I have a very faint memory of India’s 54 against SL in the last century. Sanath scoring a brilliant 189* and India folded like a pack of cards against the Lankan greats, Chaminda Vaas and Murli. Well it was a limited overs game, yet the pain that inflicted on my…

“ Nothing in the world can take place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. “ Although, I…

Running a small business is always a chase. Chasing clients, chasing revenues, chasing costs, chasing talent and chasing what not. And during the chase, it often feels if the business is growing at a certain pace or if the business is better positioned than it was yesterday or if the…

*This was a Diary Entry. I wrote it a couple of months back and I edited it to make it into an article. I am at my usual table and chair after a long long time. And now I am thinking of how my days have gone by. Prior to…

Most of the founders I know come from families of limited means. And somehow they are making it big. Some of the companies founded by them have raised money and some have not. But the ones who are still bootstrapped are smarter(read street smarter) in their approach than most of…

We don’t talk sports here on LinkedIn! So why, Serena and why, Unforced Errors? Well, I will answer those things but let’s get familiar with the term. What is an Unforced Error? — (in sport, tennis) a mistake in play that is attributed to one’s own failure rather than to…

Disclaimer: I am not a Psychoanalyst/Psychologist/Psychiatrist. And this is not any sort of clinical advice. It is all personal experience. The people of my age, born in the early 90s are either working for the past 4–5 years at a company, or are running a startup. And more often than…

Sometimes, a team bats good and sometimes a team bowls good. And if they win such a game it is called just a Win. A win is called Clinical when you do well in all the three departments and majority of the efforts doesn’t come from one person. The third…

The best word to define Gandhi is Enigma. A lot has been written about this person in the past. And I doubt if people will even cease to opine about Gandhi in the posterity. This is what happens when a person, larger than life, not good or bad, walks upon…