I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else
There are always fires to put out and a never ending list of things to get done. Nothing is more frustrating than to sit in front of your laptop all day but feel like you haven’t accomplished anything. Whilst days and months roll by. A recent practice I have been adopting based on Matt Mochary‘s …
I spent the weekend at a fruit orchard in the rural hinterlands Reflecting on the experience, on the way back, here are a few perspectives – 1) The world as a ‘we’ know of it – the news we consume, the problems we discuss and trends we cover, is of the bubble we live in …
This story reflects so much that is true. Taking a bet on yourself is hard. Maybe for all. But definitely so for a woman Especially if you are raised in a culture that values topping the classes and fearing failure. I see this in how I function too – it is extremely hard for me …
Ask better questions “How do I get into analytics?” “What should I do next?” I get a lot of such questions during my mentoring sessions. Unless one knows you personally, these are questions that don’t yield much value. These are what Reid Hoffman called ‘Blue Sky questions’. “What are the skills you gauge in business …
Learning to ask better questions – an under rated skill Read More »
I have an extremely visceral reaction to food that is wasted. My grandmother was widowed at a very young age with around 9 kids between 23 to 2 With a meagre monthly pension to support her, she indexed on making sure her kids were educated. She was deeply intelligent and ensured that every resource at …
The Good Fund – Tackling the colossal food waste into cattle feed Read More »
Why do folks not respond to cold DMs? Cold DM 101 You want to reach out to someone you don’t know. Maybe you seek a referral, mentoring or want to learn more about their journey. You type Hi and wait for a response. And get radio silence. Lets deconstruct how you can engage better with …
Making reaching out to folks on social media work Read More »
Career Chats with Ranjani and Vignesh Vignesh and I share very few interests – one of it is mentoring 🙂 We talk a lot about common themes that we hear during our respective sessions. A lot of those questions are relevant to a larger audience – how do I get promoted, pursuing passion areas, conflict …
Why do fresh produce at source cost 1/10 the prices we pay in cities? We spend our summer vacations at our uncle’s farm in a rural village in the South of India. A lot of farmers worked the lands, for what seemed to me, like meagre returns. Their teenage girls, as young as myself at …
Full Stack Agricultural services to farmers – DeHaat Read More »
The first thing that struck me when I spoke to Kapil was his downright humility and sense of self reflection – a trait I hugely value in a leader. So much so that by the end of the 30 mins, we were chatting about mental health impact on women, almost as if I knew him …
Episode 5 : On Scaling effectively and influencing without authority Read More »
Turning discarded temple flowers into incense and vegan leather, whilst providing hundreds of jobs for local women My grand mom was quite a religious woman. On days like Diwali or Krishna Janmastami, her house came alive in colors. With orange and yellow marigolds at every door and jasmine in threads in everyones’ hair. But then, …