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Writing from the workshop.

Practitioner thinking on product, teams, transformation, and growth. No frameworks borrowed whole — only what I've tested and adapted.

138 posts

May 2026·2 minproduct

Everyone showed up as a builder

Inside Amplitude's Customer Advisory Board: MCP traffic up 20x in three months, and a room of senior leaders who all showed up as builders.

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May 2026·4 minsynthesisdraft

Post feature preview — every format we support

A reference post exercising every formatting feature available: cover image, pull quotes, prose headings, code, blockquotes, lists, inline images, and the photo-card component.

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Apr 2026·5 minproduct

If nothing on your roadmap makes you uncomfortable

Strategy is a set of choices. If every item has unanimous support, you're optimising for comfort.

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Apr 2026·4 minleadership

The meeting that should have been a decision

Most alignment meetings exist because someone isn't empowered to decide.

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Apr 2026·6 mintransformation

What I learned rebuilding from scratch three times

At 17, at 29, at 31. The pattern that taught me more about leadership than any programme.

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Oct 2021·4 mincuriosity

Goodbye Babbel. And Thank you, Babbelonians!

"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." - Michael Altshuler. My 4 ½ year journey comes to an end, but it felt like both Babbel & I...

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May 2021·5 minproduct

Figjam, the Red ocean of Whiteboards & a Jobs-to-be-done-based Strategy for Growth 🚀

A couple of weeks back, I was mentoring a startup around their product’s value metric and went on to check subscriptions for a few products. On Figma’s price...

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May 2021·7 minproduct

How to accelerate Customer Impact thru Discovery 🤩 without the framework hype 😅

Too many teams miss out on unlocking product value (plus fun & learning as bonus) either by not focusing on discovery, or obsessing about the process....

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Jan 2021·1 minleadership

🎧 Hear how mentoring can make you a stronger leader

In this podcast, Daniel Bartholomae & I discuss how mentoring talent has strengthened our core leadership skills. Hear it on Spotify or SoundCloud and let...

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Jan 2021·3 minleadership

4 Simple routines I adopted in 2020 to reduce anxiety and increase positivity 🧘💪🏼😇

Before diving in 2021, I wanted to reflect on the past year. Like I said, 2020 was crazy, but we thrived . Crisis presented a bunch of new opportunities. I...

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Jan 2021·3 mincuriosity

Thanks for adapting to 2020 & Happy new year!

Happy new year! Reflecting back on 2020, it wasn't all bad. Its challenges pushed us to adapt together, presented new opportunities & created hope for 2021.

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Aug 2020·4 minproduct

I learned Ideo's secret to innovate & design for human emotions 🔮

Part of the reason I love being in product is how success is directly tied to identifying and solving the right problems. Of course this requires sifting...

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Aug 2020·6 minleadership

5 tips: how to find a job in Germany, Europe, or anywhere else 🇺🇸🇦🇺🇸🇬

A couple of recent mentoring sessions ended with mentees asking how to find a job in Berlin, particularly asking about English-speaking opportunities....

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Jul 2020·4 minproduct

Will your career growth survive COVID-19? 5 prompts to set personal goals today!

I hope you are safe and doing well through the ongoing health and humanitarian crises. The Coronavirus pandemic caught us by surprise, and has left us between...

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Nov 2017·1 mincuriosity

Char-grilled chicken with stuffed tomatoes

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="665"] Char-grilled chicken with stuffed tomatoes[/caption]

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Jun 2017·4 mincuriosity

7 quick tips for travelling abroad

If it’s your first time jetting away, the concept of a holiday could be a daunting one. Don’t panic! Here are seven essential tips for you to make the most out...

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May 2017·1 mincuriosity

A350 & B787

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="1080"] A350[/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="1080"] B787[/caption]

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Apr 2017·3 mincuriosity

The sun sets on Dubai. Adios!

Dubai. The entire city is a man-made miracle. Its a fine example of what great vision, honest leadership and innovative business models can build. Its...

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Mar 2017·3 mintransformation

Goodbye LANDMARK Web Team. Shukran!

“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” ― Kurt Vonnegut After two phenomenal years of launching apps at the...

