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(DAY 1049) Meeting Old IIM Friends in Gurgaon
Meeting IIM batchmates after a long gap has a way of compressing time, making years feel like a minor inconvenience rather than a real distance. Today’s pos...
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(DAY 1048) Catching Up With Manish Kumar
Catching up with Manish Kumar after a long gap felt less like a planned meeting and more like a quiet continuation of an o...
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(DAY 1047) A call that resets business thinking
The conversation today over Google Meet was with Amit Kumar, who has recently taken on the role of CEO at Takealot.com a...
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(DAY 1046) No cricket this Sunday
This Sunday had no cricket, which is unusual enough to feel worth noting. The absence itself is the point: no messages about pitch conditions, no last-minute co...
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(DAY 1045) When YouTube speaks the wrong language
I keep noticing how YouTube now auto-dubs videos in ways that feel intrusive rather than helpful. Videos from familiar Hindi channels, creators whose voices...
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(DAY 1045) Better Sleep from Small Daily Choices
The recent iOS notifications about an excellent sleep score have become a quiet confirmation that a few deliberate changes are working. Seeing numbers like ...
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(DAY 1044) New Year New Goals
The start of a new year is a convenient marker for reassessing habits, priorities, and direction, and this note is mainly to record where my head is at right no...
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(DAY 1043) Closing 2025 with satisfaction
The end of 2025 arrives without drama, but with a sense of internal order that feels unfamiliar in a good way. On 31st December, I notice that the year does not...
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(DAY 1042) Clear communication builds lasting recall
Communication turns out to be central to managing relationships with a boss or a team founder, often more so than raw output or intent. Over time, people do...
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(DAY 1041) Monk’s cafe and sitcom conversations
Monk’s Cafe in Seinfeld is less a setting and more a recurring state of mind. It is where characters return repeatedly, often without reason beyond habit. M...