Sense of entitlement

As a country, we are used to being served. There have always been people around us, giving us what we want. Maids Helpers Petrol pulp attendants The kirana store that delivers, on credit And that’s given us a false sense of entitlement My admission is the...

Ahead of the race

When driving, you have two ways of staying ahead By blocking the road for the one behind Which is when you change lanes often, you change speeds often, you brake often, you shift gears often. Your mind is driven by the one behind. Not the road. And occassionally you...

What’s worse than no data?

I am going to take a contrarian view here and say – worse than no data is multiple sources of the same data. Therein you have killed all objectivity that the data was meant to bring. It’s now subjective. And worse still you don’t know what it favors....

Why hide? And hide what? 

The Industrial Age it seems was built on information asymmetry. People were powerful not because of what they did but because of what they knew.  And I hate that world.  Closed door strategy meetings  Getting your colleagues to sign endless non compete...

Lower costs or higher income?

A daily wage worker’s two sons have made it to IIT.  He doesn’t have 1lakh to spare for their admission. An unemployed guy’s mother is dying. And he doesn’t have enough for her medicines. A middle class topper from a small town can’t...