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Remember, remember, the 6th of December.

6 December 2024

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Why Udupi?

Does anyone know why Udupi and Mangalore are such hotbeds of Hindutva? Or ...

Democracy

Blasphemy in times of free speech.

If you’re really in favor of free speech, then you’re in favor of ...

Democracy

The blood on our hands.

Here is the daughter of Altaf Ahamad Bhat, killed in Hyderpora Srinagar encounter ...

Prediction/Forecast

The future will be here. Just faster.

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

Warning

Dismounting the tiger.

The tiger of angry nationalism that people like this fraud 'Grandmaster Shifuji' seems ...

Hate

Hollywood. Hindu Nationalism. And controversy.

I comment on the recent controversy involving a rather bigoted and ill-informed celebrity ...

Advice

The youth and society.

The young rule the world, as they should. And the old ones like ...

Religion

Hinduism?

The 'way of life' that Hinduism's proponents keep claiming it is (while also ...

Letter

A blast from the past: All positions are equally valid? Really?

This is an excerpt from a mail I wrote in the last week of ...

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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.

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.

Kedar Anil Gadgil @kedaranilgadgil ·

19h

It took 80 years. But finally, the Reich won the war. USA lost. What a day for the Nazis. Hats off to your perseverance. The Americans never saw it coming!

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Kedar Anil Gadgil @kedaranilgadgil ·

16 Jan

Wasn't Saif Ali Khan also involved with Salman in that Black Buck shooting incident that angered the Bishnois much? I am not implying anything, but could there be a connection between that and the recent incident?

The Home Minister must take serious note of this lawlessness.

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Kedar Anil Gadgil @kedaranilgadgil ·

15 Jan

What do you mean by justifying long working hours by claiming construction work at night needs it? Have these people never heard of working in shifts?

Here (), maybe this will help.

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Kedar Anil Gadgil @kedaranilgadgil ·

12 Jan

My latest on what makes us protest a Subrahmanyan but still want to be in his good books. #Bosses #Fathers #ToxicWorkCulture

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Kedar Anil Gadgil @kedaranilgadgil ·

3 Jan

Dear @moneycontrolcom Do you realise it is impossible to read @1shankarsharma 's article () on your website? There are pop-up ads every 5 seconds. I am not even joking. This is ridiculous!