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Random observations from first trek

Here are some observations from my first Himalayan trek in no particular order.. I went to Tarsar Marsar, an easy and very beautiful trek in Kashmir. Details of the trek

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Will you buy from a poor Jeweller?

Picture this, you are at a small jeweler’s shop. The attendant helps you find a gold ring that’s just right for you. The price also seems reasonable, so buying the ring is a no-brainer. You move to the cash counter only to see a guy slouching on the seat. He has an unkempt beard and […]

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GMAT prep tips

A friend recently asked me tips for preparing for GMAT. Thought I would share them here as well. I am not actively looking into changes in the GMAT format so this might already be outdated. Visit gmat club/ official GMAT website for all the latest GMAT gossip So, GMAT prep is a bit different than […]

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Wilful Penny Pinching

You know those two, or three things you really splurge on? Places where you definitely spend more than you can afford. It can be buying that Sabyasachi lehenga or limited edition sneakers, or in my case specialty coffee. Spends which are very hard for you to explain to your parents. Your Splurge List. Now, let me introduce you […]

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Nerd out on small things

Nerd out on the smallest things in life. I am talking about things like cooking, ironing clothes, shampooing hair, and so on. These small things actually affect us a lot because we do them regularly, for our entire life. You will brush your teeth 25 thousand times in your life. And you will spend 104 […]

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Spotify should forget where you paused that song

You know how Spotify remembers where you paused a particular song? And when you come back, it will start the song from the exact place you left. Great feature, right? Certainly, it’s a pinnacle of user-centered design, keeping your pause point tucked away for when you return, correct? No. I bet half the time, the […]

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I will not buy a second-hand Hayabusa

I was kind of a petro-head growing up. I used to follow all the new car/bike launches. I used to buy those Navneet notebooks with pictures of Superbikes on the front cover and the performance stats on the back cover. During undergrad, I used to buy the new issue of TopGear every time we visited […]

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Consider asking for help

Let’s say you have to do something you haven’t done before. It could be formatting an excel in a certain way; going on an 80 km cycle ride or building a chrome extension; What’s your instinctive first action? Is it to go to the excel wizard, the cycling guru, or the tech bro friend of […]

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What I learned wasting 3000 ₹ on a bad MVP

I tried to revolutionize travel with a Telegram group but ended up with a lesson in experiment design. I was planning my 2023 New Year’s Hampi solo trip in November and realized there are no good community-based tools for solo travelers. So I decided to take matters into my own hands. A social tool for […]

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AI will make us all self reliant

The AI-Automation trend is the story of how we become self-reliant at an individual level. A hypothetical example: The story goes that Drew Houston conceived dropbox after repeatedly forgetting his USB flash drives while at MIT. But the thing is, dropbox is a fairly complex software product, that took significant effort to build out. Drew […]