Category: Personal

“Saluting Our Heroes” – The formal launch

Dear Friends, on the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas, it is my great pleasure to formally release “Saluting Our Heroes: The Param Virs of Bharat” In India, you can order the book via Pothi.com...

On educating myself, blogs and reclaiming India

While reading Shekhar Gupta’s thought-provoking edit, “Our Singapore fantasy” earlier last month, I stumbled on these lines (highlighted for emphasis): Yes, there are problems with our politics and governance and both need reform. That...

18-hour workdays, too many ideas…

Dear All: Sorry for having fallen somewhat behind on the blog… Last few days have been unusually intense due to work-related deadlines, the leadership development workshop in Pune (successfully concluded yesterday) and preparations for...

Hindutva and Liberalism – Updated

UPDATE: These slides were updated and shared publicly in Jan ’12. The most recent version is embedded below. This continues to remain work in progress so please expect updates in the future..Thank you. Dear...

“Saluting our Heroes” and a labour of love

Dear Friends, I’m delighted to announce that my compilation of posts featuring Param Vir Chakra awardees is finally complete.  The series started with a simple idea on a lazy summer afternoon of 2009 –...