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Mar 8, 2025: Reminiscing our GIZ days It has been over 12 years since I moved to Delhi to join GIZ’s Renewable Energy team. Leaving IFMR in Chennai for a short-term project at GIZ—one that …
Mar 1, 2025: Transforming Agriculture in the Global South – The South-South Agriculture Alliance I strongly believe that innovative AgTechs can address some of the most pressing problems of the smallholder farmers and small producers. India has …
Feb 15, 2025: A Visit to Kigali Genocide Memorial As I walked out of the Kigali Genocide Memorial, after a harrowing half-hour inside, there was only one thought in my mind: How could anyone be so …
Feb 14, 2025: Afsanah Guest House, Auroville
Feb 14, 2025: The more I speak to the young students I strongly believe that their understanding of climate change is not where it should be. And, most importantly …
Feb 11, 2025: Currently reading: Living Democracy by Tim Hollo 📚
Feb 8, 2025: Finished reading: The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates 📚
Feb 8, 2025: Finished reading: Invisible Helix by Keigo Higashino 📚
Jan 26, 2025: One of the cleanest cities in Africa: Kigali
Jan 23, 2025: Got a domain for my micro.blog. “ireflect.in”
Jan 17, 2025: What I read in 2024 My reading goals used to be overly ambitious, leaving me frustrated at year’s end. I’d inevitably read less than I planned. But this year, I focusse …
Jan 17, 2025: https://www.flickr.com/year-in-review/2024/ Some really interesting highlights from the photography world. Flickr is surely no longer what it used to …
Jan 16, 2025: Auroville truly showcases what we can achieve when we believe in the power of community, purposeful living, and harmony with nature. Our visit to the …
Jan 14, 2025: Staying present, watching the world around me!
Jan 12, 2025: Some flowers for Shri Ganesha
Jan 12, 2025: Some flowers for Shri Ganesha, Auroville 2025
Jan 12, 2025: Matrimandir, Auroville Matrimandir, Auroville (2011)
Jan 10, 2025: The Founder’s Grind: Why 70-Hour Weeks Don’t Work for Everyone Recent statements by prominent business leaders about working 70-90 hours per week have sparked strong reactions. While I believe these founders and …
Jan 10, 2025: The wordpress Twenty Twenty Five theme is first theme in many years that caters to the bloggers (who were the target audience when the wordpress was …
Jan 9, 2025: Our usual gateway to escape from Delhi Pollution and allergies!
Jan 8, 2025: Just followed more than 200 accounts on micro.blog.. my timeline looks much more interesting now. :)
Jan 8, 2025: Any one with insights and experiences of managing Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Jan 5, 2025: When all are realized to be the one Self, who is there to love or hate? - Raman Maharshi
Jan 4, 2025: We have stayed in this property on the beach in Pondicherry several times in the last 10 years. This year the sea has taken back a large portion of …
Dec 28, 2024: The Kapaleeshwarar Temple, Mylapore. 7th Century Temple with distinct Dravidian architecture. #chennai #temples #hindutemple #leicam
Dec 26, 2024: Too many things to do in this year-end-break. I just looked at my TODO reserved for this break. Seems I am better off deleting this todo list. …
Dec 18, 2024: Something feels odd about Ashwin’s retirment timing! A modern great and one of the most impactful player in recent times to have played for …
Dec 13, 2024: Spoke to some young climatetech entrepreneurs. I liked the energy and intent but many of them are just force attaching a climate dimensions to their …
Dec 6, 2024: At Intellecap we have more than 300 impact enterprises/startups that we are associated with through our different programs. Many of these enterprises …
Dec 4, 2024: I had some thought-provoking discussions on #climateeducation. My biggest concern is that we are making climate education too focused on employment …
Nov 24, 2024: Why I am loving BlueSky and why you should join as well. I’m loving Bluesky as a social media platform. Recently, the X, insta others have become almost ineffective as a meaningful engagement platform on the …
Nov 22, 2024: After a long time, started the day in front of the tv watching the BGT. IndVsAus Test match in Australia is a classic.
Nov 21, 2024: 🍿kishkindha kandam is one of the best movies I have seen in recent times. Must watch if you appreciate well-made mystery movies.
Nov 21, 2024: Any conference or forum that has Carbon and carbon finance in its name is full with folks either trying to sell carbon credits or giving sanctimonious …
Nov 20, 2024: I am so used to seeing Delhi and Mumbai airports crowded at anytime that this was a pleasant surprise. 8 am in the morning and Delhi Terminal 1D was …
Nov 20, 2024: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toi-plus/… The Air Pollution Crisis is finally making the mainstream media awaken to this issue. A well-written …
Nov 18, 2024: [www.telegraphindia.com/world/ind...](https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/indias-wish-at-cop29-600-billion-in-grant-based-climate-finance-from-develo …
Nov 12, 2024: Metcalfe’s Boat house in Mehrauli Archeological Park.
