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My (imagined) speech as an MP.

15 December 2023

Biking

Uttarakhand!

For one of the WACKy talks, Kymaia did her own research and prepared ...

Warning

Planet A. Planet B.

It isn't just the lack of infrastructure that seems to be the problem ...

Adventure

Ride 22 to Kadus Dam.

On the eve of India's 76th independence day, Bikers' Creed India rides to ...

Biking

A quick ride to Mahabaleshwar.

I went on a beautiful, rainy, breezy ride to Mahabaleshwar from Pune. And ...

Rant

Incredible India. Incredible us.

We Indians really need to pull up socks if we have to live ...

Human(s)

Beauty and garbage.

We study civics in India at a young age, yet have no sense ...

Travel

Pune-Bhigwan-Pune

On a whim, I drive 100km away to a bird sanctuary, only to ...

Debate

The azaan, loudspeakers, and religion in public life.

My stand on the use of loudspeakers is clear. Either ban them all, ...

Debate

How my best is better than your worst.

We compare the worst real-life examples in other people’s beliefs with the best ...

Business

Who will stop Amazon?

I have been working with Amazon as a seller for 4 years now, ...

Advice

Teaching sustainability.

We are feeling a bit down and so, are taking an off today, ...

Patriotism

How to win a war (without firing a weapon).

You want to win a war with Pakistan? Let me tell you how ...

Prediction/Forecast

The future will be here. Just faster.

I stick my neck out and predict a post-Covid world. Let us see ...

Warning

Don’t worry about the Earth.

The planet will survive. The planet is not in danger. But will humans? ...

Satire

The last resident of Delhi.

My take on where this whole 'Diwali firecrackers are an expression of Hinduism' ...

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

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Sandeep Manudhane @sandeep_pt ·

30 Oct

Modi's lasting success has been the creation of a powerful 24x7 propaganda machine that creates an "overpowering illusion of achievements", and not actual achievements on ground. That illusion is what silences a majority of citizenry into believing the lies, against their…

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Siddharth @svaradarajan ·

22 Oct

Harish Khare warns of the "demonstration effect" of CJI Chandrachud's appeal to God. "Every district judge will now feel emboldened to weave his or her religiosity into judicial pronouncements. As it is, very many members of lower judiciary any way feel inclined to anchor their…

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Raju Parulekar @rajuparulekar ·

22 Oct

HELLO 🚨

Dear INDIA parties,

As you undergo the elections to the very important State Assembly Elections in Maharashtra alongwith Jharkhand, please ensure the following.

1. Train your polling agents very very well. You cannot afford to send unaware polling agents this time.…

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Kedar Anil Gadgil @kedaranilgadgil ·

22 Oct

There's this gentleman @dieworkwear who is one of those you read online and instantly wish they were friends with you!

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Kedar Anil Gadgil @kedaranilgadgil ·

20 Oct

I always ask kids what they'd do with unlimited power (wealth, fame, etc.). And I receive different answers, some of them very different from the idealistic ones I would have answered at their age. I asked some friends to parse them. This is the result.