‘Poems’ for the Post Modern age — The Era of having it all! — We dream of a doting spouse and get one! Wish for lovely kids and have one or two, Want a picket-fenced home and build one. We earn to decorate a digital ‘smart’ home, Shower them with lovely gifts, and Stuff them with drooling fast foods. Proudly, we then show off…

But why do we still quarrel? — English is not my native tongue, but in my late teenage, someone challenged me, and I wrote two sonnets. Since then, I never dared to do anything further on those lines. However, the 2021 year-end break brought some creativity out, and I wrote a few based on Digital life, and…

Try focusing on others or your mental grit — that’s the key! — New year resolutions are the most widely discussed topic at this time of the year. Before I come to that, a rewind of 2021 for me. I started the year with a clear direction on many things, e.g., changing jobs, starting a company, and bringing back some of my core…

After a sumptuous dinner at GBK, we drove back, listening to the radio, and the RJ went on and on about the value of getting a night of good sleep! Then, just like that from nowhere, my fourteen-year-old came up with that gem of a statement — “Sleeping is like…

laugh and drive away the virus… After four weeks of mad rush on a few different things, I am back at Medium — our start-up, main 9x5 job, some personal stuff, and supporting my younger one on her 11+ exams. Though there were a lot of topics to write about…

Be bold and express yourself in the real world, not in the Meta! We were on the motorway, with a bit of distance to the home. The passenger (a young adult) and I started a conversation about enjoying fiction through reading, listening or watching a movie. …

Psst: I am being sarcastic. Recently we ran a two-week cyber programme for years 7–10s: a virtual session and a selection of students across the UK. I gave them a bit of time to settle themselves in the introductory session but it started getting a bit chatty. …

Would you pay to experience a ‘tropical monsoon’? My ten year old asked me, “Appa!, what’s your favourite season?” She asks me questions like these now and then — what’s your favourite colour, number, day. Of course, I respond with some ‘dad jokes’ and frustrate her. But in this instance…

The clue is in the Nature — nothing is perfect, but everything works! This week’s Three blogs — Three Cheers: Learn faster but by teaching kids! Building competency is essential when thinking about startups Three wins every day — This is brilliant! …