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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.

12 December 2022
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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.

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kedaranilgadgil Kedar Anil Gadgil @kedaranilgadgil ·
19 May

Any guesses which media channel carried this story? No prizes though. Because there's a reason why Indians invented the zero.

Arvind Gunasekar @arvindgunasekar

After spending 32 months in jail, money laundering case registered by ED against Director and Promoter of M/s Coastal Energen Pvt Ltd, Ahmed AR Buhari has been quashed.

Buhari has finally walked out of prison but he has lost his company.

Any guesses who acquired his company ?
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17 May

This is so perfectly done 😂😂

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physinhistory Physics In History @physinhistory ·
15 May

The public has a distorted view of science, because children are taught in school that science is a collection of firmly established truths. In fact, science is not a collection of truths. It is a continuing exploration of mysteries.

- Freeman Dyson

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dev_fadnavis Devendra Fadnavis @dev_fadnavis ·
19 Aug 2013

Rs.63.12 for 1$ .
When PM assured that there is no chance of economy going back to 1991 like situation he meant its going to be even worst.

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18 Sep 2013

The austerity measures announced by the govt of India is an indicator that the economy is in total mess.

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Entrepreneur, business shrink, political strategist, diarist, risk-taker, dog-lover, rationalist, humanist, biker, son, father, in love, in no order.
My 12yo niece is one of the most creative and ente My 12yo niece is one of the most creative and enterprising young woman I know. She is also self-taught (like literally everything she knows about this, she learnt by watching videos on YouTube). And she's a great teacher. If you have kids (or if you are a kid, not necessarily by age, but YKWIM), get in touch with her on that number and enrol today. Happy crocheting.
Miss Minty & I #TwoWheelsForever #HotAsFuck Miss Minty & I #TwoWheelsForever #HotAsFuck
Happy birthday, my beautiful Chidiya, my life, my Happy birthday, my beautiful Chidiya, my life, my soul mate, my chocolate-truffle-cake-loving, quarrelsome, not-a-morning person, possessive, passionately loving (and hating), non-practising Allah-loving, short-tempered, crazy, tight-hugging, dazzling-smiling, caring, generous, bloody-minded, kind, petty, large-hearted, empathetic, selfish, insecure, trusting, suspicious, energetic, lazy, better half. I love you. More than you'll ever know. Did I tell you that you are the best kisser in the world? Other than the few dozen times I have said it already? Well, you are. So, there. Happy 42nd. You are my answer to life, the Universe, and everything.
A confession. And a question. Spent the last mont A confession. And a question. Spent the last month being an objectively difficult human being (for a variety of reasons that don't much matter any longer, thank dog), and then, at some point last week, I became... normal, like my usual nice guy stuff, loving and patient and softer, almost agreeable even, I’d go so far as to claim, which triggered a full-scale confrontation and temper tantrum at home yesterday because I am apparently not allowed to be this nice without adequate warning! Of course, we made up after I attempted laughing it off, before realising the seriousness of the situation and endeavouring to explain myself (kind of, because I myself don't quite know), and then allowing a bit of cooling off for a few hours before taking her out for paav bhaji and mango with cream (with an additional scoop of mango ice-cream), which brought things back on an even keel, proving again, at least in this case, that the idiom about the stomach being en route to the heart has more than a grain of truth in it, and whoever made it up (or discovered it) seems to have known a thing or two about love. So, to all the men in serious, loving, and committed relationships out there: have you ever had a fight with your lady love because you were being too nice, because if this is the operating logic, I may never quite understand what the correct setting is, even if I live to be sixty (which, at this rate, would be an achievement)? Image is unrelated, from our motorcycling trip to Alibaug. This is us in front of a dear friend’s ‘Container Home’ on his farms. Yes, it’s as beautiful as it looks.
A clarification. Somebody pointed out that when I A clarification. Somebody pointed out that when I use "thank dog" I am making a spelling error, and I wished simply to clarify that I am not, for while part of it is tongue in cheek, it is also entirely intentional, grounded in the rather uncontroversial observation that dogs are real, present, and demonstrably decent, having never once concerned themselves with what I eat, what I wear, who I love, or what I believe, having never told me who I may dine with, whose table is beneath me, whose touch is permissible, or whose shadow falling across mine requires ritual cleansing, having never issued commandments, demanded obedience, justified violence, waged wars, sanctioned genocide, or unleashed fire, flood, or brimstone upon the undeserving, having never drawn arbitrary lines about which other dogs (or cats, or any creature, for that matter) are worthy of affection and which are not; and I have noticed, furthermore, that when I meet a human who does not like dogs I begin to wonder about that human, and when I meet a dog who does not like a human I wonder once again about the human, which brings me to the fact that, not to put too fine a point on it, dogs actually exist. Thank you for your attention in this matter.
My motorcycling has had some constants: 1. Surpris My motorcycling has had some constants: 1. Surprisingly pretty things that don't necessarily show up on Hugh & Colleen Gantzer's travel destinations but are breathtaking in their beauty. 2. Illegal, dangerous, and unmarked speed breakers and mounds (no, actually, small hillocks now; they've grown in the last decade or so) of garbage, mainly non-biodegradable, just before and just after every Indian village. 3. Brilliant food at the most unexpected places 4. Warm, loving, helpful people of every hue. This video is of the first variety. It does not, as it obviously can't, do justice to the actual experience. But then, you can say that about each of the four items above. On a related note, Korlai village is an absolutely beautiful, quaint village that is worth photographing every inch of. The people, the homes, the spaces, all absolutely Instagrammable Enjoy. #TwoWheelsForever
Thank you, @anyacinemawala What your simple act Thank you, @anyacinemawala What your simple act of asking me to bikesit has done to my mental health can never be repaid. I am grateful. And I think, so is Misbahji! #TwoWheelsForever
So, what's newsworthy about this? Been there, done So, what's newsworthy about this? Been there, done that, travelled 60,000km,bmade friends, got dates, met my beautiful SO, travelled even more, created reels, saw sunsets, climbed mountains, visited online mates, touched windmills, kissed under the stars, fell, got up, dusted off, and continue to ride. तो बात यूं है, बिरादर, तुम जिस स्कूल में पढ़ते हो न, हम उसके प्रिंसिपल रह चुके हैं! Or, in a language more suited to today's generation, बच्चा है मेरा।
When the Israelis say #NeverForget and #NeverAgain When the Israelis say #NeverForget and #NeverAgain, are they sure they actually know what it was that they vowed never to forget or let repeat?
I am at a loss of words... literally don't know wh I am at a loss of words... literally don't know what to say. This is wrong on so many levels that I don't know where to start. Or what to say. And to whom. If there was any sign of where our ancient civilisation is headed in the short and medium term, this video is all you need to see.
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