Inspiration

Inspiration shapes us all.

Here is a list of people, movies, books, things and events that have inspired me in the past (and continue to). It’s a growing list, I will come back and add more to it.

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What do you want to do in life?

What are the various things you would love to do in life?

You only have one life! Why not create a bucket list and start working on accomplishing it right away?

Here’s my list.

Leave a comment with a link to yours.

Hobbyists Hub: A concept

In the last one week, I had been discussing with friends and family about an idea I had in mind. The hobbyists hub.

What initially started as an idea of a book library for a niche segment, morphed and mutated into something you see in the image. I was pretty excited because it stitched together many things I loved.. books, photography, travel, cycling, etc.

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Starter-preneurship

Crossroads

“You have a kid. Are you sure you want to do this?”

“What about the risks?”

“You don’t have a proper plan!”

Everyone’s been asking me.

From the perspective of this blog too, for a blog that mostly had posts on travel, photography and cycling in the last 2 years, this is going to be a major digression.

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Thumbs up/down in November

For November, my thumbs-up list.

Photography / travel:

1. Tour of Nilgiris
2. Moisture wicking Kalenji Tee’s from Decathlon
3. A cheap white umbrella and a black background for your own studio shots
4. Air Asia free international tickets (deal is now over, but keep a watch on their site)
5. Special magazine subscription offer, courtesy TFN, for Outlook Traveller for one year.  Details here.

Books:

1. Hotshoe Diaries by Joe McNally
2. Ebook on lighting by Mitchell Kanashkevich

Movies:

1. Postmen in the mountains (Chinese)
2. Pancharangi (Kannada)

Personal finance:

1. