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I love web apps, everything Apple, post-work martinis, good seafood, dark chocolate, coffee, Mumbai city and living well.
I am the founder of DeskAway, a simple yet powerful web-based work tracking tool. DeskAway is ranked in the top 30 hottest startups in India by TataNEN.
Things have worked out kinda well, for instance...recently, I have been named a Paragon 100 Fellow (Asia’s most inspiring young entrepreneurs and social change makers), shortlisted in BusinessWorld's Top 30 Young Entrepreneurs in India, featured on the cover of India Today Aspire (The Young Guns), showcased on CNBC's prestigious TV show 'Young Turk Innovators' and interviewed in VentureBeat and NYTimes by a prominent Silicon Valley journalist.
I am currently working on a book on Web 2.0 & SaaS to be published in late 2010.
I often reminisce about the best 7.5 years spent in Chapel Hill, NC.
When not in front of the computer, I spend my time reading, writing, playing golf, tennis (am a Federer fan), doing yoga thrice a week, and traveling to distant places (love Mykonos and the rest of the Med. coast) with my wife and family.
I believe in doing what you enjoy even if it is different and doesn't pay you well in the beginning. Setting off on your path is more important than following the herd. It is extremely important to be happy at the end of each day.
This is an updated stream of my work+life activities of a life in progress.
I am a sucker for short frequent breaks - mostly to beachy destinations in and around India. Loved Maldives last year. Last week it was Goa. A quick, relatively inexpensive and short getaway from Mumbai where I sipped on Mai Tai's, read Jeffery Archer's 'Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less' and played some cards with the family. A 100% detox from the web world.
Having lunch at this quaint soho-style coffee shop behind DeskAway HQ. Sameer Guglani of Morpheus Ventures and Mohit Bhansal of Lpad were visiting Mumbai from Chandigarh. Discussions were mainly around entrepreneurship, venture funding and how the Indian startup scene is evolving.
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Good break from city-life, even though DeskAway HQ is only 5 minutes away from here. When you are in "play-mode" your work seems so much more meaningful and you realize what you are working towards. Work hard, play harder. Take a step back once in a while.
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