Nov 11, 2024: This is the time of the year when everyone becomes an expert on climate, and realizes how much additional emissions are released because of the …
Nov 10, 2024: The Mehrauli Archeological Park, New Delhi (2024)
Nov 3, 2024: The worst performance by an Indian batting lineup against spin! 3-0 at home was beyond our imagination. The coach and the captain need a lot of …
Nov 1, 2024: Diwali in Delhi becomes too much for those who are sensitive to air pollution. We are forced to get out of Delhi and celebrate this quietly in hills. …
Oct 20, 2024: Neela Gumbad inside the Humayun’s tomb complex in New Delhi. This beautiful structure was restored recently by Aga Khan Trust for Culture. Along …
Oct 13, 2024: Sweet Bean Paste -Meaning of Life “Is a life worth living even if it doesn’t seem to offer any value to anyone? This beautiful book by Durian Sukegawa (real name Tetsuya Akikawa) …
Oct 13, 2024: If you care for climate crisis, can you remain apolitical? #climatechange #climatecrisis
Oct 12, 2024: Durga Puja 2024, Saket
Oct 4, 2024: The little one exploring the photo exhibition at India Habitat Centre.
Sep 25, 2024: Prophet Song by Paul Lynch Dystopian fiction has become a difficult read for me at this stage of my life. The hopelessness and suffering depicted in these stories trigger a …
Sep 23, 2024: Sweet Bean Paste is one such a sweet read. Absolutely loved this book for its simplicity, story and characters. And, it was a memorable read for some …
Aug 28, 2024: A rainy morning at Addis Ababa airport
Aug 27, 2024: After a lot of justification finally pulled the plug! Leica M-11P. And the test driving it to get used to the rangefinder focusing.
Jul 21, 2024: The Budding Photographer
Jul 2, 2024: Love And Other Thought Experiments There are several books that are often categorized as ‘genre-bending,’ but this one should be the gold standard to judge whether the term …
Jun 23, 2024: Finished Reading : Love and Other Thought Experiments by Sophie Ward 📚
Jun 23, 2024: Kiki and Jenny
Jun 17, 2024: Someone is amused that my coffee came before her cake!
Jun 4, 2024: Apart from our own elections here, the other election that has intrigued me is that of Mexico. Claudia Sheinbaum is the new president elect. I am …
May 26, 2024: A quick trip to Kathmandu after a decade! Although did not get to do anything beyond the back to back meetings but did manage to go to Pashupatinath …
May 11, 2024: European Carbon Market – It Works! Carbon markets, often used to describe the trade of carbon credits (mostly trade of voluntary carbon credits), is one of the least understood …
May 4, 2024: Climate Action - Slow and Inadequate As I interact with people who are not immersed in the climate discourse, it is surprising that they believe that there is ‘too’ much focus …
Apr 7, 2024: A friend suggested that I should do a podcast or a video shorts about the books that I recommend instead of blogging or writing on my website. His …
Mar 31, 2024: Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life by Luke Burgis “Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche “Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday …
Mar 12, 2024: Three Steps to Unlock Climate Finance Three steps to unlock climate finance for developing nations: 1. Strengthen institutions: Help developing countries build capacity to manage funds …
Mar 10, 2024: Two decades of blogging and this blog Two decades can have a transfigurative impact on our memories. Trivial moments morph into bittersweet nostalgia, while monumental events fade into …
Mar 9, 2024: #Delhi has air pollution.. #Bengaluru has water scarcity.. #Chennai has flood problem.. urban development and our policies need some revisit.
Feb 29, 2024: Meet this colorful animal made of junk and recycled plastic..
Feb 28, 2024: IIFMights in Nairobi!
Feb 10, 2024: **Delhi World Book Fair ** A day at Delhi Book Fair is my annual ritual to keep myself updated with what is going on in our vernacular and Hindi …
Jan 30, 2024: She sneakily made herself snug next to me.
Jan 28, 2024: I picked up Samsung Galaxy S24 to replace my backup phone. The phone is quite snappy but the AI integration could have been more comprehensive.
Jan 26, 2024: Currently reading: Wanting by Luke Burgis 📚
Jan 20, 2024: What I read in 2023 The absurdity of the hope that we will do things differently in the new year than what we did in the year gone by is mindboggling. Yet, hope and …
Jan 17, 2024: The smog and bad air quality is no longer confined to North India. We travelled from Pondichéry to Chennai on 14th January almost in zero visibility. …
Jan 7, 2024: The luxury of clean air and sunlight.
