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Village Life vs City Life in India: What We’re Losing and How to Revive It

Thanks to the birth of my daughter and the support from my employer, Pulse Energy, I spent quite a bit of time in my village Bhattugudem, near Bibinagar, just outside Hyderabad. I saw something that made me stop and think about the life in city vs village. Farms were being worked on, yes, but only by the elderly.Construction sites were full of workers from Bihar and UP.Shops in the village? Most of them now run by Marwadis from Gujarat and Rajasthan. And the locals? They are gone. Moved to the cities, like I did, in search of a better life. …

Two diverging roads representing Howard Roark's path of originality and Peter Keating's path of conformity from Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead.
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Howard Roark in a World Full of Peter Keating

I was back in Bangalore after a long time. And I was catching up with some of my buddies today. It was a casual meeting to talk about life, dreams, and stuff that mattered. I met Sumiit for the first time, and we were chatting about a book I was reading, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Mind you, this book has been with me for many years now. I started it many times but couldn’t finish. Determined, I started reading it again recently and glad that I stuck with it this time. I explained the basic idea in the book, …

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White Spaces Of Life

“Oh time is just flying so fast”“Oh! Is it end of March already.” I keep hearing these dialogues from a number of people lately. But I somehow don’t feel like it. I feel the time is ticking at a snail pace. I can see every distinct second as it goes around the clock. But why??Why do I feel like time is dragging? But did I always feel like this!?As I unravel my professional and personal experiences in the numerous conversations I’ve been having lately, I realized I didn’t even remember how the good times flew by. Looking back, all the …