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Jan 2017·1 mincuriosity

Nandgaon

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="920"] Shree Siddhivinayak Temple, Nandgaon[/caption]

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Dec 2016·1 minproduct

When daddy is a Product Manager

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="1080"] Simplifying the nanny's jobs-to-be-done[/caption]

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Jul 2016·10 mincuriosity

Flashback: The Mumbai floods of 2005

This day, 11 years back, was when Mumbai came to a standstill . Rainfall reached the 1000mm mark after showering 22 hours non-stop. Power was cut, people were...

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Jun 2016·1 minproduct

Our Android app for LandmarkShops India

I'm so excited to talk about the brand new native experience we delivered to our LandmarkShops customers in India. And even so because it sports Google’s...

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May 2016·1 minproduct

The award-winning Shukran Virtual Card is here!

Its hard to live in the Middle East and not know about Shukran. After all, its the largest retail loyalty program in the Middle East & North Africa, and...

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Jan 2016·2 mincuriosity

The Ultimate Checklist for Beach & Mountain Camping

As I promised on the Musandam camping post , here's a complete checklist for your next camping adventure. If you have any favorites that I missed, please note...

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Dec 2015·5 mincuriosity

Camping trip from Dubai to Musandam, Oman

Long weekends are hard to find in the UAE. And with the weather getting better for a change, it was just the right time for camping. As amateurs, Balan & I...

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Dec 2015·1 mincuriosity

A day at the Al Ain Air Championships 2015

We happened to learn about the Al Ain air championships at a restaurant in MoE. I got Aditi & Bijon to agree to going, and we all loved it. Here are a few...

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Dec 2015·2 mincuriosity

Day 8: Princes Island, Taksim & Istiklal

After a saddening experience in Izmir , we were back in Istanbul for the last day of our Turkey trip. Weather was once again not reliable, but we still headed...

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Dec 2015·2 mincuriosity

Day 7: Saddened by Izmir's refugee death boats

On the train from Selcuk , I was reading about how close Greece was to Izmir. With daily coast-to-coast ferries, I regretted not planning a trip despite of a...

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Dec 2015·1 mincuriosity

Day 6: Kusadasi, Euphesus & Artemis, Selcuk

Our bus from Pammukale took us straight to our seaport hotel in Kusadasi. The view from the room was to die for. But the room itself seemed to have been...

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Dec 2015·1 mincuriosity

Day 5: Aphrodisias & Pamukkale

From Kayseri , we got off the bus near Pammukale and were driven to the city on a free feeder bus. It later turned out that this was an agent selling his own...

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Nov 2015·2 mincuriosity

Day 4: Balloon flight & cave hotel in Cappadocia

After a 125 km drive from Kayseri to Cappadocia, we had one of the most beautiful hotels I've ever stayed at. Of course, because I never lived in a cave...

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Nov 2015·2 mincuriosity

Day 3: Mount Erciyes & Kayseri

After 2 days in Istanbul , we were now headed to Kayseri. Being on a budget trip, we took a taxi to Taksim around 3am to jump on the Havatas airport shuttle to...

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Nov 2015·2 mincuriosity

Day 2: Markets, Galata and more of Istanbul

Traveling in the low season, we carried the risk of bad weather. While our 1st day in Istanbul was nice and sunny, day 2 was forecasted cloudy for most of the...

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Nov 2015·2 mincuriosity

Day 1: The old city around Sultanahmet, Istanbul

We landed at Istanbul SAW around midnight and were at our hotel in Yenikapi by 230a. After a good night's sleep and a not so good breakfast (only to realize...

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Nov 2015·2 minproduct

LandmarkShops now has an iPhone app!

Earlier this year, I became part of the Landmark Group's Web Team, based out of Dubai. The team that started off being the digital custodian for group...

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Aug 2015·2 mincuriosity

Recipe: Pita Pan Pizza (15 mins only)

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="221"] Egyptian Pita[/caption] Dubai is all about options & variety. But in this abundance, I've struggled to find...

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May 2015·4 minleadership

8 priorities that shape your career decision

Backstory: My decision to leave L&T was reactive. While I evaluated it using some criteria , the move itself wasn't planned. This framework is what I...

