Tag Archives: Personal

the lull after the storm

It’s been a hectic month so far, spent mostly driving around the city trying to get a space that was ideal for our ContentSutra mixer in Delhi. In the end, we went with the Ambassador - partly because it among the few that available on the chosen date (this being the wedding season), and partly […]

what do you do when…

…you’re tired when you’re working, and bored when you’re not?

Interviewed

Andrey Gidaspov was in India to meet interview a few top telecom bigwigs for Russian telecom mag Standard, and suggested that we meet up for a chat at the United Coffee House in CP.
We began talking about telecom and mobile content, and the conversation shifted to economics, stock markets, socialism, poverty, capitalism, employment, religion and […]

Nominated…(and going to LA)

No, not MixedBag. Our flagship publication paidContent.org, has been nominated for a Webby award, in the Best Business Blog category.
Update: Says Rafat about awards - “we diss them publicly all the time, but as soon we get nominated, we become an award whore (well, more specifically me).”
Heh…true for me too.
Also, we’re just 16 days away […]

Quotable Quote

Hrush, over at the Cleartrip blog says:
‘Reminds me of something John Doerr said to the folks at the Cleartrip office–”To ask permission is to seek denial.”‘
I’m seeking permission for sumfin today. Last time, standing in line, I’d joked with the guy behind me about several ominous signs…things didn’t work out.
Now I start today with another […]

Channel Switching Time…

… is reducing. I think Soo could probably make a cartoon of me switching from one thing to do to another…the increase in pace, and the things to do is not fun anymore. A positive is that I’m able to deal with situations quicker, faster and perhaps not drag things. My main fears now are […]

The last fortnight…

The Bombay trip was hectic, though I did manage to get around four hours on Sunday to spend with family. Rest were spent either running around, updating on events from a cyber cafe, or attending events. Didn’t get much sleep either, and nor did I get time to meet friends. I still have a backlog […]

In Bombay

So I’m in Bombay, at a cybercafe, and the first thing I notice is how open people here seem to be to a systemization. The cybercafe required me to produce a photo-ID, a local address and a local number, which I gave. Someone who just walked in said to the cybercafe owner that it’s good […]

From gloom to glory

Someone in the almost-immediate family passed away recently, in another city, and we’ve had a quite a few elderly visitors over the past few days. The week has ended today, and with that will probably end the period of mourning for most. As someone who hardly knew the deceased, I have been watching over the […]

Since you thought the last pic wasn’t silly enough…

see this.
(Note: Last day of college. Hence crazy. We’re all acting. Tagline for that particular photo: “Making full use of the facilities”)
(Clarification: no, we don’t go for group pee’ing sessions. Also, in case of the chap in the white shirt - that’s his hand)