Memories
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My first *bushwalking* 👣 ⛰ experience in Australia – Berowra Track at Mt Kuring-gai Chase National Park
It was perhaps the first free weekend since we moved to Sydney. Most previous weekends were about setting up the house (assembling Ikea furniture is quite interesting!), buying stuff for the house or resting after the setting up and shopping. Deepti had to head back to India to finish up some work there and here… Continue reading
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Appeared On A Kannada TV Quiz Show!
(The actual event happened nearly a year back, in Feb 2017. This post though, while written a long time back, was lost in the pile of drafts. Any time is a good time to dust up drafts and publish them, isn’t it? Hence this post!) I got a chance to participate in That Antha Heli (loosely translated… Continue reading
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The Tipu Sultan Trail & The Story of Indian Riches
It all started with Harsha mentioning one day about the nine forts or the Navadurgas that Tipu Sultan built around Bangalore-Mysore. And long before trekking became as fashionable as it is now, we were traveling to interesting places around Bangalore digging (not literally) for stories and nuggets of history. In fact, a lot of the popular… Continue reading
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Why Is Common Sense Not So Common?
A couple of incidents that happened recently got me thinking about our reactions to different situations. Also how, more often than not, we miss the simplest of things because we are not able to focus completely at that particular time. In hindsight, what is called common sense appears to be very common, but somehow we… Continue reading
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You Can Call Me On My Mobile Phone
No wonder they call it the Xtreme Sports Bar. Because we visit that place bar bar (not just because it’s a bar) and extreme things happen while we are there. For example, Zee Sports is the channel they were playing on the TV screens the first time we went there. And why not, doesn’t that… Continue reading
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Are You Really That Hot Then? Curious Incidents In The Life Time
Are You Really That Hot Then? Location: Aboard AI 620, Mumbai to Bangalore.Time: Between 2:15 and 2:30 am.Date: January 17, 2009.Feeling before the incident: One of immense relief having reached the airport only minutes before the departure and miraculously enough, being able to clear the security, customs and the immigration check (Yes, it was a… Continue reading
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And Then One Voted
What I had to go through to get my voter ID card will take up two and a half blog posts, but after having cast my vote now, I feel it was worth all the effort. Here’s to Indian democracy – Wrong finger? Thank you very much, DNA. Huh. Old Airport Road, Bangalore at 6:45… Continue reading
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The Trip To Talakadu
Photos from the trip to Jaladhama, on the banks of rivers Kaveri and Kapila at Talakadu, about a couple of hours drive from Bangalore. Flower Power Photos taken during the breakfast stop-over at the Kamat Upachahra on Mysore Road. Scattering of Light? Barb Wire? Photos of the fields on the way – the Well Fielded… Continue reading
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Mysore Dasara Trip 2008 Or Why I Can Now Die A Happier Man – I
The Theory of Happening Trips has been proved once again. That the best trips are those which are decided at the spur of the moment with minimum fuss about the planning, stay, travel and the company. And that the ones that are planned and thought over, over and over, never quite happen. The Mysore Trip… Continue reading
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Via Darjeeling and The Darjeeling Limited
Two movies I’m looking forward to watch in some time – Via Darjeeling and The Darjeeling Limited. Via Darjeeling comes from Arindam Nandy and has a very impressive star cast with an interesting story-line. More from Arindam Nandy on Via Darjeeling. Heartening to see NFDC (back to?)backing projects like these. The Darjeeling Limited sounds a… Continue reading
About Me
I am a Product Manager based in Sydney, Australia currently working as a Group Product Manager at Atlassian. I am passionate about creating an impact using technology and that has led me to some very interesting career and life journeys. My interests include traveling, books, music and movies. I love trivia and quizzing and I have been on a few TV quiz shows as well. Views are my own.
Recent Posts
- Speaking at Atlassian’s annual conference, TEAM ’24 at Las Vegas on ‘Building AI: Atlassian’s approach to crafting exceptional intelligent experiences’
- 4 ways you can scale up as an individual contributor Product Manager
- 🎧 Podcasts, podcasts and more podcasts – this time on Communication and Coaching
- From ‘I’m not a podcast person’ to bingeing on Aussie true crime podcasts
- My first *bushwalking* 👣 ⛰ experience in Australia – Berowra Track at Mt Kuring-gai Chase National Park