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May 2015·3 mintransformation

Goodbye Zycus

Unfortunately, it is only through some discomfort that we learn and grow. After 5.5 supercalifragilisticexpialidocious years at Zycus, I've decided to move on...

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Apr 2015·2 mincuriosity

Staying healthy onboard

2 years of reckless travel had a big impact on my eating habits. I realized that I had to reduce my intake of carbs, protein & fat. Long flights serving 3...

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Apr 2015·3 minleadership

Living in a metaconscious state

Each one of us keeps waxing and waning in the cyclic pattern called life. How we deal with extremes - the high and low points of life as we call them - is...

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Mar 2015·1 minproduct

What does my LinkedIn cover image convey?

I am not a huge fan of LinkedIn's cover image. Its an odd-sized banner that gets overridden by ads and the profile header itself. The flip-side of not having...

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Mar 2015·1 mincuriosity

My FlightDiary: 100 flights via Mumbai

Business travel is very boring . But along the way, you need to find ways to keep it exciting. Haynes introduced me to FlightDiary which has helped me keep...

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Mar 2015·4 minproduct

Technical Debt Assessment framework for Product Managers

a.k.a. Why & How Product Managers must assess, account & groom technical debt Context [caption id="" align="alignright" width="210"] Technical Debt...

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Feb 2015·3 mincuriosity

How our Maghi Ganesh Utsav binds us together

I only have one planned vacation each year - a trip to my native place Murud-Janjira . It is a coastal town in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, about 160km...

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Feb 2015·2 mincuriosity

Recipe: Baked chapatti rolls with chicken & veggies

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="432"] Love is.. when food choices are diametrically opposite[/caption] Every relation demands trade-off &...

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Jan 2015·7 minleadership

Engage in one-on-ones & motivate your team with this Trello board

After a lot of reading & thinking, I came up with the idea of a simple Trello board to help me conduct effective one-on-one meetings with my team, and to...

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Dec 2014·2 mincuriosity

The plight of business travel

I would usually write personal travelogues titled ' A day in Thimpu '. But I'd rather use something like 'Singapore in a day' when writing about business...

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Nov 2014·1 mincuriosity

Recipe: Meethe aalo ka chaat

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="206"] Nothing beats cooking in a steamer[/caption] All my life, I've stayed away from sweet potatoes, which the rest of...

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Nov 2014·2 mincuriosity

Recipe: Baked chicken sandwich

Continuing with recipes using shredded chicken as the key ingredient, here is another one that I was keen on trying. Ingredients: [caption id=""...

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Oct 2014·2 mincuriosity

Recipe: Shredded Chicken

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="135"] Getting ready[/caption] In an earlier recipe , I mentioned my plans to write a cookbook, exclusive to recipes...

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Oct 2014·4 mincuriosity

2 days in the air with Skyteam

I usually try flying Star Alliance (*A), especially with Air India (AI) on board . But there are still quite a few sectors where *A lacks good connections -...

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Oct 2014·2 mincuriosity

Recipe: Oven-toasted Chicken Bruschettas

At some point in time, I am going to write a book about cooking: "A Husband's guide to quick recipes - a.k.a. all you need is shredded chicken". The...

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Sept 2014·3 minleadership

A 1-page resume design that speaks to your hiring manager 🏆

The last time I redesigned (not updated) my resume was 2009. Since then, my understanding of ease-of-use, information architecture & win-loss has grown...

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Sept 2014·4 mincuriosity

A Night in Sønderborg

I've been to small towns before. Quite a lot of European cities, and Melbourne, can be explored on foot (maybe, some tram). But last week, I visited the...

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Aug 2014·1 mincuriosity

Crackerjack Popcorn Fail

A year I tried this recipe for Homemade Cracker Jack and it turned out great! Crunchy peanuts glued to caramel pop-corn making for a nice sweet-and-salty...

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Aug 2014·5 mincuriosity

10 learnings from Japan

I've learned some fascinating & exemplary stories about discipline & honesty in Japan through Quora . When the time came to visit Tokyo, I felt that I...

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Aug 2014·3 minproduct

The Top 5 Deterents to Agile

The beauty of Agile is the fact that its just about a few principles. - which we also summarized in a few words . Everything else is under your control. And on...

