Retrospection – A Year of Product Management @ Grofers

Yesterday was my last day at Grofers, and marks the end of yet another chapter of my professional journey. An occasion like this warrants a retrospection, so here I am, with a throwback to my one year stint at one of India’s leading grocery e-commerce company.   There was never a dull moment in my (relatively)…

Blockchain: Re-Imagining Transactions

Source: google.com (A repost of my article on LinkedIn) I have been planning to write an article on blockchain for a while, mostly to express my own inquisitive (re)search on the emerging technology and it's uses. But then, after attending a talk by Sid Chakravarthy here at ISB, I learnt more in the course of the discussion.…

A sea of consciousness

(A repost of my thoughts written on the book Kafka on the Shore)) The mind is a strange thing. How do we humans have complex aspects like consciousness, thoughts and imagination just through a lump of meat that is underneath our skull? I rather find it amazing, honestly. Many find this complexity so unbelievable that…

VR/MR to solve the urban commuting problem?

Source: https://singularityhub.com/2018/11/01/how-virtual-reality-can-transform-who-you-are/ The latest Microsoft Hololens 2 unveil reminded me today of an idea I always wanted to discuss. The newest version of Microsoft’s new wearable device shows that we have taken yet another step closer towards a world where mobile devices and personal computers will be replaced by AR/VR/MR devices in at least a few use cases,…

Mornings – The best part of the day

As I walk towards my quad (a cool name for hostel rooms), early in the morning at 6 AM.  Mornings are the best part of the day, most people are still asleep - you have more of this world's resources than usual. After a chilly night, the gentle sunlight lightly warms up the cold atmosphere,…

2 Weeks in at ISB – Busy is just a word

I am writing this post - at the expense of completing my Marketing class pre-reads in the night. I got this, I tell myself because what's important is the fact that it's been two weeks since I wrote anything and I need to write something right now! An outsider might ask, what did you do…

Childhood Nostalgia = Satisfied

This post de-tours a little and goes into the anime realm. If you want more of my posts, in the future I'll tag them all #Anime. Dragon Ball Super's last and 131st episode has aired at last and the brilliant show that had made our childhood once again came to an end - if only…

Sloth Banking with the Loan Officer

An admission offer from the Indian School of Business - the first day was of celebration, whatsapp statuses, phone calls, floods of congratulations and the occasional sympathy because the listener never heard of the college and hence assumed I managed to get into something mediocre. But when the next day had set in, came the…

Attachments & Number Thirteen

Today was special, it was my interview day with India’s finest business-school, Indian School of Business. A grueling week of anxiety and preparation later, I finally found myself at the stage - knowing that no amount of preparation was not enough to face the kind of pressure ahead of me. It’s funny how our mind…

Reflections – An introductory blog post

So, my intent of writing here is not essentially to garner public attention or attain some kind of popularity, that would require me to produce knowledgeable content on a certain area or two - and we all know that needs a lot of effort. But at the same time, writing a private journal bores me.…