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7 August 2022

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?

Kamran

Verified account @citizenkamran ·

31 Oct

I don't want to comment on this video

But save and watch before it's deleted from internet

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Anchit Gupta

Verified account @anchitgupta9 ·

29 Oct

Why did the Indian Air Force come to Race Course?

The closure of the Air Force golf course at Race Course in New Delhi has attracted considerable attention. But it also offers an opportunity to revisit a rather interesting question. Why does the IAF have a station in the very

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Kedar Anil Gadgil

@kedaranilgadgil ·

28 Oct

I have been saying this for a year now! This is a viable strategy. Charcha, Parcha, Kharcha, Morcha. It worked because it works.

seriousguy @seriousguybr

Humilde rascunho de MANUAL DE COMBATE ANTIFASCISTAS NAS REDES aos amigos estrangeiros.

Começo a achar que nós, brasileiros do Exército do Lula, podemos ter começado um REVOLUÇÃO GLOBAL.

CENTENAS de perfis estrangeiros começaram a me seguir, em especial japoneses e franceses

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Kedar Anil Gadgil

@kedaranilgadgil ·

28 Oct

Wow. I did not know this. Now, I need to read further on this.

Nivedita Shandilya @Nivedita_Shan

इस वीडियो में ऐसा क्या है जो इसे भी डिलीट कर दिया इंस्टाग्राम ने? आप क़ानून ला रहे हैं और हम उसके बारे में बात भी ना करें? एक भी रील मेरी पब्लिश नहीं होने दे रहे ये। क्यों डरते हो इतना?

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Kuldip Sindhu

@kuldip_sindhu ·

27 Oct

@ajaishukla @the_hindu The Navy has a nice way of explaining it: RADM - two balls, VADM - one ball, ADM - no balls. The Army: Brig - L3 missing, Maj Gen - L3, 4 missing, Lt Gen - L 3, 4 & 5 missing, Gen - L 3, 4, 5 & C1 missing and CDS - entire spine missing. Don't know how AF describes it!