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The Gatekeepers of the Future.

30 March 2025

Wonder/Awe

The take off.

I have always loved take offs. Maybe flying is in my blood, as ...

Poetry

The order.

I look at a woman dressing to go out with me and realise ...

Life

Escape velocity.

I write a poem about escaping from the drudgery that life has become ...

Art

Sunny poetry?

On a monsoon day. Written and performed by Kymaia. P.S: She wrote ...

Anger

Thanks. But no, thanks.

I came back from meeting a very rich and well-to-do privileged friend who ...

Nostalgia

In memoriam: My Battlecat

I miss the first motorcycle I ever knew, the 1969 Jawa I christened ...

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 ·

12 Feb

What an issue to debate in the parliament! Whether cheap/digital copies of the Indian Constitution are legal because they don't have illustrations and calligraphy. Haan yeh kar lo pehle.

Now, this will take up time of the SC, because some opportunists will fils PILs. Sigh!

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Kedar Anil Gadgil @kedaranilgadgil ·

8 Feb

WTAF?

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Kedar Anil Gadgil @kedaranilgadgil ·

2 Feb

Dear @Bajaj_Finance Please please call me. I am trying to give you money. Your auto-debit facility seems to not work, and I am unable to pay. What is the way to get in touch with you chaps?

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Kedar Anil Gadgil @kedaranilgadgil ·

29 Jan

Dr Tushar Mehta ka ghar aur clinic bulldoze nahi karenge kya? Nahi? Ah, I thought so.

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NanoBaiter @nanobaiter ·

23 Jan

1/ Meet Sushil Chouhan, An Indian national who owns a scam call center in New Delhi, India. He has been scamming thousands of innocent people since November 2023.