Jan 3, 2024: Finished reading: Doppelganger by Naomi Klein 📚
Jan 3, 2024: Year in books for 2023 Here are the books I finished reading in 2023.
Jan 2, 2024: A last moment plan change and we ended up in Pondichéry, away from the smogy and gloomy Delhi. And, in Pondichéry we have our favourite place for …
Jan 1, 2024: For the last 5-6 years, my backpain emerges just before the year end and makes me bedridden for 5-10 days ruining all the plans of reflections, …
Dec 23, 2023: Green Credits, Carbon Credits and several other emerging result based finance instruments are rapidly gaining traction among different stakeholders …
Dec 9, 2023: Seems that with the cap on the number of notes in the Evernote Free plan, Evernote is going to be history soon. Unless the Bending Spoon guys have …
Dec 6, 2023: At #CoP28 with the tag line of my previous employer that still drives what I do in the new role. #cliamtechange #climateaction
Dec 5, 2023: Every year at CoP I look for its evolution beyond the negotiation of countries and world leaders. The civic participation and engagement are critical …
Dec 4, 2023: 2023 My Tech Setup For the last couple of years, I have struggled with my tech setup, partially because of my desire to have one minimalist setup that meets my different …
Dec 4, 2023: #COP28 #cop28uae Every time the COP happens we get the usual jokes of too many people taking flights to attend this. While surely there are ways to do …
Nov 15, 2023: In the last 30-35 years, we have not seen such dominance of Indian cricket. This is a very new kind of team and very new kind of dominance in the …
Nov 14, 2023: The way the folks are criticising the firecracker bans in Delhi is scary. What it suggest that they are not thinking logically and they are almost too …
Nov 14, 2023: Ma Mundeshwari temple in Kaimur (Bihar) is the oldest functional Hindu temple. Although, not very wellknown outside Bihar, this is one of the most …
Nov 11, 2023: Kelaniya Raja Vihar, Colombo (Sri Lanka). If you are in Sri Lanka, this is surely worth a visit for it serenity and peace.
Nov 4, 2023: Sunset on Colombo Beach, Sri Lanka
Nov 4, 2023: At Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara. Buddha gave sermons here during his visits to Sri Lanka. #colombo #SriLanka
Oct 24, 2023: The cutest Ravan and the artist who made this. There was a lot of heartburn after it was burnt.
Oct 8, 2023: Kohli brings a different kind of confidence in all of us when he is chasing scores. No fancy shots, absolutely clear about the goal and he goes with a …
Oct 7, 2023: Recently, I have been more vocal in calling spade a spade when it comes to people spreading hate, bigotry and exclusionism. I might not change their …
Oct 5, 2023: After a longtime decided to watch something on Netflix. House of Cards it is. Too early in the series but have heard a lot of good things.
Sep 11, 2023: “As powerful a force as personality is, we’re more than just introverts, extraverts and the rest. Our traits work with our cultural, social and …
Sep 9, 2023: It was great to see global south coming together and defining the agenda for climate action at this #africaclimatesummit23. The most striking part was …
Sep 8, 2023: #AfricaClimateSummit23 Yesterday, I heard young African children talk about how they need to be part of the discussion on climate finance. So good to …
Sep 5, 2023: The Traditional Dance at Africa Climate Summit at Nairobi
Sep 4, 2023: It seems that being good at what you do is not enough these days. You have to become an #influencer or #creator in that space.. and to do that you …
Sep 3, 2023: Meeting innovative Solar enterprises in Kigali The startup scene in Africa is really turning vibrant. I was in Kigali to participate in an accelerator workshop for the winners of SolarX (20 …
Sep 2, 2023: “If you have an idea you’re excited about and you don’t bring it to life, it’s not uncommon for the idea to find its voice through another …
Sep 1, 2023: A view of Kigali (Rwanda) from my room..
Aug 30, 2023: #Metacognition refers to people’s knowledge of their own thought processes. We often have little conscious awareness of how we think. …
Aug 25, 2023: WhatsApp needs an Out-of-Office or Autoresponder. The way it is becoming the default for work communication emails are soon going to be only for …
Aug 20, 2023: I have a GoPro 11 Black that I use occasionally. But it sems that every time I take it out it has completely drained battery. I am not sure if there …
Aug 19, 2023: It has been some time since I picked up my camera. I need to make time for it.
Aug 16, 2023: Paul Graham’s website (http://paulgraham.com/) is just a treasure trove of insights that every time I visit I get something to take home. This …
Aug 13, 2023: “Once you label me you negate me.” ― Søren Kierkegaard
Jul 31, 2023: There are more people who became experts by ‘finding a problem in a solution’ than ‘solving a problem’.
