A Different Thought During Nobel Season
A reflection on the Nobel Peace Prize, influence, and whether our sense of purpose grows as our power does.
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Standalone essays and reflections on work, technology and the moments that shape how we see things.
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Giving People Room
A reflection on why listening can deepen a conversation, and why giving someone room does not mean making yourself smaller.
Adzap
A college symposium, a loophole called OD, and the event that became the gang’s thing.
When the Data Is Right, but the Comparison Is Wrong
A reflection on data, comparisons and why human judgment matters even more when information becomes abundant.
MAYA
A memory from Tirupati, a restaurant called Maya, and a question about how much of life we spend looking outward rather than within.
The Generate Button Tells Us Nothing
AI makes creation effortless, but hides the resources behind it. What if AI gave us feedback on energy use the way cars, electricity bills and Screen Time already do?
What Celebrate 2026 Taught Me About Leadership
What began as a plan for a few podcast interviews became a lesson in showing up differently, building shared ownership and valuing the relationships formed along the way.
When Good Leadership Traits Aren't Enough
A reflection on leadership, power, and why individual strengths tell us less than we think.
One Less Thing to Worry About
Customers may forget the presentation or the price. They remember whether your presence made a difficult moment easier.
Am I Using AI to Extend My Thinking, or Avoid It?
Every powerful tool changes what we practise. The real question is what happens when convenience begins to replace the struggle that develops judgement.
Beyond Networking: What 20+ Teams and 100+ People Taught Me
The most meaningful relationships rarely began with an introduction. They were built while solving problems and doing meaningful work together.
Equality or Equity?
A ten-minute walk to school became a lesson in fairness, time and the wisdom that can come from the smallest voices.
The Editorial Page
How reading The Hindu with my grandfather taught me to look beyond what happened and ask what an argument was really trying to say.
Culture Survives Because People Choose to Live It
On Lunar New Year, the world's largest human migration, and a lesson from WD-40's founder on what separates culture from strategy.
The Real Risk Isn't Being Wrong. It's Assuming the Game Stops Moving
Walking into rooms at UCLA where I wasn't the expert taught me more than any framework did.
The Value of Being Bored
Boredom once felt like empty time. Looking back, it may have been the space where curiosity, reading and reflection quietly took root.
Understanding People Is Harder Than We Think
A simple point from a David Brooks piece: most of us don't really take time to understand others. We react fast and move on.
Sustainability Isn't a Project You Finish
What UCLA's own power plant, underground tunnels, and native landscaping taught me about dreaming at the scale of decades.
How Are the Butterflies Doing?
A UCLA sustainability elective, a conservationist's simple recurring question, and what it taught me about caring for something small and fragile.
When AI Makes Everything Faster, What Still Makes It Matter?
AI can accelerate execution, but speed cannot replace human judgement, emotional timing or authentic connection.
Sometimes, Being Present Is the Point
At my daughter's DARE graduation, a lesson about how peer pressure never really disappears, we just rename it as adults.
The Squirrel and the Bridge
Bridges don't fail where the biggest rocks are placed. They fail where the small gaps are ignored.
This Year, I Realized I Wasn't the Listener I Thought I Was
An introvert's reflection on the difference between observing people and truly listening to them.
Sixteen Months In, I Realized It Was Never Just the Degree
From an awkward first meeting at Topgolf to a village built through study groups, finance quarters, and late nights, an MBA reflection sixteen months in.
What Will a Ten-Year-Old Actually Remember?
Speaking at Career Week, and choosing small truths over job titles: a bee, a water drop, and a shy boy on a school stage.
Not Everything That Shines Is Meant to Be Chased
A moment from the Ramayana, and what a golden deer can teach us about mistaking urgency for importance.
My First Gamble, and the Slap That Taught Me About Money
A childhood lottery win in India, and the one sharp lesson that shaped how I've thought about easy money ever since.
Are We Really Eating Food, or Additives?
Using the Yuka app to scan groceries revealed how much of what we buy is closer to chemistry than food, and what that means for the planet.
The 40 Year Leader vs. the 130 Year Giant: A Real Market Play
A market leader went from 25% to nearly 70% share in five years. Then a 130 year old global giant decided to enter the same market.