Among travel destinations, Japan is our first love. We lived a few months in Osaka & Tokyo in 2007 & 2008. During this period, we visited many places in central Japan such as Kobe, Kyoto, Himeji, Ise Shima, Hakone (Mt Fuji), Yokohama. Since then work trips took me to Japan about half a dozen times […]
2 days in Amsterdam, Netherlands
NO paid links or sponsored references in this post. Stroopwafel. One of my cherished family memories is enjoying these Dutch cookies with the family back home. I bought them once while transiting through Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport few years back. This time I had the opportunity to spend a weekend in the city. Arrival & Stay […]
AI tipping point – It is time to think
Zerodha, founded in 2010, is India’s largest stock broker by the number of active clients (6m). They are unique in many ways & adopt counter-intuitive ideas such as philosophy of user disengagement, never advertised its products, no external funding etc. Kailash Nadh, Ph.D in Artificial Intelligence & Computational Linguistics, is the CTO and is popular for writing in 2019: “powered by […]
Hanoi Trip Summary (2022)
Flights & Visa Stay Food Coffee Places of interest Local Transport Currency (for Singapore residents only) If you are reading this, you will know how to reach me. If not, twitter @rajspace
A letter to a newly married couple
I was unable to attend a cousin’s wedding during Covid times in early 2021. The missed opportunity was the catalyst for this letter. It has been edited for public reading without diluting the essence. I review & update it annually since then. Here is latest one updated on 6-Aug-2022. Check this out – http://bit.ly/5moneychoices / […]
What is the meaning of buying or owning 1 share of ITC?
Price of 1 share of ITC is Rs 257 (as of 14/10/2021) The share represents part ownership in the business (not a piece of paper or line in the demat account) In FY2019, the share generated Rs 7.60 in cashIn FY2020, the share generated Rs 9.90 in cashIn FY2021, the share generated Rs 8.70 in […]
Short conversation about investing & markets
Ram: Markets are at an all time high… so many stocks doing superb! Wish my portfolio was better Shyam: What do you exactly mean by “markets are all time high”? R: Look at the Nifty & Sensex. Nifty is up 26% in the past 6 months, 31% YTD. Sensex is up 26% in the last […]
Lecture about the Indian tech industry to University of Mysore students
Last week I had the opportunity to share my thoughts and experience with about 70 students from University of Mysore. The theme was life in the Indian IT Industry in 2021 & beyond – emerging trends in the industry & how to stay competitive as a professional. I enjoyed the journey through the memory lane […]
What did I learn from Reshma Nilofer
I am fascinated by the shipping industry. 90% of world logistics happens through maritime. 100s of seafarers are held hostage at any given time and hardly any of us care! The TED talk I have watched the most times is Inside the secret shipping industry by Rose George. In a connected world, only 10% of […]
What did I learn from Micheal Saylor
Micheal Saylor, CEO of Microstrategy, came up in my radar when I was developing deeper interest in bitcoin (reading this & listening to this). In Aug 2020, Saylor invested $250 million in bitcoins using Microstrategy’s cash in the balance sheet. An investor buying bitcoins is one but a business owner of a publicly listed company […]
What did I learn from Jerry Seinfield
I have not watched a single episode of Seinfield nor his standup comedy. I did not know how popular he and his shows are! Then why did I add the Tim Ferris interview of Jerry Seinfield to the listen queue? “he was offered $5 million per show to stay on another season – but quit […]
What did I learn from Alok Kejriwal
In the 2000s, Contest2Win was a significant Indian internet success story & Alok Kejriwal was the brains behind it. I looked up to Alok in those days. Hence was curious to hear to his thoughts & what is he up to recently. 1 insight: Gaming/sports has strong sense of engagement. So much that people watch […]