Jul 8, 2023: The Most Read Research Papers on ESG Financial Times did an article on the most read research papers on ESG and here are the top five from the list. The list is based on the download data …
Jul 6, 2023: Time is running out.. Adaptation measures should be a priority for the global south. A large number of us are too poor to deal with these extreme …
Jul 2, 2023: Biodiversity Financing- Going Beyond Public Finance While our businesses and policymakers are now increasingly committed to reducing GHG emissions, they do not yet realize the gravity of the situation …
Jul 2, 2023: Currently reading: Anthro-Vision by Gillian Tett 📚
Jun 30, 2023: Yesterday was the 12 anniversary of my married life. With a seven-year-old in charge of all the celebrations, she ensured that we had a good time.
Jun 29, 2023: Finished reading: A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins 📚
Jun 28, 2023: As person struggling to find time to watch some wrbseries or read books, whatever time I get goes in deciding about what to watch or what to read.
Jun 28, 2023: Carbon Pricing is a great mechanism for amplifying climate action but it remains poorly implemented in most countries.
Jun 28, 2023: Evernote, which I have been a user since 2008 has become very unreliable. I am losing attachments from many notes as I try to open them. Also, even on …
Jun 25, 2023: What could be an alternative stack of social media platforms that have least toxicity? Are the new ones less toxic because of design or they are just …
Jun 25, 2023: Okay.. so blusky setup done. So far.. not many from India or with common interest areas. But overall platform looks clean and feels fast.
Jun 25, 2023: The super spciality doctors in India are too narrow in outlook. I have been running from one doctor to another who have forced me to go through …
Jun 16, 2023: Finally got a picture at ADB this time. It was a short trip but some great conversation on leveraging blended finance for addressing financing …
Jun 15, 2023: The most important thing the global institutions can do to enable private capital for climate in developing countries and LDCs is to support countries …
Jun 14, 2023: 🍿John Wick 4. Finally got a chance to watch it. Although it was on a small screen of an in-flight entertainment system.
Jun 12, 2023: Finally decided to upgrade to a cellular iPad Pro with M2. The ease of having a device that is always connected and can do most of the things that …
Jun 11, 2023: Climate Adaptation Technologies – How India can protect its communities against climate change Women in India will be at a higher risk given 80% of rural women are employed in the agriculture sector, have lower asset ownership and credit access …
Jun 7, 2023: “In the past, workers with average skills, doing an average job, could earn an average lifestyle. But, today, average is officially over. Being …
Jun 6, 2023: “You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building a nest in your hair.” - Unknown
May 28, 2023: 15 Years Back. Somewhere in Oooty.
May 28, 2023: Finished reading: Desert Star by Michael Connelly 📚
May 25, 2023: Finished reading: The War Of Art: Break Through The Blocks And Win Your Inner Creative Battles by The War Of Art: Break Through The Blocks And Win …
May 22, 2023: Finished reading: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 📚
May 21, 2023: IPLPlayOffs The IPL broadcast is full of ads of sin products (gambling, paan masala, surrogate ads of liquor brands). And most of our movie and sports …
May 16, 2023: Most often people have a template to judge you and understand you. If you don’t fit the template they get miffed. #lifelessons
Apr 25, 2023: While there are hundreds of note taking app but these apps trying to do tons of things do not do the justice to most of the things.
Apr 24, 2023: London Marathon
Apr 21, 2023: A rainy evening in London
Apr 3, 2023: Ameya exploring our farm land.
Mar 31, 2023: Khan el-Khalili - Cairo This is surely worth a visit if you plan a Cairo Trip
Mar 26, 2023: I played at least for a couple of hours with Chat GPT4. I am now a subscriber to its Chat GPT Plus services and committed USD 23 per month for this. …
Mar 19, 2023: A walk in Aravali Biodiversity Park. And, this is the time for flowering of Palash, Dhak (Butea monosperma)
Mar 18, 2023: Often people ask, what I can do to contribute to climate action. The least that you should do is -“Get Informed”. Understand what it is and how it …
Mar 17, 2023: You do not want to invest in risky assets hence you keep money in the bank in ‘safer’ less risky instruments. But the bank keeps the money in risky …
Mar 16, 2023: www.tribuneindia.com/news/nati… Really sad that the procedural delays and bureaucracy further starving climate action that is already …
Mar 16, 2023: There should be an easy way to consolidate/merge different Mastodon accounts.
