Holding a spoon over a bowl of soup at Anandas restaurant

Start with the soup

Soup is a starter — a small pause before the meal. New challenges deserve the same kind of beginning.

Smiling at a restaurant table with four crispy dosas and four bowls of chutney

Four dosas, one price

Four varieties of dosa, four chutneys, one plate — and a reminder to grab the fuller option when life puts it on the menu.

Family posing together in a yellow auto-rickshaw prop at a restaurant

Grab the vehicle, enjoy the ride

An unfinished yellow auto that doesn’t even move — and still gave us more joy than a costly car on the road.

Smiling while sitting on a bicycle outdoors

Back to the roots

From bicycle to luxury car — and why leaders still need to sit back on the bike, write code, and ship.

Standing in front of the Golden Gate Bridge on a foggy day

Never miss a golden opportunity

A foggy morning at the Golden Gate — and the tough decision that led to a go-live day and a daughter’s arrival on the same timeline.