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Are We Travelling to Experience a Place or to Prove We Were There?
How Instagram, TikTok and social media are changing travel, shaping our expectations and making us question the difference between seeing a place…
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Citizen or Subject? Why Democracy Is More Than the Right to Vote
Voting alone doesn’t make a citizen. The difference between a citizen and a subject in India, Ambedkar’s social democracy, and the right…
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Why Do We Want to Be Remembered?
A personal essay on legacy, impermanence and memento mori, with Marcus Aurelius, Ernest Becker and Thich Nhat Hanh’s cloud metaphor, on why…
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Travel Without a Plan: Why I Prefer Going With the Flow
On spontaneous travel, chasing the 2018 World Cup across Europe, driving to Ooty for breakfast, and why I’ve never been much good…
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KPI Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does
KPI usually means Key Performance Indicator. I think it should also mean Keep People In-Charge. Lessons from twenty years across law, investment…
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The Trouble With Always Looking for Meaning
A personal essay on chasing purpose, the hedonic treadmill, Camus’s absurd, Viktor Frankl and Nietzsche, and why meaning might be smaller and…
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Building a Business vs Building an Institution
Why institutions have to survive their founders. Lessons from building a team from scratch, and what Amul and Toyota get right about…
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Why People Follow Some Leaders and Ignore Others
A personal take on the psychology of trust in leadership, drawing on Simon Sinek, Stephen M. R. Covey, Amy Edmondson, Peter Drucker…
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The Freedom of Being Disliked: A Personal Take on Adler
A personal essay on growing up between family tradition and boarding school discipline, and what Alfred Adler and Sam Harris taught me…
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7 Lessons Retail Taught Me About Understanding People
Retail is more than products and pricing. Seven lessons from years of travelling across Indian cities, understanding customer behaviour, and learning why…
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The Longest Friendship of My Life
For my first friend, my oldest witness and my constant home. A personal essay on growing up with a sibling, growing apart,…
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Time Moves Differently for Those We Love
I left home at six and grew up between visits. This is an essay about time: not the kind measured by clocks,…
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Why Do Indians Behave Differently Abroad? Thoughts on Travel Etiquette
Why does the same traveller who queues patiently at home sometimes behave differently abroad? A personal, non-judgmental look at travel etiquette, habits…
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Property Due Diligence in India: 52 Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to 52 common legal, commercial, and practical questions on property due diligence, title verification, mortgages, and risk assessment in India.
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Twenty Case Studies in Indian Property Due Diligence: Success and Failure
Twenty real-world case studies on failed and successful property due diligence in India, defective title, forged POAs, mortgages, encroachments, and more.
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Property Due Diligence in India: Beyond Legal Opinions to Real Risk Assessment
A practitioner’s guide to property due diligence in India, title verification, CERSAI, mortgages, and the four-stage Title-Validation-Compliance-Risk framework.
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The Observer is the Observed: Life Lessons from J. Krishnamurti
J. Krishnamurti said the observer is the observed. Here is what that actually means, told through my dogs, a misty ridge, and…
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As You Rise, Bend More
The greatest leadership lesson I ever learnt didn’t come from a business school. It came from my father, and one simple sentence:…
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The Art of Living by Thích Nhất Hạnh: Seven Ideas That Quietly Changed the Way I See Life
A quiet book that never tried to make me smarter. It just asked me to slow down and pay attention. Seven chapters,…
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25 Travel Mistakes First-Time Travellers Make (And How to Avoid Them)
Planning your first trip? Twenty-five common mistakes first-time travellers make, from packing and budgeting to safety, and how to avoid them.
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Before You Sign Any Contract: 10 Clauses That Could Save You Thousands
Business agreement, employment contract, lease or service agreement: ten clauses worth reading closely before you sign anything.
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The Future of Retail in India: 10 Trends Every Business Owner Should Watch
From AI and quick commerce to Tier-2 growth, ten trends reshaping retail in India and what every business owner should watch.
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The Art of Saying No: Why It’s the Most Important Life Skill You’ll Ever Learn
Saying no is one of life’s most valuable skills. How healthy boundaries improve focus, relationships and long-term success.
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Leadership in the Age of AI: What Will Never Change
AI is changing how leaders work, but not what makes them worth following. Why judgement, trust and difficult conversations can’t be automated.
