It saddens me to see growing number of people who ‘believe’ that anything ‘Indian’ is bad and low-quality. ‘Swadeshi’ is being equated with all things that can’t compete in the global market because they are lower quality. A local ‘dant manjan’ is treated as a ‘low quality’ product than the ‘Close-Up’ or ‘Pepsodent’. Why? because Close-Up and Pepsodent...

Because I’m an entrepreneur, I receive this ‘free advice’ from people who are employee-types (it’s more of a mindset thing) – don’t miss out on “little little joys of life”. Because I run a venture, it occupies my mind for major part of the day; leaving me no time to gossip, watch daily soaps, bitch about people, see other people’s photographs on facebook, forward TGIF emails, catch...

I see a great trend being followed everywhere and it’s called ‘Green Diwali’. The idea is not to burn crackers because it causes two types of pollution - air pollution and sound pollution. People who aren’t burning crackers feel they care ‘more’ for environment than others (who burn crackers) and I think that’s stupid. So you really care for the environment? How about taking a public transport or...

Helpless. Wearing helmet is important.  

Right at this moment, I’m looking at a long list of tasks I’ve in front of me. But I’m unable to concentrate. I hate the accident sites; but I happen to pass by at least one every week. I just witnessed an accident – a guy & girl riding a motorcycle collided with another vehicle and got severely injured. The mob gathered in a second and cleared up the road – as if it’s their regular duty. The injured were...

Heard the quote from Dr. Abhay Bang of ‘Shodhgram’ in Gadchiroli. I was fortunate enough to get a chance to listen to his talk. I’m not good at translation but it roughly translates to - “Turn Your Back To The World & The World Will Automatically Stand Behind You”. Amazing! Isn’t it?

Wearing formal shoes is a sign of ‘being educated’ & being ‘sophisticated’. Wearing shoes is a sign of being smart and being ‘up to date’. My Gym warns me every time that if I don’t wear ‘dedicated gym shoes’, I won’t be allowed to enter the gym floor. I remember when I traveled to Kolkata years ago, I wasn’t allowed to enter a hotel because I wasn’t wearing shoes...

No body likes to hear a dull and tired voice on the phone. The video phones aren’t popular yet, so there is no way the other person can see or guess your facial expression. The only thing active between two persons on either side of the phone line is your ‘Voice’. Keep it energetic and enthusiastic all the time. If you are upset or angry, do not pick up the phone. If you must, take a deep breath and then speak.