Mar 12, 2023: Finally found some Palash trees in all their glory. They remind me of my childhood spent in Jharkhand, where these were in abundance. #TreesOfDelhi
Mar 12, 2023: Finished reading: The Last Orphan by Gregg Hurwitz 📚
Mar 5, 2023: While the mainstream bookshops (the likes of Crosswords, Oxford, Bahrisons) keep ignoring the diversity and range of the books that gets published in …
Feb 19, 2023: I picked up Victory City by Salman Rushdie and getting closer to reading my first Salman Rushdie novel. His books have been on my reading list forever …
Feb 18, 2023: Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE) is getting traction. I was invited to speak on how industry and government can work together to promote sustainable …
Feb 17, 2023: Rethinking my productivity flow and the first thing I want to explore is a ToDo list app that is cross-platform. The existing one is Things3 and it is …
Feb 15, 2023: Capturing Memories and Growing with ‘Photography’ I bought my first ‘DSLR’ (a Nikon D3200) in 2012 and the trigger was a trip to Germany. Before that I had a point and shoot Sony CyberShot that I had …
Feb 13, 2023: Intense conversation about the climate action with some exceptional people.
Feb 11, 2023: Managed to get my bookshelf organised. This time by colors. I also realised that I have bought at least 4 books again as I was not able to see them at …
Feb 1, 2023: Finished reading: Long Shadows by David Baldacci 📚
Jan 31, 2023: A couple of weeks back I got a chance to stay at the campus for a few days. While many things have changed since I graduated in 2006 from here but it …
Jan 30, 2023: Finally, I did reshuffle my entire portfolio amid all the chaos caused by the Adani-Hindenberg issue. Better to hold cash than to be in the market …
Jan 29, 2023: I hardly recommend music albums and songs but I could not resists recommending Qala. Absolutely brilliant work from Amit Trivedi that must be …
Jan 28, 2023: The Power of Written Words Never underestimate the power of written words. Indian investors can vouch for this now. We lost a lot of money despite having no direct exposure to …
Jan 26, 2023: Surprisingly we are not talking enough about methane problem. It is 30 times more dangerous than CO2.
Jan 25, 2023: Do you want to make a career in climate solutions and sustainability space? Figure out which problem you want to solve and what kind of skills it …
Jan 24, 2023: The State of the Carbon Dioxide Removal – No where close to what is needed. The first edition of the state of the Carbon Dioxide Removal report is out. And, it confirms what many of us have been reiterating in different ways. …
Jan 23, 2023: www.npr.org/sections/… We need this. ChatGPTZero #OpenAI
Jan 19, 2023: Jaipur Literature Festival is one event that I keep on missing for one reason or another. Next time again. #Litfest #jlf
Jan 14, 2023: A trip to Auroville, Verite before I get back to cold and gloomy Delhi!
Jan 13, 2023: Openai ChatGPT3 and the Robot Curve With public availability of ChatGPT3 people got suddenly exposed to Artificial Intelligence and what it can do. Some are being alarmed about what all …
Jan 12, 2023: Curiosity, especially about the larger context of professional environment developments that can affect once career or things they care for is often …
Jan 10, 2023: Currently reading: Life Is Hard by Kieran Setiya 📚
Jan 9, 2023: What is happening in Joshi Math is sad reminder that we are not respecting the carrying capacity of our ecosystems. All our hill-stations are in very …
Jan 8, 2023: History is fascinating. It can help one learn from past and shape the future but it also has the risk of sucking one in past glory or failures and …
Jan 7, 2023: A quick trip to Nandi Hills from Bengaluru.
Jan 7, 2023: Reading Theme for this year: Nature and Religion I just ordered the first lot of books this year on my kindle. Most of these books are on Nature, Sustainability and Religion. This is in sync with …
Jan 5, 2023: One of the thing that I really found worth the effort is to maintain an yearly list of books that I read. I have been doing this from 2006 and once in …
Jan 4, 2023: Auroville Visitor Center #auroville #india #2023
Jan 3, 2023: Ameya’s gift for me. A notebook that she picked up from Ramanashram!
Jan 3, 2023: The day apple gets its Files app right, I would be able to use iPad as my emergency laptop replacement. Sadly, the File management is the biggest …
Jan 2, 2023: Auroville has always been a comforting place for me. It never fails in reminding me of what life can be vs what it is.
Jan 1, 2023: My Reading List – 2022 I already wrote about what happened with my reading routine and habit this year. But still managed to read some books. Here are the books that I …
Jan 1, 2023: Sore throat and body ache are not a great company to welcome new year.
