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Mugger, murderer, medicine, mausoleum…

15 March 2026

Advice

An Open Letter to Shehzaad Poonawalla.

2 March 2026

Advice

10%. 50 days. And a gloat. In uncle mode.

24 February 2026

Celebration

Life. And a bottle of Mahua.

A bottle of mahua becomes a meditation on friendship, chance encounters, generosity, and ...

Business

The Dumbest Man In The Room.

I’m grateful for a friend who lives by hiring smarter people, paying them ...

Biking

This morning, my Guru wished me.

Guru Purnima means receiving 'Thank you' notes from those whose lives you touched. ...

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?

Kedar Anil Gadgil

@kedaranilgadgil ·

6 Aug

Self goal as strategy. My response to all the AAP et al fans.

https://kedargadgil.substack.com/p/self-goal-as-strategy?r=f33te&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Kedar Anil Gadgil

@kedaranilgadgil ·

3 Aug

The India story. Not today's, by the way. Nothing to do with which party is in power. But our entire mindset. Way to go @sachindn. More power (and I mean the pun) to you and your kind!

Sachin Naik @sachindn

Are we becoming a dumping ground for cheap electronics?
Something we learnt the hard way these past few months.
Customers started returning our UPS units, saying backup wasn't enough. We pulled every returned unit, charged it, loaded it up, and ran it down. Full backup,

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Kedar Anil Gadgil

@kedaranilgadgil ·

3 Aug

This is the Gen Z this regime wants its young citizens to be, as opposed to the ones demanding answers and insisting on accountability.

Piyush Rai @Benarasiyaa

Absolute surreal scenes from the streets of Muzaffarnagar, UP.

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Kedar Anil Gadgil

@kedaranilgadgil ·

2 Aug

कोई बात नहीं। यह कावड़िया कल को पुलिस को माफ कर देंगे। चलो आगे बढ़ो। यहाँ भीड़ मत करो भाई। कुछ देखने के लिए नहीं है।

Prashant Bhushan @pbhushan1

जंतर मंतर पर शांतिपूर्ण प्रदर्शन कर रहे हैं युवा तो अराजक थे लेकिन, ये कावड़ यात्री सरकार के चहेते बहुत संस्कारी है!

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Kedar Anil Gadgil

@kedaranilgadgil ·

2 Aug

यार, यह लोग किस मिट्टी के बने हैं? Just so graceful and gentlemanly. I grew up amongst such men. And I wish we had more of them today.

Man Aman Singh Chhina @manaman_chhina

A sharp last salute by 103 yrs old Lt Gen Surindra Nath ‘Tindy’ Sharma to his younger brother Gen Vishwa Nath ‘Tich’ Sharma, former Chief of Army Staff who died aged 96.
Their eldest brother Major Som Nath Sharma died defending Srinagar airfield from Pakistani invaders in 1947 at