Today’s topic is about schools and the first labels that we get. Troublemaker. Quiet. Gifted. Whatever those labels are. When I think about schools, there are people who spend their entire school life in one school. Then there are others whose parents are transferred often, whose jobs take them from one place to another, and they end up studying in multiple schools. I fall into … Continue reading Schools and the First Labels
Today’s topic is about early pain, confusion, and loss. When I was thinking about this topic, I asked myself what is the earliest pain that I remember. Being born is painful, but we don’t remember it. And as a man, I don’t know the pain of giving birth. Women know that. Even for women who have had a C-section, there is a lot of pain … Continue reading Early Pains, Confusion and Loss
We always hear people talk about their childhoods or the childhood of others. They say the person was shy, always spent time with books, was very naughty, and all these things. When I look back at my life growing up in the seventies, I had nothing to do with books. I was always into movies. I did read a lot of Amar Chitra Katha and … Continue reading Childhood Joys and Escapes
When we think about the people who shape us, the first category that comes to mind is parents — father and mother. There is an interesting story I often tell people. When I was young, I went to my dad and asked him a question. I said there are two kinds of work: one is easy and you like to do it, and the other … Continue reading People who shape us and their influence in our Life
Today we’ll talk about home — that idea of home. When I first had that feeling of home, what it was about safety, fear, and that sense of belonging. I grew up in Kozhikode in Kerala. I don’t really remember the first house we stayed in. I think much of my memories from that time, the early seventies, are probably from pictures and stories that … Continue reading Memories of Home, Safety, Fear & Belonging
After the last episode, I was thinking about Agile Indian. If you take the first two letters, it becomes AI. Not that it signifies anything, but I found it interesting because I had never thought about it before. That thought led me to think about the world many of us were born into. I was born in the early 1970s in Kerala. It was a … Continue reading Privilege, Family & the World we were Born into
When I made my last episode, I did not know what I was going to talk about in this episode. Sometimes we just have to take that first step, and then we take the second step and the third, and then we move. The first step is always the most difficult one. As I was thinking about Agile Indian, I was asking myself who is … Continue reading Our Life is a Balance Sheet of our Decisions
Being Indian today is not just about where we live. It is about how we think, adapt, and belong in a world that keeps shifting. Many of us work across cultures and move constantly between traditions and modernity. We are rooted in something old and familiar, and yet we are always adjusting to new expectations, new environments, and new ways of being. This blog, and … Continue reading What is Agile Indian ?
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