Tag: People

  • Doers FTW

    I was recently very surprised to find that many of the doers I know are not familiar with the “Man In The Arena” quote. It’s an extract from a Theodore Roosevelt speech, a paragraph that had great influence on my life. It’s amazing what we can do once the fear of rejection and criticism are manageable.…

  • Bringing Home A Taste Of Hyderabad

    My good friend Lucky Murari got married recently and that took me to his hometown, Hyderabad. The last time I went to Hyderabad was during my 12th grade when our batch went on a 6 day pleasure trip. A lot has changed since then. The current state of Telengana was still part of Andra Pradesh.…

  • Packing Up and Moving Out

    This is a memoir I scribbled on my notebook on 19th April 2014, while I was in Bhuj, Gujarat. I had to leave my journey unfinished and return home after Gujarat to help with my sisters marriage. Although the dream of traveling India is unfulfilled, I still consider this journey a successful one, because I…

  • Why Machine Gun Preacher Is The Greatest Movie Ever

    If a movie changed your life, how many stars would you give it? Machine Gun Preacher changed my life and my attitude towards life and so I think its the greatest movie ever. I stumbled across Machine Gun Preacher a few years back and life has never been the same ever since. There are a…

  • 25 Year Old Boy

    Wordsworth said, “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility”. On the night of my 25th birthday, this September 14th, I was hanging with a few friends and late into the night, I found a corner and I took on a voyage through my past. I…