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It is 5.45am, and I am huffing and puffing my way to the concrete road near Thannirbhavi beach in Mangalore on a bicycle. I am to meet a s..

Over the past year or so, I have been trying to get some formal training on areas that may not be directly related to work I do; but have ..

I met them – Kathakali artist Sukumaran and his companion – in (what I thought) was the unlikeliest of places – in one of the corridors of..

We left peaceful Bodh Gaya to head to ano..

I grabbed a cup of hot bella coffee from the crowded Hatti Kaapi outlet outside the Bangalore airport terminal, and found a comfortable se..

Eshwar Sundaresan is an ex-Infoscion and now a published author, counselor and trainer. Eshwar and I go back a long way–we’ve been friends..

Have you heard this tale of a Sufi saint who, way back in time, stole some coffee beans from Arab traders and planted them on a sloping hi..

Of late, I have started enjoying making conversations with strangers – mostly Uber drivers. Maybe it has got to do with the fact that I am..

Some years ago,… no, I should say many years ago… in fact many, many years ago… during my high school days to be precise, I used to be inf..

I don’t know how long I’d been standing there in front of the massive ‘Dilli Darwaza’ of Shaniwar Wada in Pune, enamored by the several ro..

Did I tell you that I am back to being an employee (from an entrepreneur)?

No?

Sorry, my bad. But, it’s true.

So after eight long years..