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Entrepreneur. Tech Journalist. Founder of TechLila.
I’ve been building on the internet since 2010. TechLila came first, then the companies that grew out of it. Everyone gets the same 24 hours, right? What you do with yours is the whole story. Here I share what I keep learning about work, money, time and the life around them, so you can make things happen sooner than I did. The choice is yours.
My story
Two months in a dream job, then I quit.
I registered this domain in 2010 because it was my surname and nobody had taken it. Then came a job at TCS, the kind everyone calls a dream job, and within two months I knew it was not for me, so I left and started building things instead, TechLila first. Some of it worked. Some of it cost me more than I like to admit. The full story is on the About page, mistakes included.
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September 2026
Gym in the morning or badminton court, 90 minutes each. That is 6% of your day, and still the best 6%.
Learning never stops. It is lifelong, and the day I stop is the day I start going backwards.
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My quotes
Sometimes opportunity knocks your door, but you should have prepared yourself enough to recognise it.
Rajesh Namase · 2016
All 17 quotes →Invest in strong relationships with family, friends and smart people. It gives more return than the stock market.
2016If your job or business allows you to pick up your kids from school and be there for every important event, you've already 'made it'. Time freedom and flexibility beats any paycheck.
2025It's not important how much you earn, but it's really important the ways you're using to earn!
2015 · MoneyRecent entries
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TimeA productivity hack I actually use
The one-card Kanban: pick one to three needle-moving tasks the night before, do the first one first, and the rest of the day takes care of itself.
CraftBecome the MS Dhoni of your company
Five months to appraisals. Three questions to ask yourself before the company asks them, and why your increment tracks the company's growth, not your effort.
LifeWrite your own story and success will follow
Three steps to a story worth sharing: cut the negative people, keep smiling, and start before the plan is ready. The idea is 10%. The rest is getting it done.
LifeSix kinds of people, and which one you are
Six kinds of people, sorted by how they chase their targets, and why only a few end up with the joyful life. Which one are you?
LifeMy biggest motivation is to keep challenging myself
After the Himalayan trip I admitted I had missed two years of targets by underestimating myself. Being a serial entrepreneur is harder than a bio makes it sound.
LifeAlways listen to your inner voice
Three times a quiet voice told me to leave what was safe: quitting TCS, starting a business with a friend, and renting an office for 50. It was right each time.
Life"I do not have time" is an excuse, not a reason
The excuse I hear most from friends is that there is no time. The transformation people noticed after two years, and the honest accounting of hours behind it.
LifeA day will come when each of us will die
Death is certain and its date is not. The thought experiment I put to friends a year ago, and the question it leaves: what would you do with 360 days?
MoneyThe people who taught me what to do with money
I kept everything in a savings account until the right people, one at a time, showed me what money can do. This is my thank-you to them.
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