Valley Chai

had the distinct opportunity of traveling with my brother via the Rajadhani Express from hyderabad to bangalore. an overnight journey that is supposed to be a pleasant relaxing experience at a price that is comparable to flying. but here’s what we got. check out the photos in full view.
in one of my previous travels by [...]

it was one of the first few weeks after i came back to bangalore after 13 years in the US. wandering through the department store, i notice the attendant shadowing me. irritated, i thought – why don’t they leave me alone?!? many other things didn’t make sense – why does the security guard keep the [...]

i’ve been struggling about how to describe the experience of riding my motorcycles on bangalore roads. and finally it dawned on me today.
only played (flag) football once, but it’s like the ball carrier in NFL (american football). here are some fundas that directly apply (my gyaan from john madden and al michaels).

you gotta have peripheral [...]

a little trust, a ton of service, and one suffocating crowd after another.
it may be the widespread spend-culture, plethora of brands or may be my myopic view of the few places i frequent. as my professor at IIMB puts it, india has 350M middle-class population in india that can afford most of the good brands [...]

having worked in a product-based multinational company from the united states and from india, i have come to experience first-hand the practicalities of the globalization process. in many ways, it’s like a long-distance relationship : you have to keep nurturing it, else it falls apart before you know it. here are a few thoughts to [...]