Dec 30, 2022: Sore throat and body ache are making sure that my year end is on the bed. :(
Dec 27, 2022: 2022 Year in Review: Reading and Books It is an early morning on a weekend and I am trying to get my thoughts together to plan for the year end trip to Pondicherry. One of the key decisions …
Dec 26, 2022: Sacred Arunachalam Another picture of Arunachala from the place we stayed for a few days. A new place- [The White Flower Retreat] …
Dec 25, 2022: The year end posts are half written and there is a long list of pending things that I will not be able to finish this year.
Dec 24, 2022: A visit to Skandaashram and Virupaksha Cave where Maharshi Raman spent most of his life. It was an arduous trek with a seven year old kid, but we …
Dec 23, 2022: In the foothills of Arunachala
Dec 23, 2022: Pondicherry Diary -2 Away from Delhi’s pollution in our favourite town..
Dec 22, 2022: Pondichéry
Dec 20, 2022: Finally all set for the year end break. Never ever looked more eagerly for this break.
Dec 20, 2022: Finally after a long hiatus, I decided to get back to micro.blog. The things that I am looking to build this time (I am not importing my wordpress …
Dec 19, 2022: Testing the new crossposting setup!
Sep 11, 2022: The ABC of ESG – The Evolution, Drivers and the Next Phase The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits , a seminal piece by Milton Friedman was published on September 13, 1970. As the …
Jun 21, 2022: Transforming Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for Achieving our SDGs The Covid-19 pandemic is a big setback to one of the most ambitious goals humanity has ever set for itself: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). …
Mar 14, 2022: Net Zero Goals and Rush For Carbon Credits Recently, a number of friends reached out to me to know more about ‘Carbon Credits’; knowing well that their interest in climate change and …
Jan 30, 2022: The search for the best secure, encrypted and ad-free email service Two decade back I had never imagined how important (and how frustrating) email was going to be. Today, when I look at my most commonly used personal …
Jan 3, 2022: What I read in 2021 Non-fiction This year I consumed more reports on climate change and carbon market than books. COP26 was a landmark event for everyone whether working …
Dec 12, 2021: I can pose I can pose #instagood #travel #auroville #puducherry #fujix100f #portrait https://www.instagram.com/p/CXYsQePJUBz/?utm_medium=tumblr
Oct 20, 2021: Inadequate investments and slow growth of renewable energy will make Energy Transition painful. If you have been reading about the success of solar energy and how renewable energy is going to replace coal, then the recent news of the coal …
Sep 2, 2021: The 1.5 degree scenario is almost beyond our reach. The IPCC Assessment Report 6– The physical sciences bases is full of bad news for humanity and a lot of science highlighting and …
Mar 13, 2021: Going beyond the words and promises You always have choices and will be known for what you chose. A company in Australia https://thankyou.co/categories realized that it had a silly …
Jun 3, 2020: Malice - Another gem from Higashino Keigo Higashino is referred as ‘the Japanese Stieg Larsson’ on the cover of this book. I think this is a very bizarre comparison if I consider the …
Dec 16, 2017: Peaceful Death Peaceful death is really an essential human right, more essential perhaps even than the right to vote or the right to justice; it is a right on which, …
Dec 31, 2016: What I read in 2016 Non-fiction Connect by John Browne The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo What I talk about when I talk about running by Haruki Murakami …
Dec 14, 2016: Social media is not the barometer of nation's mood. Social media is increasingly influencing policy makers, politicians and bureaucrats in visualizing and shaping some of the key decisions that have a …
Sep 4, 2016: Doubling Farmers' Income - Making it a reality Our Prime Minister’s call to double the farmers’s income1 by 2022 is an opportune call as the growth in farmers’ income has stagnated and it caused …
Apr 24, 2016: Empathy and Economics One of the most annoying thing in the pre-cable/satellite television era was Doordarashan mourning demise of political leaders or other eminent …
Mar 13, 2016: Addressing Household Air Pollution and Celebrating Cooking : Dharma Chef Household Air Pollution (HAP) is emerging as a major health risk and is responsible for more than 4.3 million premature deaths globally every year. …
