Jan 3, 2018This Is Why I Did Not Incorporate My Startup in Delaware.Much of what I read during my nascent entrepreneurial journey, said that incorporation was often a late step to succeed a working prototype. …Startup5 min read
Aug 8, 2016Uber in Bangalore, through the eyes of an occasional visitor.I’ve been meaning to get to an anecdote about the puzzle that was the Uber business model in Bangalore, India. So here goes. I visited Bangalore — the city I am from — earlier this year. I’ve been used to driving my parents’ car around town while visiting; for the…Uber2 min read
Jul 30, 2007Swimming: My backgroundI first started swimming when I was 4 years old. It was the summer of 1987. Hundreds of petrified kids would line up in a row on the wall, and ferocious instructors would bark orders at us. Training generally worked on a premise of fear. My first few weeks involved…Swimming4 min read
Sep 29, 2006South Indian RecipesRecipes I wrote down a decade ago, when I was fresh off the boat: Key to Dals When in doubt, use toor dal. Moong dal: Khichdi, Pongal only Channa dal: Payasa, Kosambri Urad dal/Uddin bele: Idli, Dosa Channa dal/Kadale bele: Puliyogare Bisi Bele Bhath 0.5 cups toor daal + 1…Food3 min read
Mar 31, 2006A Chat with an Auto DriverThis is a strong human interest story that would certainly make it to pg. 107 of the July 2007 edition of Reader’s Digest India, provided somebody rewrites it, of course. I meet this auto driver in Jayanagar and chat him up. A quick background: he is an 18 year old…India2 min read
Sep 13, 2005Bangalore: Vision 2015 in 2005On my way back home after applying for a British visa, I stopped off at the State Youth Centre to take a look at Bangalore Development Authority’s Vision 2015: a series of carefully classified and colour-coded satellite images that detail exactly what kind of use will be allowed for all…India3 min read
May 26, 2005Anusmaran — The EventBefore it becomes a long past memory, let me quickly post an entry about Anusmaran 2005. I was (proudly enough) in charge of the Mumbai Anusmaran event. It’s a great feeling to run an event, and it reminds me of the last time I was so passionate about something– the…Events3 min read
Mar 15, 2005Bank RobberySo I, the dutiful son, have been assigned the duty of paying my mom’s income tax by the 15th of March. The form, of course, is like all government forms — 2 pages long, and to be filled in triplicate — one for the taxed, one for the government, and…Bangalore3 min read
Feb 1, 2005HNThe death of Dr. HN brings back some nostalgia from my childhood. My mother studied in National College Basavanagudi in the 1950s and 1960s, and I swam at BAC (right next door to National College Basavanagudi) in the 1980s and 1990s. …Bangalore2 min read
Dec 15, 2003PESIT Projects6ify 15th December 2003: IPv4-IPv6 Header and Packet Translator This project was implemented by Amit N Gandhi and me as a project requirement for the seventh semester Network Programming Laboratory. …Pesit3 min read
