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10 November 2025

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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?

Anchit Gupta

Verified account @anchitgupta9 ·

20 Sep

Reading print and social media, what an outpouring of emotion India has seen for Alfred Cooke. If emotion were the barometer, the Param Vir Chakra is already his.

In 1969, when he emigrated to Aus, his B707 from Dum Dum was escorted by IAF fighters. The IAF knew even then...

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Anchit Gupta

Verified account @anchitgupta9 ·

19 Sep

RIP Alfred: the Bull who Cooked the PAF's Goose

I have long believed that if the Indian Air Force had awarded a Param Vir Chakra for its actions in the 1965 war, it should have gone to Flight Lieutenant Alfred Tyrone Cooke. He was awarded the Vir Chakra for his action over

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Kedar Anil Gadgil

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18 Sep

WTAF?

CMO Delhi @CMODelhi

“Thank you, friends!

Proud to launch this special song on the birthday of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi Ji.

Created for #SevaSankalpAbhiyan, the song captures Delhi’s youth, the changing face of education and their warmth and affection for Modi Ji.

Kudos to all the

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Kedar Anil Gadgil

@kedaranilgadgil ·

15 Sep

Free Umar

Harsh Mander @harsh_mander

It's a day of sadness & shame for every Indian
A young man of rare idealism & courage #UmarKhalid completes 6 long years in prison
He called for peace & justice, yet he's charged with planning terror
Even his trial hasn't started
India's democracy has failed him
@FreeUmarKhalid1

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Kedar Anil Gadgil

@kedaranilgadgil ·

13 Sep

Birds of the same pseudoscientific feathers stick together.

Office Of Gurudev @OfficeOfGurudev

Deepinder Goyal, entrepreneur and founder of Zomato, visited the Art of Living International Center in Bengaluru and met @Gurudev, seeking His blessings.

A moment of connection, reflection and grace.

@deepigoyal