Dec 31, 2015: What I read in 2015 Non-fiction Essentialism by Greg Mckeown Move Up by Clotaire Rapaille and Andres Roemer How to Be Alone by Sara Maitland Looking Away by Harsh Mander …
Sep 26, 2015: Lighting Up Young Minds One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood. -Agatha Christie Indeed, a happy childhood is …
Aug 10, 2015: Bihar: A Glorious Past and An Uncertain Future As I walked past a small hut the chorus of ‘ek duni do.. do duni char.. caught my attention. The sound was coming from the hut on my left. I …
May 10, 2015: Killer in the kitchen Several news articles highlighted the deteriorating air quality in Delhi and its impact on health. Many of my friends and colleagues started …
Jan 26, 2015: The Path to Serenity In theory, there are said to be eighty-four thousand approaches, or entrance doors, in Buddhism. The large number is to indicate that, in fact, anyone …
Dec 31, 2014: What I read in 2014 Non-fiction Capital by Thomas Piketty The Sense of Style by Steven Pinker The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell Think Like a Freak by Levitt and Dubner …
Dec 16, 2014: The Goldfinch - A very short review of a rather long book I just finished "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tart. A really bulky book (784 pages) and on top of it this is a very slow book. I read some glowing reviews …
Aug 2, 2014: Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hours Bookstore - A nostalgic read Some places might not be very exotic, scenic or on people’s list of must see-must visit but often they offer something that many places do not: …
Dec 31, 2013: What I read in 2013 Non-fiction Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo Eat by Globe by Simon Majumdar Thinking Fast and Slow …
Dec 31, 2012: What I read in 2012 Non-fiction The Stuff of Thoughts by Steven Pinker Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Fiction A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin Before I Go to Sleep by S …
Oct 24, 2012: iPad Mini: A disappointment The iPad 3rd generation (with retina display) is a fantastic piece of technology but it is surely not for those who want to use it for prolonged …
Sep 28, 2011: The Mind of the Market For someone who works on ‘understanding markets’ and is familiar with previous works of Michael Shermer, picking “The Mind of the Market” from the …
Jun 10, 2011: What I read in 2011 Fiction 1. Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro Kazuo Highly recommended if you are looking for a good thought provoking science fiction. A mushy story about …
Dec 2, 2010: Power to the People No this is not the John Lennon’s famous song.. this is the title of the report which kept me busy for almost two years and the main reason why there …
Sep 17, 2010: Night Train to Lisbon Some stories gradually grow on you and some characters seem that they have been made from ingredients picked from your own life. And when this happens …
Sep 26, 2009: Economic Environment Index Last week we launched our Economic Environment Index (earlier it was called Economic Governance Index) and like any other index it got its fair (okey …
Sep 13, 2009: Birthday, Bihar Trip, Books and Deadlines A blog post after almost two months does not indicate my diminishing passion for blogging but highlights the hectic professional life I had in last …
Aug 30, 2009: Back to books Finally after all the madness in las few weeks I am relaxed and completely free from any professional commitment for a week. It really feels good to …
May 3, 2009: Ranchi Trip Last month, I visited Ranchi for a couple of days almost after 23 years. I was so excited to visit that place, to see my school and go to those places …
Mar 2, 2009: Life of a wanderer Last few weeks gave me a snapshot of a wanderer’s life. Moving one town to another, meeting all kind of people, doing all kind of stuff right from …
Jan 11, 2009: What I read in 2008 Fiction Sacred Games By Viikram Chandra Bandicoots in moonlight by Avijit Ghosh The Girl with Dragon Tatoo by Steig Larsson Memories of My Melancholy …
Jan 8, 2009: Starting afresh There were so many things happening around me or with me that nothing was happening on my blog. No time to blog. Finally things seem to get normalized …
Dec 26, 2008: In search of Insights on Energy Access
Jan 11, 2008: What I read in 2007 Though I could not read as much as I did last year and left many books half finished, or just untouched on the shelf. These are books I did manage to …
Jun 14, 2007: Finaliy the setup for IFMR Centre for Development Finance, Lucknow Project office is done.
