Essays
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Dreams do come true – full circle
If the line sounds familiar, it is for good reason. There couldn’t be a more befitting and poetic way to describe my first encounter with G than the very lines that he used to describe […]
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Ranking my biggest UX Pet Peeves
User Experience is a topic that I hold very close to my heart – so much so that you could trace back a third of my tweets to some kind […]
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What if we had contracts at work, just like sports?
Exploring the idea of contract gigs becoming mainstream at workplaces. If you are a fan of football, you are probably familiar with the hottest saga of the summer, involving one […]
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How to ‘Productize Yourself’
Naval Ravikant is probably one of the biggest influences in an important phase of my life – a lot of my moral principles, decision-making, and dare I say, my general […]
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Exposure – the superpower we seldom talk about, but should
A few days back some of us old mates got back to playing a friendly game of cricket in our small town Srirangam. Given the fabled limitations of playing in […]
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7 Interview Mistakes that might cost your next job
In the last few months, I have gotten the chance to do a lot of interviews. Thankfully, the nature of my job at both The Takeaway Club and All Things […]
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Personal Branding: A Race that Misses the Forest for Trees?
Note: Recognizing the nature of the post. I reached out to a few amazing friends of mine, who know a thing or two about building a brand online and were […]
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Podcasting 101 – How to start a podcast during quarantine?
Podcasting 101: The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Podcasting during Quarantine Whether you are trying to make the most out of being stuck at home during quarantine or have fancied […]
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Why are my podcasts so long?
“Why are your podcast episodes so long?” Oh… if only I had a dollar every time someone asked me that in the last 3 months 😀 Having reluctantly taken a […]
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Podcasts that I learned the most from
A couple of days back I had one of those interesting conversations with a close friend, discussing pretty much everything under the (SaaS) – products, recruiting, founders, etc. Eventually, we […]
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#3:Take it easy with RJ Balaji! [Fanboy moment]
What is the best way to describe my admiration for this man? His name is one of the first features in any hypothetical awards I ever win. My only regret […]
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#2 Aditi is a name. Aruvi is an emotion.
There’s only a handful of cult movies in Tamil that leaves your skin tingling when you come out of the theatres – and a fraction of that maybe? With the […]
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#1: Millennials at the ‘Margazhi’ gala
December is one of the most happening months of the year – the dashing through the snow; the one horn open sleigh; oh what fun days! While the West prepares […]