Working with a birth doula: here's everything we learned
Posted on July 26, 2025
When my wife and I were preparing for the birth of our first child (who arrived in Jan this year), we had never even heard the word doula. A friend—American, already a parent—brought it up when we were confused about whether we should be looking for a doctor or a...
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The PARA method of digital organization
How I use it and how you might find it useful too
Posted on November 11, 2024
Before I started living with my wife, I had two extremes for organizing my room and belongings: either everything was laid out in the open (to find easily, of course) or stored in super-specific places, where I’d spend hours searching when I needed something. It turns out I was doing...
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Book of the Month: The Go-Giver
A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea
Posted on September 29, 2024
“Most people just laugh when they hear that the secret to success is giving… Then again, most people are nowhere near as successful as they wish they were.” The quote above captures the central idea of this book called “The Go Giver”. Through a short and sweet story, the...
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Gap and the Gain
Looking at the Positive Side of Things
Posted on August 24, 2024
In a zoom call with a friend one day, he told me the salary of a lawyer he was working with as part of his job. He said, “If I were making this sort...
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Fermat's Last Theorem
Posted on June 16, 2024
Recently, I finished reading the book, Fermat’s Last Theorem by Simon Singh, and loved it a lot. This is the first book I have completed in a long time, so that felt good. It’s also the first time I have read a book related to mathematics which is not a text...
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A Decade Since College
Posted on June 3, 2024
It has been ten years since college ended. In May 2014, when the professor announced that we had 15 minutes left to complete the Econometrics exam, I realized that this was it. In 15 minutes, the final exam would be over, and everyone will soon start heading out of college....
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Changing Gender Attitudes Through School Programs
Can school programs help in changing gender attitudes?
Posted on May 19, 2024
Gender inequality is a persistent issue in India. Girls are less likely to be enrolled in school, especially in secondary and higher education. Parents often prioritize their sons’ education and healthcare over their daughters’. This imbalance reflects deep-rooted gender biases. As we discussed in the previous research paper post,...
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A Guide to Journaling
What I have learned from my experiences
Posted on April 19, 2024
In the book 12th Fail, the night before his final interview to become Indian Police Services officer, Manoj Sharma (the main character from the book) does not know what to prepare for. He has already read whatever he needed to for the interview. So, instead he turns to his diary...
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Money Not To Burn
Can paying farmers reduce crop residue burning?
Posted on April 7, 2024
If one is in Delhi in Dec-Jan, they can see a thick layer of smog. Many days, air pollution touches extremely severe and hazardous categories of Air Quality Index (AQI). Crop residue burning in neighboring states of Punjab, Haryana,...
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Can Digital Authentication Reduce Corruption?
Lessons from use of Aadhar Cards in Public Distribution System
Posted on February 18, 2024
I am experimenting with a new series, as part of which, I write about an Economics research paper. I did my PhD in Economics, and I feel that many applied Economics papers are largely telling a story, which tends...
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Twelfth Fail
Haara Wohi Jo Lada Nahi
Posted on January 7, 2024
Hope your 2024 is off to a great start. For this post, I wanted to write about a book I recently read and liked a lot, Twelfth Fail by Anurag Pathak. I heard about the movie, 12th...
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Three Days a Week is still a Habit
Lesson from Tranquility by Tuesday
Posted on October 7, 2023
Things don’t have to happen daily—nor do they have to happen at the same time every day—in order to count in our lives. I maintain that anything that happens three times a week counts as...
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Generations
The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents
Posted on September 2, 2023
I recently finished reading the book, Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents and wanted to share about it. The book is written by Jean Twenge, who is a professor of Psychology at...
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Seva
Sikh Secrets on How to be Good in the Real World
Posted on June 30, 2023
Hi friends, sorry for the looong delay, but here to share another episode in the Book of the Month series. I recently read the book, “Seva: Sikh...
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Here, There and Everywhere
Best-Loved Stories of Sudha Murthy
Posted on February 26, 2023
I am experimenting with a new post series called the Book of the Month. As part of this series, I will write about books I have finished and...
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Kindle, Your Portable Personal Library
Why it is one of the best devices to own
Posted on February 4, 2023
I bought my first Kindle in the beginning of 2014. I had seen a few friends in college use it and really wanted to try one out for myself too. As is my...
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Individual Stocks Vs Index Funds
What I have learned
Posted on December 25, 2022
Usually, there are two more common ways to invest in the stock market by yourself (among others): Buying individual stocks...
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My Favorite Kitchen Appliance
Why I like Instant Pot
Posted on November 22, 2022
A pressure cooker is commonly found in Indian kitchens. It is used for cooking so many things, from multiple kinds of daal (lentils) to boiling potatoes. Kids in India grow up...
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Magic Of Compounding
Posted on October 2, 2022
Let me share with you one of the stories of Tenali Rama. Rama was one of the eight poets in the court of Vijaynagar King Krishnadevaraya. Apart...
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How I Started Investing Money
My struggles and lessons learned
Posted on May 1, 2022
Growing up in India, I think most of us have heard of an uncle who used to play with stocks and lost a ton of money. I also heard such stories and I...
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Do Deadlines Help?
Lessons from The Personal Kanban book
Posted on April 22, 2022
As I was reading the book, The Personal Kanban, I came across this experiment done by MIT professor Dan Ariely on deadlines. He was...
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Moving To-Do To-Done
Lesson from The Personal Kanban book
Posted on March 25, 2022
To-do list is one of the more common tools in the arsenal of someone trying to stay on top of things. The idea is very simple, you write...
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Paying Yourself First
Carving out time for what matters
Posted on March 9, 2022
In today’s post, I will talk about the idea of “paying yourself first” from personal finance, and another interpretation of this idea that...
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Freedom-in-Attention
Another way to look at true wealth
Posted on February 23, 2022
In this issue, I want to start by sharing an article I recently read about one of my favorite topics, money and wealth. The article is written by <a...
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