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Aug 2014·2 minproduct

Our interpretation of the Agile manifesto

As part of a recent Agile training, we were asked to summarize the basic tenets of Agile in 3-4 words. Our group, with Mahesh, Yuti, Apeksha, Shahdab, Dhwani,...

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Jul 2014·1 mincuriosity

Recipe: Cheese Nachos with Baked Beans

Ingredients: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="133"] Basic ingredients[/caption] Cornito (or other) Corn chips Canned Baked Beans (Sil @ Big Bazaar)...

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Jul 2014·2 mincuriosity

1st impression of Air India @ Star Alliance

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="142"] Delighted to see this![/caption] I was scheduled to fly Air India just 1 day before its Star Alliance (*A)...

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Jun 2014·3 minproduct

Don't be desperate to crash time

Everyone in the software industry, has at some point of the other, been part of a delayed project. The result is often a war room where all the big shots put...

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Jun 2014·2 mincuriosity

Recipe: Enchiladas with Chicken & Baked Beans

I feel in love with Enchiladas back in 2010 when I first had them at Sammy Sosa. Since then, I've tried them multiple times at home and I just can't get...

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Jun 2014·3 mincuriosity

Open Borders across Europe

As Indians, the word border only means war & tension to us. I cannot explain how exciting it is to cross borders on foot without any control what so ever....

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Jun 2014·2 mincuriosity

Integrated public transport in Switzerland

What I am most impressed with is the transportation system. Someone must've had just one use case - I should be able to buy a ticket to go from place A to...

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Jun 2014·3 mincuriosity

Pristine & Picturesque Switzerland

I've been lucky to visit Switzerland thrice this year, adding bits to my Swiss experience each time. A post on this pristine and picturesque country can be...

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Nov 2013·5 minleadership

Things to carry when you quit your job

There is so much talk about how to go about quitting your job, but there is such little focus on what you should take with you after you've quit your job. I'm...

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Oct 2013·5 minproduct

What went into our lovely wedsite

Aditi had done her bit of making our wedding cool by getting me to do a pre-wed photo shoot - that turned out awesome thanks to Frames of Mind . It was my turn...

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Sept 2013·3 minproduct

BitStore: the simplest app to store & access bits of information

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="258"] Full-text search & inline display of information are key differentiators[/caption] In the last couple of...

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Aug 2013·1 mincuriosity

Introducing my better half: Meet Aditi Chitnis-Gupte

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="217"] Aditi[/caption] I should've done this long back, and there's no great reason to justify holding the news. All I...

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Jul 2013·2 mincuriosity

5 tips to eat all you can at a buffet

Foodies love buffets. I love buffets for 2 reasons: I get to try out a lot of dishes which I would otherwise never order; the other being I can hog as much as...

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Jul 2013·2 mincuriosity

Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Aditi & I have forever been crazy fans of mashed potatoes. I hadn't cooked anything on the flame other than maggi before (don't go by the order of posts...

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Jun 2013·2 mincuriosity

Open-toast pizza recipe

Sandwiches are my favorite food. I've been a subway patron for years. If you need something to accompany mashed potatoes or baked beans, this recipe is a no...

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Jun 2013·1 mincuriosity

My no longer secret sandwich sauce recipe

I always had a fascination of stocking up all the various sauces that they have at Subway. I try to gather as many as I can find. Some at local malls, and the...

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Jun 2013·2 mincuriosity

Baked Beans Recipe

Baked Beans is my favorite part of a continental breakfast. The canned version with haricot beans is easily available in hyper marts and is very close to the...

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May 2013·3 minproduct

Top 3 configurability needs in B2B apps

What is configurability? Configurability is the ability to change application behavior (functionaility) and the interface by changing application parameters,...

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May 2013·3 minproduct

Why PMs should consider product configurability early on

I am sure that the way I have configured my mail client or tablet's home screen is different from yours. The reason we love modern-day apps and operating...

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May 2013·3 minproduct

Choosing the best web application development framework

I've discussed web frameworks before and how they can help in rapid development. In this post, I'm presenting some general guidelines around selecting the best...

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May 2013·3 mincuriosity

Bali - FAQs: budget, airlines, best time, hotels, car rental, tips

After posting the itinerary for Bali and our experience , I have received a lot of emails with questions - primarily - around the budget, airlines, hotels, car...

