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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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Kedar Anil Gadgil @kedaranilgadgil ·

22 Jul

Credit where it is due. Your honour, my Lord Surya Kant must be thanked for finally waking the country up when he called the youth cockroaches. And in that fine tradition, he continues to deliver even more. Day in and day out. Thank you, Sir. The nation is grateful.

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#BREAKING "Don't waste our time," CJI Surya Kant on plea against police action on student protesters during #CJP march.

"We are not interested in videos, we don't have time to watch," CJI tells lawyer who said there are videos showing police atrocities.

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Kedar Anil Gadgil @kedaranilgadgil ·

22 Jul

Where is the man who once called the scholar statesman Dr Manmohan Singh, our beloved and empathetic PM, "Maun Mohan"? Who claimed he has a 56" chest? Who promised us that he won't sell the country? Who assured us better days? Where is that man? Does anyone know?

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Maheshwer Peri @maheshperi ·

21 Jul

Sir, The exam started at 11 AM and ended at 2 PM. You would surely miss the exam if you reach at 4 PM when @RahulGandhi started his protest. Just for your information.

Here is the detailed schedule: https://www.barcouncilofindia.org/info/notificati-637ev9