into quiet joy. Some people do their jobs. Others inhabit them. →
The Light Within Resilience
It’s Diwali. Deepawali as it’s called back home. The word comes from deepa (lamp) and avali (row) — a row of lights that celebrates the victory of clarity over confusion, of faith over fear. Every story behind this festival begins in darkness. Ram returns to Ayodhya after exile. Krishna ends Narakasura’s reign. Kali restores balance →
Spilled Water, Sharp Wit, and a Lesson in Leadership
A spilled glass. A damp strategy plan. And a CEO who cracked a line that lit up the room. A story about humour, leadership, and the gold in the cracks.
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What Does Success Mean?
Success is not always what we think. Not louder. Not heavier. Sometimes it is lighter. Cleaner. Full of meaning. An old poem reminded me to ask again: what does success mean now? →
Not a Travelogue. A Checklist.
The bird sits alone on a weathered post. San Francisco breathes behind it. Fog rehearses its entrance. The →
Win or Die: Notes from a Noisy Nation
“There are only two possibilities here, right? Win or die.”That’s not a war general. That’s Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI. He said this after his fledgling startup made an audacious offer to buy Google Chrome just as Google was considering acquiring his company. It wasn’t a stunt. It was a statement. Stand your ground. →
Tattoos, Then and Now
I once turned down a tattoo at a party.It was temporary, would fade in a week, and involved →
A Manifesto for Reading Beyond Reading
As you enter Mumbai’s Terminal 2’s domestic departure area after the security check, and head towards gates 40-45, there was a favourite bookstore of mine. Yes. Was. Because it closed recently. I am usually early for my flights. Sometimes just to get to some books and power my reading. At other times, to see what book →
Starting Line of Age
I used to run. Not like Fauja Singh, of course. But I did run. Early mornings. Dodging dogs, →
Over the Moon
Back then, the moon stored everything. First loves. Break-ups. Dreams we were too shy to share.
And now?
The moon has upgraded to the cloud. Literally. Somewhere, a bard is sighing while a CIO is smiling. →
The Hidden Costs of WiFi (and Other Stories of Progress)
I visited Keezhadi recently. And became very present to this: we rarely keep track of what we lose.
We almost never count the things that disappear. →
