We used to ask questions. Now, we scroll. We used to tell stories. Now, we repeat slogans. We used to live with contradictions. Now, we demand certainty—loud, shallow, dangerous certainty. Depth didn’t die in a single moment. It eroded, one outrage cycle at a time. We are living through a quiet tragedy—the kind that doesn’t […]
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The flip side of entrepreneurship- The negatives enumerated.
A little bit of fair warning, I would not be doing anything else but what I am doing,now- hustlin’. Take this in the right spirit for every coin has 2 sides and I have tried to show you the flip,as well. Always remember,that no matter what you read- the only thing that can propel you […]
Launching a podcast
I have launched a podcast called Living on Blockchain. I want to explain why we are doing so here. There are some things that I realised once I started working in the blockchain space as against just being an investors/hodler. I realised that blockchain like any other sector in its infancy was becoming insular, people […]
On being called the f-word in India#1. It is not what you think, it is the word, feminist.
I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within. Very early in life, I had faced and gone through what almost all brown women go through — being chided for the colour of my skin and being told that I was too tall. The too tall aspect would […]
Lessons from 2019, already.
Courtesy: Pexels.com Photograph by Nina Uhlíková This happened randomly, I did not expect to be writing this post, so early into the year. But that is the thing with life, you receive a lot of lessons, at times, if you are paying attention and are self-aware- fairly quickly. Yes, the healthy dose of ego is present, […]
Things to not do in 2019!
Things that none of should be doing in 2019 Not being able to say no. It is good to have boundaries — whether professional or personal. It is about time that all of us realise it and keep things straight. This does not mean that everything is always compartmentalised, but it is good to have some set […]
7 quick ways to tweak you day!
So,it is a normal day where you are buzzing around following your routine. Let us face it,the drudgery does get to you at some point. We start working on auto-pilot. What if you wish to break the monotony as you fear an existential crisis is about to hit you? Here is what I would suggest: […]
Why do Startups Fail?
Mistakes that are aggravating the bubble and its tendency to stay afloat. 1. Not Persevering. I have seen several startups shut shop and moving on because they just did not have enough game to persevere. I am not trying to ruffle feathers but certain people just get into this thinking that they would be able […]
If you had to do it over — will you?
Choosing entrepreneurship, a thousand times over. People choose entrepreneurship in under different set of circumstances. People tend to glorify the idea of entrepreneurship as the be all and end all of all freedom. They are not entirely wrong. Several years, ago I had written a piece about the flip side of entrepreneurship. This time around, I […]
Routine versus Rut
And when you need to snap out of it. When I was a teenager, I used to be very repelled by the word routine. I associated routine with being stuck in a rut. It took me sometime to understand that rut and routine are different, it is not necessary to be in a rut just […]