Mainak Roy

Last week my friend and teammate Prerna asked me what makes me feel that I am growing. The question was a provocation to dive into…

The first few team members are probably the most important hires in your team. While you need to know that they may or may not stay with…

Companies are built on ideas. However, they sustain because of their people. Having a vision for your team and the organisation's culture…

Hello World! I completed 10 years in the development sector this month and I thought of writing this series to share with all of you what I…

If you have someone who is younger than 25 years old on your team and you are not sure of how to work with them then this might be of some…

If you know me you know that I am not a big fan of the APS ecosystem. While at the outset the framework of intention looks pretty solid…

So the other day I was talking to myself, you know the thing you do when your political stand is so well known that no one dares swipe you…

Over the last 4 months, the world has been busy fighting a global pandemic and as of today, India has been under complete shutdown for…

I hope you are doing well, and have found your Work from Home sweet spot.

Happy Republic Day, India!

2019 has been an interesting mix of things I wanted and things I did not want, and then things I did not even see coming. Overall it has…

This blog is about Podcasts, Music and Books that kept me and my friends going this past year. Do let me know what kept you going in 2019!

2019 is almost over and things are not looking good for the planet. In January I was hoping that April and May will bring some relief with…

In 2012, right after Peter Theil invested in AirBnB he was invited to come to the Airbnb office. During the visit, Brian Chesky, the CEO…

In 1966 the Kothari Commission Report (National Education Commission) urged laws to be passed to legalise education standards and to raise…

Today is India’s 12th National Education Day, celebrated in memory of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first Education Minister of Independent…

Diwali Mubarak!

I had a rather fascinating weekend!

An interesting collection of articles to understand the amendment of Article 370 and 35A, along with some other super cool articles.

I hope you are enjoying this series as much as I am enjoying curating them. There is no vision or purpose other than sharing interesting…

“Struggle is the indicator of hard work and effectiveness in the development sector (aka the social sector).” — A well-meaning friend