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Apr 2013·5 minproduct

7 non-functional demands from B2B customers

Every Product Manager is a ninja when it comes to dealing with functional requirements. But it doesn't end there in the B2B space. You may not be a technical...

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Apr 2013·4 mincuriosity

Bali - Vacation Notes & Experience

Bali had for long been on our minds as a honeymoon destination and we finally managed to work out a decent itinerary after much planning. Vacation Notes Day 1:...

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Mar 2013·2 mincuriosity

Bali - 4N/5D trip itinerary

Planning a trip there was quite a experience as I've already detailed here . But after much research, we finally had a plan for Bali and I want to share the...

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Mar 2013·2 minproduct

Ideas for a trip/vacation planner app - Part II

In the last 2 posts, I detailed the market needs , and the itinerary planner user story . Continuing with more features around maintaining content, creating a...

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Feb 2013·2 minproduct

Ideas for a trip/vacation planner app

Being a product manager is about not being content with what is around. I looked all around the place for a complete vacation planner app and finally created a...

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Feb 2013·2 minproduct

There isn't one great trip planner for my vacation!

A few months back I was planning my vacation and things weren’t as easy as I thought. I had figured out the destination, booked air tickets, short-listed...

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Sept 2012·3 minproduct

Everything has an expiry date - except software?

I was having a discussion with my friend/colleague Amit Shinde about the quality of things, and he brought up this topic of expiry dates. Fortunately for us,...

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Jun 2012·3 minproduct

Rapid application development & web frameworks

Rapid Development Over the last decade, there has been a massive growth in the number of web-based applications. For every category – email, collaboration or...

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Jun 2012·3 minproduct

Definition of Multi-tenancy

Multi-tenancy was a relatively new concept back in 2010 when I was writing the dissertation report for my MS. This extract from the report aims at providing a...

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May 2012·2 minleadership

May Day! Confused comparing job offers?

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="130" caption="Mangoes. Yippie!"] [/caption] Today my dad bought the first set of mangoes this season. If asked to...

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Apr 2012·3 mincuriosity

Singapore: 5 years later

I traveled international from Mumbai airport after a couple of years, and the change was more than pleasing. While work is still on, the infrastructure plan is...

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Mar 2012·8 mincuriosity

Remembering Aajoba

I couldn't have found a better day & subject to resume blogging than recall memories on the birthday of my beloved grandpa - Late Shri Madhukar Bhaskar...

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Jan 2012·3 mincuriosity

Theme for 2012: Unf*#k your mind

Last year I began drafting a theme for the year 2011. I called it ' Being my own superhero '. Although I did work on those lines and achieve quite a bit, the...

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Jul 2011·3 mincuriosity

Do we kill our assets?

Yeah, I know its been quite some time since I wrote. Difficult time that made me look 20 years older. Naah, don't get at my hair. Never mind. Things are better...

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May 2011·4 mincuriosity

Recipe for Failure

Strange! Why would I share the reciepe for failure? This is not a failure blog. We're all born to suceed, its our birth right (Indians love this phrase, don't...

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May 2011·3 minproduct

3 reasons you should innovate all the time, even in relationships

To be very honest, I don't see a reason why someone should stray away from innovation. Thinking 'New' keeps your idea muscle toned for tough challenges. But...

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Apr 2011·4 minproduct

Why ignorance is bliss today & 5 ways to ignore online junk

I'm a cleanliness freak - to the extent of cleaning up my Facebook wall. Over the last week, there's been a lot of spam with wall messages that read: "Hahaha!...

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Apr 2011·4 mincuriosity

Do it, it could just be your last chance

I was at the departure area at CSIA - stuffed with Hot Dogs to avoid starving on the low-cost flight. Since I can't dose off just about anywhere, I knew that...

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Apr 2011·4 minproduct

5 more attributes of a product manager

It feels good to see an active product management community on LinkedIn. I was going through this post by fellow product manager Mohamed Anees Jamaludeen about...

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Apr 2011·4 minproduct

5 qualities of a useful geek, or some unsound advice from a product manager

I am a geek, may be a nerd, may be both. And may be this is the justification of never having had the opportunity to work on a killer project that was exemplar...

