The Attentional Economy
The modern economy has every material resource accounted for. We can slap a barcode on anything and put a price tag on it that justifies the cost of the prod...
Recent Posts
The India I want to live in
I envision an India where we design and build high quality original products of artistic and creative vision. I want to see bold ideas, original stories and ...
The status of Brand India, and the way forward
As much as there is an elevated perception of India within the country, it is undeniable that there is a significant amount of derogatory narrative, if not o...
Public Personal Journal: The Conclusion
This whole website started off as an experiment in publishing my private personal journal. It was a way for me to expose my inner reality for the whole world...
Life updates: 2nd February 2024; Friday; 10:50PM, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
This year has been great for me so far. I have finally arrived at a point where my time is my own, and I’m getting to work on my projects that I care deeply ...
My Goals for 2024
Life is full. I have everything I need and perhaps not all of what I want, but enough of what I want to not fret. Of course, I could have more. There’s a lot...
Behavioral Intelligence: The next leap in AI
Today’s hype around the ChatGPTs and other demonstrations of verbal intelligence will be a memory shared only amongst the boomers of the next generation. The...
The Path Ahead
Lately I’ve been feeling lonely, like a failure. The past year has been slow but consistent progress in all fronts but no final outcomes to boast of. At best...
Wave of changes - Life updates: 15th December 2023; Friday; 22:55, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Nearly a week and a half ago I got laid off from work. I felt such a refreshing sense of relief at the news. That alone was indication as to how I had felt a...
Life updates: 15th October 2023; Sunday; 9:04AM, Narayangarh, Haryana
I’m approaching somewhat of a tipping point in life. I have come to realize clearly that I am not someone who does well devoting my time, attention and energ...
The Ugly Truth: This public journal was a sham all along
I started this journal with a noble quest. To be transparent. To aspire for global intimacy. To aspire for nurturing trust to be a bond between us all.
My Personal Dream - Sustainable Revolution (personal and societal)
It’s 10:26am and I am writing this from at my home office, which is where I spend most of my working hours, detailing plans, having meetings with the prospec...
Reusable containers for food delivery: A vital initiative to mitigate plastic pollution
The dawn of food delivery apps have made many of us wonder how we lived without these. The convenience, efficiency, accountability that these apps have affor...
Disproporational asymmetry in long-term relationships
So I’ve had a few unsuccessful relationships in the past, especially of late, where there was one particular pattern that made the relationship unsustainable...
Are we already where we belong?
A few weeks ago I had a very powerful realization. It’s that we are all on the same side.
My fears
I have to admit that my post just now revisiting the purpose of this website is a bit ominous and filled with threats of “dark forces” that seem so…all-power...
Revisiting the purpose of this website…
It’s been nearly two years since I established this site. At the time the purpose was to have this as a public personal journal. A tool for me to expose myse...
[Movie Review] Natchathiram Nagargiradhu - Made me pause and take a deep breath
Just came back from having watched the 7pm show of Natchathiram Nagargiradhu at Nexus Vijaya Mall. I am usually very critical of Indian movies. I’ve been che...
My first meditative experience
It was the summer of 2014 and I was living near the University of Colorado, Boulder campus doing my summer internship at the Computational Cognitive Neurosci...
India vs USA: Part 2 - Why I returned to India
It’s been over a year since I wrote the first part to this series of entries about my relationship with India and the US.
[Video Game Review] Inside: A video game that is a commentary on life itself
I started playing this day before yesterday. I thought I would play when I get the time and I’m playing multiple other games alongside whenever I feel like r...
[Video Game Review] Portal: A simple yet genius puzzle game
There are just some of my thoughts on Portal, the video game I just finished playing. TLDR version - this puzzle game comes with a brilliant concept, great s...
[Video Game Review] Little Nightmares: A cute & suspenseful delight
For a while now, I’ve been thinking of reviewing products/services/media content and other items that I’ve encountered and enjoyed (or been horrified by and ...
India vs USA: Part 1 - Why I left India
I was recently asked by someone as to why I returned to India from the US for good. And I said to myself, that’s a great question and the answer is not strai...
The Shuddhi Vidhya App: My dream machine
I’m having these thoughts with the chirping of the birds in the background, the rustling of the leaves in the wind and an otherwise general sense of quiescen...
Why a public personal journal?
I have to start by remembering that even though this is presented as a public blog post, I am writing this primarily for myself, not anyone else. A public pe...