“The other day I was watching Kal Ho Na Ho with my family again,” Jigneshbhai said when we met for coffee last weekend. That was an old movie. But Swami and I looked up as we had watched that many times over. “Do you remember that charged up scene where SRK reads out a letter … Read more
“Do you think AI will wipe out creativity?” Swami asked me the other day over coffee. As a writer, that was something on my mind. I had seen some of the recent AI tools and what they could do. It did feel like some of the AI might help. But it also did feel like … Read more
“Have you ever been in a meeting towards the end of a project when a person who has not been to any of the preceding ones comes up with a ‘small feedback’ that impacts everything?” Swami asked us the other day over coffee. Jigneshbhai flashed a smile and I knew what was coming. “Did someone … Read more
“Wasn’t it Abraham Lincoln who said Democracy is a government of the people, by the people and for the people?” Jigneshbhai asked me and Swami the other day when we met over coffee. Swami replied, “Yes, that is correct,” after quickly checking it on Google on his phone. “Why do you ask?” he added. Jigneshbhai … Read more
Here is my written interview that International Book Promotion published recently. You may also read it here: IBP Interview Where are you from? I am from Bangalore India Why do you write? I write to entertain and to provoke thought What do you write about? I write short stories and am the creator of the characters Jigneshbhai and … Read more
“If you don’t find an insight, slice it and dice it, and then drill it, till you kill it,” Swami declared when we met for coffee. “Nice line, who said it?” Jigneshbhai asked, his curiosity piqued by Swami. “Raichand said that last week, just before a client presentation,” Swami reported. “He wanted us to present … Read more
They tell me that I am highly risk averse. That I don’t take even the slightest of chances. That my life is so predictable. Everything is run by a schedule. Everything falls into a routine. That I am so disciplined that I am boring. I get up at the same time every day. I sleep … Read more
It was exactly five years back that I started writing my first novel – on this day. Since then, I have stuck to writing as one of my primary preoccupations, resulting in publishing many more books. That doesn’t necessarily qualify me for advising anyone on writing. But at the very least, it qualifies me on … Read more
Swami told me and Jigneshbhai about his last apartment association meeting over coffee last weekend. “A lot of people complained about the stray dogs that made life difficult”, he said. “They claimed that they occupied parking lots in the basement, barked and ran after children,” he added. “Yes, that’s true, right?” Jigneshbhai poked. “Yes, they … Read more