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Apr 2011·4 mincuriosity

But that's not too bad either

I hope I'm writing a new post just in time - before someone inquires my whereabouts. #exaggeration . No one cares where I am or what I'm doing; whether I'm...

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Mar 2011·3 minleadership

To be credible or not to be

Spam is unavoidable, but sometimes its interesting. One such mailer I bumped into was a site called mumbex.com that provides fake experience letters. I'm not...

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Mar 2011·3 minproduct

Local perspective on Product Management in India

As discussed in my previous post about responsibilities of a product manager , product management continues to remain the less spoken about profiles in the...

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Mar 2011·4 minproduct

5 reasons to Spend.. err.. Save smart with the top Indian deal websites

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="160" caption="This is our 100th post!"] [/caption] It's the 100th post on prasadgupte.com and it's time to celebrate!...

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Feb 2011·2 mincuriosity

Leaving without an exit interview? Don't!

A word of caution: this post is not about an HR exit interview, its about life & relationships - or should I say, death & breakups. Some time back I...

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Feb 2011·5 mincuriosity

Little sisters and the chief

11 Feb, 2011 16:30hrs: Its 28'c - not really pleasant - and we're headed to one of India oldest & busiest railway stations: Howrah. Oh, by the way, I'm in...

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Feb 2011·1 mintransformation

Forget PDCA: See, Feel, Change

After reading this post by John Kotter at HBR, I really liked the See, Feel, Change approach suggested by him, compared to traditional approaches such as...

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Feb 2011·3 minproduct

A responsible species called product manager

Is that an amusing title? If yes, then product management (PM) has retained its title of being one of the most esoteric functions in IT. And this has reasons:...

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Feb 2011·3 mincuriosity

The pursuit of happiness in developing nations

This week I read about Brazil wanting to amend its constitution to make happiness a right for its citizens . Having worked its way up to achieve a GDP of over...

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Feb 2011·2 mincuriosity

Branding moments...

Don't we all go crazy for brands? We have a favorite brand for everything - from cola to cars. We even brand people around us, by keeping names that are easier...

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Jan 2011·2 minleadership

The frigidity of online networks

Last Saturday, we ran a wedding marathon. You could take the 'running' literally as we moved between 3 corners of the city (traveling 75kms) in 8 hours. No...

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Dec 2010·3 mincuriosity

Guide to a Better Life

Randy Pausch, 47 yrs old Computer Science lecturer from Carnegie Mellon University, died of pancreatic cancer in 2008. Before his death, he wrote a book 'The...

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Nov 2010·4 mincuriosity

Advice is a form of nostalgia... wear sunscreen

Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) is a song by Baz Luhrmann, an Australian film personality, adapted from an essay by one Mary Schmich which was published...

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Nov 2010·3 mincuriosity

Dealing with surprises!

My dear one always complained that I am not so fond of surprises. Deep inside, I do appreciate an element of surprise in my life. But sometimes life brings...

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Aug 2010·4 minproduct

Converting CSV/Excel data to Doctrine YAML fixtures

I had done some research on this topic and found that some script was available in Python. With no knowledge of Python execution, I sought help from...

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May 2010·4 mincuriosity

Bhutan Diaries - Day 5: The Tiger's Nest

Day 05 : As instructed by Kinley, we were ready to leave the hotel for Taktsang – The Tiger’s Nest – by 8am. Breakfast again was typical; only bread, butter,...

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May 2010·2 mincuriosity

Bhutan Diaries - Day 4: Heading for Paro

Day 04: We started our day with a brief trek to the temple of the divine mad man. The one thing you will see everywhere close to the temple is phalluses drawn...

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May 2010·4 mincuriosity

Bhutan Diaries - Day 3: Punakha

Day 03 15:00, Punakha: We had mentioned to our guide Kinley, that although we weren't atheists, we were fonder of nature than monasteries. I’ve seen quite a...

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May 2010·2 mincuriosity

Bhutan Diaries - Day 2: Around Thimpu

Day 2 18:30, Thimpu [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="640"] Cleanest market ever[/caption] After breakfast, we checked out the Centenary Farmer’s market...

