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Death. And life.

8 August 2026
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A Matter of Honour (and a Few Corrections).

29 July 2025
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Once upon a time…

10 April 2025
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Mukhshuddhi

26 November 2023
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Cheating.

Kymaia rightly sees any competitor throwing the match as cheating. But we haven't ...
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The secret to a good life.

My father's drill instructor in the Air Force Academy claimed to have a ...
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NDA Results 1992.

One of Abhi's course-mates, Dr V K Rai, shared this with me on ...
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Top Gun Maverick: A (very short) review.

Top Gun holds a special place in my (and my family's) heart. I ...
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Baba and Abhi.

There is no questioning that Baba and Abhi were close. They had not ...
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It’s here.

My new Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 Mark 2 is finally here. And I ...
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Lift and drag.

I finally sit down to sort through 100 years of family history, and ...
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The Jamun Tree Test.

I don't know where we got our moral compass from, but whatever it ...
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Those Magnificent Men.

They don't make 'em like that any more. A story of a father ...
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Only The Good Die Young

Then out spake brave Horatius, the captain of the gate “To every man ...
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To Kymaia: Getting to know Abhijeet Chacha

When you were born, it was already 11 years since Abhijeet chacha died. ...
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The return of gulabjamuns.

When my kid brother died in September 2001, my mom and I gave ...
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In memoriam: My Battlecat

I miss the first motorcycle I ever knew, the 1969 Jawa I christened ...
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Speech given on 25 April 2006 at launch of AASF.

AASF was founded on 25 April 2006, in the memory of my kid ...
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Lexus 1 and his legacy.

The legacy of Lexus 1 is that he touched the sky with glory ...

About Me: Kedar

This is my space. To ramble, rant, or ruminate. You are welcome to join me. You can see more of me here. I am an IAF+Air India brat (my father and my kid brother, both have donned the wings of the Indian Air Force) growing up in cantonments across the nation, and attending 12 schools before graduating as an Electrical Engineer from Pune University in 1994.

I speak, read, and write English, Hindi, and Marathi (in that order of proficiency), and am very active on social media (mainly Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and lately, Threads and YouTube too), though I do not engage beyond first or at most second level comments. My philosophy for writing can be found here.

Professionally, I am consulting with young people heading their own startups. If you are a startup and need an impartial Entrepreneur-in-Residence to bounce your ideas off, get practical advice from, and basically have around for the 33 years of hard-earned experience in starting up, running, and even shutting down companies, then I am your man. To start a conversation, mail me here.

Personally, I am deeply and passionately engaged in educating (and learning with) my daughter (who was born on my 42nd birthday!) in a non-formal setting and chronicling her (and my) journey. Indeed, unlike most kids who want to become pilots and firemen, actors and doctors, and so on, during my childhood, when I was asked what I’d want to be when I grew up, I’d always answer, ‘Father.’ So, in a way, I am living my dream. I consider myself the luckiest man on Earth (until life is discovered on other planets).

In my spare time, I love to ride/drive, travel, try different foods, watch movies (I love murder mysteries, war movies, and heists), read (mostly non-fiction), debate, and sometimes play golf or squash, or if it’s low enough stakes, poker.

I am politically promiscuous, in the sense that I do not follow a specific political or social party or leader but, from instance-to-instance, choose the argument (and hence, the side making that argument) that best suits my ideological stance of secular humanism. You can find my posts about politics here.

I love dogs and horses (though it’s been a rather long time since I rode one) and am an avid biker with a Royal Enfield 650 Interceptor, who I call BattleCat III. Follow my travels and travails on the bike here.

About my opinions, they are how I like my morning tea: extra strong, piping hot, somewhat dark, grounded in earthy aromas and spices, something that instantly wakes you up, and served without standing on ceremony.

Try me. Start a conversation! What have you got to lose?

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31 Oct

I don't want to comment on this video

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29 Oct

Why did the Indian Air Force come to Race Course?

The closure of the Air Force golf course at Race Course in New Delhi has attracted considerable attention. But it also offers an opportunity to revisit a rather interesting question. Why does the IAF have a station in the very

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28 Oct

I have been saying this for a year now! This is a viable strategy. Charcha, Parcha, Kharcha, Morcha. It worked because it works.

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Humilde rascunho de MANUAL DE COMBATE ANTIFASCISTAS NAS REDES aos amigos estrangeiros.

Começo a achar que nós, brasileiros do Exército do Lula, podemos ter começado um REVOLUÇÃO GLOBAL.

CENTENAS de perfis estrangeiros começaram a me seguir, em especial japoneses e franceses

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28 Oct

Wow. I did not know this. Now, I need to read further on this.

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इस वीडियो में ऐसा क्या है जो इसे भी डिलीट कर दिया इंस्टाग्राम ने? आप क़ानून ला रहे हैं और हम उसके बारे में बात भी ना करें? एक भी रील मेरी पब्लिश नहीं होने दे रहे ये। क्यों डरते हो इतना?

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Kuldip Sindhu

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27 Oct

@ajaishukla @the_hindu The Navy has a nice way of explaining it: RADM - two balls, VADM - one ball, ADM - no balls. The Army: Brig - L3 missing, Maj Gen - L3, 4 missing, Lt Gen - L 3, 4 & 5 missing, Gen - L 3, 4, 5 & C1 missing and CDS - entire spine missing. Don't know how AF describes it!

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Entrepreneur, business shrink, political strategist, diarist, risk-taker, dog-lover, rationalist, humanist, biker, son, father, in love, in no order.

A monsoon evening with Amrut Two Indies, Thums Up, A monsoon evening with Amrut Two Indies, Thums Up, ice, a cityscape, nightlights, and someone prattling away about her childhood long ago, her day that just went past, and her dreams for tomorrow. What more could a man want?

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Date night after a humungous fight (over something Date night after a humungous fight (over something ridiculously trivial) and make up (to be fair, she said sorry first)!

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No words are necessary. No words are necessary.
Happy birthday, Rahul Gandhi. We are with you. Happy birthday, Rahul Gandhi. We are with you.
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Aaaaand...the mandatory family photo! #LuckiestMa Aaaaand...the mandatory family photo!

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Behind every ugly-ass, semi-talented, uncivilized Behind every ugly-ass, semi-talented, uncivilized imposter poseur of a man who counts himself lucky to have a life worth living is at least one amazing woman. I have four. Here are three of them.

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A votre santé... A votre santé...
If I was a believer in pseudoscientific cultural c If I was a believer in pseudoscientific cultural claptrap, I'd have 'utaaroed' their 'nazar' today. The girls are going galavanting around town, travelling by public transport and eating, drinking, shopping, hanging out, and generally painting the summer red today. Am I worried? Like hell, I am. Am I showing any? Ha.
"Baba Bear, I realised something: I prefer my drea "Baba Bear, I realised something: I prefer my dreams in landscape, not portrait, mode."

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