Category Archives: General

My personal blog and website

I was evaluating  Google Analytics for Blogworks with the team yesterday and it was with great satisfaction that we noted the sharp jump in traffic on the new look Blogworks website. We also saw an impressive jump in use of ‘Blogworks’ (and its variations) as a keyword being used by readers to reach the Blogworks… Read more »

Taking things lightly @Blogworks

We take our work very seriously, but being at Blogworks is fun. These caricatures make our email signatures and go on a wall in the office. Tell us what you think :)

Push comes to Chase – entrepreneurial journeys

If you are an entrepreneur, you might be able to relate to this slide-show. Let me know what you think
Entrepreneurial Journeys – Part 1
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Merrier Christmas – full of joy and learnings.

Coming back from the team Christmas lunch at just now, we bumped into the little girl with flowers, again, and I am still smiling. What a lovely reminder of my own lesson she left me with day before…
My wife and I were driving towards work when this really beautiful girl, around 6 years, came… Read more »

Context of culture – changing beliefs about rituals.

It was at the Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi, on the eve of 26/11 that the thought first struck me about our changing attitude towards ‘frisking’ in semi-public spaces, particularly ones patronized by the privileged like us.
My friend Devdutt Pattnaik has written about rituals impacting beliefs.
Set in a changed context, beliefs around a ritual also… Read more »

Think about happiness

Been reading a lot of messages in self-praise, and been thinking

How smart can you be, if you need to tell everyone so?
How popular can you be, if you need to tell everyone so?
How successful can you be, if you still need to tell everyone so?

And;

How happy can you possibly be, if all you do is… Read more »

Love marriage; arranged wedding.

I haven’t yet gotten over the frenzy of last fall – when I got married – and the wedding season is upon us again.
Weddings, are a burgeoning industry in India, with its size estimated to be Rs. 1,90,000 crores according to this story.
Interestingly, even as more and more of our youth marry for love,… Read more »

Dad completes 62 ; may the singing and travels continue.

Dad completes 62 today
Two years ago when I shared this with you, I had prayed for his good health and for his songs to continue. Life has been kind, the last couple of years have just zoomed past – lot’s of travel, fun and singing has kept us all engaged.
Please continue to send you… Read more »

My case-study was stolen.

I discovered, yesterday, that my case-study had been stolen. The theft perhaps happened a few days ago, but we never came to know. Someone broke the lock-bar on our garage and stole my bicycle. I was going to take it out today to start riding again…
I am feeling an unusual sense of loss, as this… Read more »

Exceeding the brief: mistakes we all make

It’s one of those Sundays – electrician fixing things; pest-control guys over for preventive termite treatment.
Surrounded by mess, as we still are, I am writing this impromptu post, sharing an interesting learning drawn from a seemingly casual interaction between the electrician, the pest control guy and me.
Our electrician, who is really our Man Friday,… Read more »