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May 2010·3 mincuriosity

Bhutan Diaries - Day 1: Thimpu

15:30hrs, Thimpu Night stay at Kolkata was decent; we ordered chicken noodles in the middle of the night. The city is still as unclean as it was 10 years back,...

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May 2010·2 mincuriosity

Bhutan Diaries- Day 0: Kolkata

Day 0 21:45 ,Jharkhand air-space Just finished watching ‘Wake Up Sid’. Aru was right, maybe I should dedicate time for movies in order to better understand...

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Apr 2010·2 mincuriosity

The Square Root of Three by David Feinberg

After Sunday, I finally had some time to check out movies I missed. Up in the Air is good, but not a must watch. Or perhaps, I'm not good at reviewing movies....

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Mar 2010·4 mincuriosity

World Water Day 2010 - Let's pledge to conserve

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="144" caption="Water: Precious & Scarce as it is"] [/caption] Do you know what date it is? 22nd March. I know its...

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Feb 2010·5 minproduct

Strategies to Log & Retain Activity Data

My previous article The Need to Log & Retain Activity Data argued the very need of logging & retaining data. In this post, I am listing out various...

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Feb 2010·3 minproduct

The Need to Log & Retain Activity Data

In the current age of On-Demand & SaaS combined with multi-tenant hosting, we are likely to generate tons of activity data every hour. For this data to be...

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Feb 2010·1 minproduct

Gazelle - Paying you for used gadgets

I sometimes spend a lot of my time and blog-space publicizing (often, through criticism) other products, websites, hotels, etc. But sometimes I just want to...

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Feb 2010·1 mincuriosity

What a 'gluttonous' weekend I've had

This weekend has been quite different. With Valentine's day falling on a Sunday, it should have been something for my heart, but instead it was great for my...

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Jan 2010·1 mincuriosity

Gateway-Mandwa-Alibag Ferry Schedule

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="230" caption="PNP Maritime Schedule"] [/caption] Ferries (catamarans) are operated by a couple of companies from...

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Jan 2010·1 mincuriosity

Coffee with Prasad

I never spent more than 2 mins on making my coffee: 1 minute to mix coffee, sugar & milk and another to heat it in the microwave. But then I came across a...

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Nov 2009·6 mintransformation

Goodbye L&T

Today is a day in my life when I have taken a very tough call: something that is likely to shape my future. I have resigned from my post at L&T Infotech and dec

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Oct 2009·2 mincuriosity

Jaffa Cakes & their VAT exemption

Jaffa Cake is a popular (& controversial type) of cake in Great Britain. McVitie's (United Biscuits) is a notable brand selling Jaffa Cakes. It is...

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Oct 2009·2 minleadership

Respecting the yellow line

Driving is perhaps the most frustrating act anybody can indulge in Mumbai. Although, it is worse in some other cities including Delhi & Pune, it needs to get be

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Sept 2009·3 mincuriosity

The Mayonnaise Jar

"The Real Winners in life are the People who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better" - Barbara Pletcher I do...

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Aug 2009·4 mincuriosity

Globalization in Showbiz: Can we have 'Is Janam Mohe Brazil Hi Bhejo' ?

A couple of days back I read in the newspaper that Brazil's hot-selling soap opera is one based on the Indian caste system. Caminho Da India (that's not...

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Jul 2009·2 mincuriosity

Luck: Not the movie, but my own!

I have been feeling very drowsy for the last couple of days. So unlike other times when I'm reading in the bus on the way home, I dozed off for a while...

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Jul 2009·3 mincuriosity

Kashmiri Dinner @ Kongpoush

Celebrations for my job confirmation were not over yet. Last September, I threw a party for my paternal family and then took a break to save money for the...

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Jul 2009·2 mincuriosity

Lunch Buffet @ Saffron - Rs.199* Only!

I had been on the lookout for a nice place offering buffet lunch & dinner for over a month now. On my way to work I came across this large banner opposite...

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Jun 2009·6 mincuriosity

Green: It's My New Obsession!

A couple of weeks back we celebrated World Environment Day (Did you?). Was I aware? No! Volunteers from a NGO were distributing pamphlets at the gate, to create

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Jun 2009·3 mincuriosity

My Flesh Just Got Stronger

My first post. A short write-up of what I intend to write here in.

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