May 7, 2007: Seven Children Magazines that I loved Chandamama - We were waiting more eagerly to get this magazine from newspaper wala then our results. Beautiful stories of Kings, stories from ancient …
Feb 4, 2007: No mercy I always wondered why people turn violent, why they want to kill somebody, knowing very well that it is going to ruin their life as well. Life gave me …
Jan 6, 2007: 2007- Is this the magical year I was waiting for? First of all my delayed new year wishes to all who visited the blog, commented, mailed me and inspired me to keep on blogging. Wishing you all Happy …
Dec 17, 2006: Some ideas, some plans and some compulsions Another Sunday morning and as usual my time to take a look on whats going on and where I am heading. Now its a habit to sit aside and take a note of …
Oct 22, 2006: Bye bye Ivory Coast Time to say bye bye to Ivory Coast.. Short but memorable stay that help me understand my priorities and interests better. A lot of learning to take …
Oct 3, 2006: Midway Exploring Ivory Coast for a few more days. a very very good guy.. always worried about ‘Patron’. I am finally done with Olam and now going …
Aug 6, 2006: Am I stupid? Every day, when my car stops at the red light, 3-4 small children start hovering around my car, spreading their little palms, and invariably I give …
Jul 15, 2006: Some Regrets Was going thru pictures posted by my batchmates on Orkut and found this. Once again it made me nostalgic. Not being able to attend the convocation is …
Jul 7, 2006: The week gone by Got one year older last week. Though no celebration, got some calls from friends, some scraps, SMSs, and that all. Though it reminded me of my IIFM …
Jul 1, 2006: IIFM ID Picture
Jun 26, 2006: Movies, Books and A lot of planning After letting the DVDs gather dust for more than two weeks, I took pity on them and watched three movies this week. Three movies from three completely …
Apr 16, 2006: A quick trip to Assini beach. One a few weeks in Abidjan so still trying to figure out things. Not easy to manage with limited French skills but have …
Mar 25, 2006: Ivory Coast After being away from blogging for more than 20 days once again back (as if my return was awaited worldover, but nevertheless it seems nice to write). …
Feb 17, 2006: Thank you IIFM I cannot just thank IIFM enough for whatever it has given. The Director’s Award for the best student, the best orgaizational training award and …
Feb 5, 2006: Congo Calling Only 23 days are left of my stay here at IIFM Bhopal. And probably 30 days in India. While all my friends are happy that they are going to spend some …
Jan 30, 2006: Once there was a well-known philosopher and scholar who devoted himself to the study of Zen for many years. On the day that he finally attained …
Jan 27, 2006: Some Remarkable Men Some personalities really baffle you. There are so many greats, but this post deals with three personalities, whom I came to know through their books. …
Nov 8, 2005: Somewhere in Gabon Borrowed sunglasses to cover my infected eyes..
Nov 5, 2005: A Village Market in Gabon
Oct 30, 2005: Gabon Upcountry After breakfast, there was nothing to do, so I just spent some time on my laptop, listening to those songs which I have stored, just for the single …
Oct 29, 2005: Organizational Training in Gabon After 7 hours of train journey I reached to a small place called Booeu. And my god, if you do not know French here your life is hell here. So far I …
Oct 22, 2005: Welcome to Congo DCR A lot to learn and a lot to prove.. not to anyone but to myself.
Sep 15, 2005: Miles to Go If you have a lot to write, you are not going to write anything. This is what I realized in the last couple of weeks. And the result was no post for …
Aug 22, 2005: Kiss Mid-term Exam Ka The whole story can be described in one line, what I studied was not in the paper, and what was in the paper, I did not study. So you can guess the …
Aug 4, 2005: Exam-time Once again examinations to deal with… though the situation is quite different. Ill-prepared, huge syllabus, the extra burden of the Livelihood …
Jul 23, 2005: Bihar-gatha Bihar, whenever I utter this word to non-biharis (here the non-Biharis = those who belong to other states than Bihar, UP and Jharkhand), the reactions …
Jul 9, 2005: My Reading List 2005-2006 This year I planned to read around 100 books, but could not achieve the target, and looking at the academic calender and schedule it does not seem …
Jun 19, 2005: Six Days of Bliss Summer Project is almost over and now is the time to spend a week along with my parents, family, and friends. This is going to be my six days of …
Jun 15, 2005: The Karnataka Diary The last couple of days have been very hectic for us. Getting up in the morning at 7 o’clock to get ready for the fieldwork, taking a quick bath or a …
Jun 9, 2005: Upgrade Our grades are out and now i have moved back to grade A…. though I had faltered in my end term but good show in midterm ensured me my A. …
Apr 27, 2005: Right now doing summers at Grasim Industries Ltd. Hope to return with some more updates on the blog…
Feb 21, 2005: Changing Times India Today, in its latest issue has ranked 50 most powerful people of our country. If we go by the list which includes mostly the industrialist, rich …
Jan 5, 2005: Our Fieldwork in South India Our one-month fieldwork is coming to an end. But what a great month it was, though the killer tsunami wave made us cry for the departed soul and …
Dec 7, 2004: Vellore Vellore, is the place, where we (me, Pushkar, Ruchi, and Jyoti) are right now, thanks to the IIFM fieldwork. Contrary to our all expectations, the …
Oct 16, 2004: nlp Midterm over and now we have time, which can be utilized in something I always wanted. So I am back to reading. This time I want to explore this thing …
Sep 10, 2004: Black Friday We have got only 20 days of respite between two examinations. This is the common schedule here at IIFM, you are finishing your last question of last …
Aug 6, 2004: All I am trying to point out is that all this knowledge you are so proud of flaunting isn’t worth a tinker’s damn. - UG Krishnamurti …
Aug 5, 2004: Standing Alone Well, so I am finished with my midterm exams and now I have time to do things which I had planned. But, the real crux is what to do first, go for a …
Aug 4, 2004: Welcome Party Today, we are going to have a gala party from the PFM cell. This is the official welcome party from the IIFM to the new batch, and this will be our …