THE IMAGE AND THE PERSON
What Jiddu Krishnamurti and systems thinking teach a leader about seeing people as they are
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Personal essays · Since 2017
Thinking out loud on the mind, culture & the choices we make.
I write where psychology, Indian culture, analytics and management meet — reflections, long-running series, and stories about love, trust and the people we become.
Canvass the world around us, then analyse it honestly — that has been the idea behind every piece here.
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Threads of One Life
A novel in the making, published chapter by chapter: eight lives, each carrying one emotion, woven into a single story about what grounds us and reminds us we are human.
OngoingThinking in Systems
AI, analytics and leadership seen as systems: why data science misses business value, and how leaders end up managing images instead of people.
CompletedExtended Learnings on Indian Culture
A long walk through Rishis, Gurus, Gunas and the three Yogas — my personal comprehension of Sanātana Dharma, plus a glossary of its key ideas.
CompletedCOVID-19 Chronicles
Written as the pandemic unfolded: facts and fear, lockdowns and recession, the second wave — and what it taught us.
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Can we ever claim success? A reflection on what success really means, beyond the dictionary definition.
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