After reading Yuganta: The end of an epoch, there were two things that kept bothering me. The first one was Karve’s view of Bhishma, specifically around the incident during the Rajasuya Yagna by Yudhishthir. Bhishma asked for Krishna to be the first one to be respected and in both Shishupala and Karve’s view that…
“You think you know Mahabharata, you should read Yuganta by Irawati Karve”. This was one of the ways the book was recommended to me. I do not claim to know all of Mahabharata, but having read the epic in multiple forms, I thought I knew it somewhat. So I read Yuganta: The end of…
Thirteen days in September is at once a window into history and a lesson in negotiation. Lawrence Wright has successfully brought the tensions of the 1970s Middle East to life and in the process he has also shown what courage can do. The book is based on the thirteen days long negotiation between Egypt…
A question to all the product managers, when you are building a new product what is more important to you – Acquiring Users/Growth or, Engagement? Nir Eyal in his book “Hooked – How to build habit forming products” says that if you want your product to sustain then your focus should be on Engagement….
It has been a gap of an year between this post and my last. The philosopher went on a learning journey of a lifetime and the gentleman got caught up in the web of life. I have no other way to explain it. Last year while I was looking for opportunities to learn and…