Miss ya Ghalib

Today is Mirza Ghalib’s 220th birthday. I wasn’t keeping track and I certainly will now try to make up for that shameful deficit on my part by wishing him on Facebook. In the meantime, let me tell you a bit about ol’ MG. As per upper class Muslim tradition (of his time, I would like …

The Naming of the Beast

Give the Beast a clean shirt, a shave and a shower Tell him about rainbows and how to smell a flower Give him a reason, some meaning and a taste Of how things can be on the other side of waste   Take him to the movies, to the mall and the park Tell him …

HVD

Sounds a lot like HIV. No? Quite rad, these three letter words that say four letter things. Unlike ‘Netflix and chill’. Fuck, that’s a full essay. Many people would have come by the time you say it — especially the Bombay fast train people. They always arrive before time. Anyway, today we will talk about HVD. Happy …

The writing on the Walmart #bluedoordiaries #31

The man who's reinventing Walmart ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CEO Doug McMillon may be the best prepared executive to lead the company since Sam Walton. Here’s how he’s guiding the retail giant in the Age of Disruption. -------------------------------------------- In his more than two-decade career at Walmart, Doug McMillon has unloaded trucks in a warehouse and helped lead a $2.4 …

Getting hyper about hyperlocal #bluedoordiaries #30

Hyperlocal stays hyper, UrbanClap raises $10M in Series A funding Hyperlocal startups in India are giving e-commerce giants a run for their money. And now on the top of it, even the investors seem to take an added interest in this sector. After raising the seed round of $1.6M, Delhi-based mobile services marketplace UrbanClap, has now raised $ …