A few days ago, I wanted to find new hiring platforms/companies that helped startups hire. We already use Indeed (https://in.indeed.com/hire), IIMJobs (https://recruit.iimjobs.com/login), Hirist (https://recruit.hirist.com/login), Updazz (https://recruit.updazz.com/login) and also have occasional forays on Naukri. We have also tried AngelList in the past, but the results were not encouraging, so we stopped then; and we have not […]
Category: Non-fiction
THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL IN THE TIMES OF CORONA – A MEDIUM SERIES
You can read this series on Medium as well: Link To Medium Series 1 YOUR GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL Hey Homo Sapiens, ta-dah! Here I am SARS-CoV-2, known to you as Corona Virus. This is my travelogue. Don’t quite remember when I was born on earth — memory’s a little hazy. But since […]
‘THE ENGLISH PATIENT’ – A BOOK REVIEW
If ever a book was written to stir your senses to dizzying heights, it’s ‘The English Patient’. Sometimes the lilting touch of a kiss, sometimes the prancing pace of a musical verse, sometimes the piercing stab of a needle, sometimes the burning pain of a hot iron… the book affects you in every imaginable way. The […]
I AM SEX — FRIENDS, HUMANS, EARTHLINGS, LEND ME YOUR EARS
Hi, I am sex. I am around 2 billion years old. Nice to meet you 🙂 I am guessing you know me. Especially if you are a teenager or older, though many children also know about me these days. Good for them… or not. Anyway, I am here to tell my story. I think it’s […]
INTERVIEW GIVEN TO A MAGAZINE FOR MY BOOK DILLI MUMBAI LOVE STORY
Brief us a little about your novel ‘A Dilli Mumbai Love story.’ ‘A Dilli Mumbai…’ is a humorous and passionate love story that climaxes in Mumbai attacks. Two people from vastly different backgrounds studying in Delhi fall in love, marry against odds, go through the ups and downs of married life, and then one of […]
TO FOLLOW OR NOT TO FOLLOW (THE CONSTITUTION) — THAT IS THE QUESTION
To Follow or Not to Follow (the Constitution) – That is the Question One of the chief duties of a citizen is to be a nuisance to the government of his state. Thomas Jefferson I remember that my first lesson in mathematics given to me by my brother was a disappointment because he said ‘Now […]
10 REASONS NOT TO DATE AN ENTREPRENEUR – A TONGUE IN CHEEK RESPONSE
A Tongue-In-Cheek response to the article “Ten Reasons To Date An Entrepreneur” doing the rounds of FB. See the original article here: http://love-not-fear.org/2011/12/02/ten-reasons-to-date-an-entrepreneur/Guidelines: 1) This article is not to be taken seriously by either entrepreneurs or sane people 2) Entrepreneurs shall take a pledge of not murdering me before reading this. Full Disclosure: I am […]
HIGHBROW VS LOWBROW WRITING
Here is a list of some of the works of great creativity that can be trashed in 1 line: 1. Boy and girl from warring families fall in love, are separated, and commit suicide – trash – Romeo & Juliet 2. Girl dresses up as boy to win her love – trash – As you […]
THE IMPORTANCE OF AN ABUNDANCE MINDSET
Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it knows what in its environment can harm or kill it, and can take adequate measures for its survival. If not, it needs someone to save it. It’s said a carpenter saved mankind on a Friday afternoon about 2000 years ago. On a Sunday night in […]
12 DIFFICULT STEPS TO GET PUBLISHED
Since my novel got published about seven months ago, time and again I have been asked how to get published. So here is a simple 10 step way to getting published that I compiled from the answers I gave to the questioners. I hope it is of help to the friends and readers who want […]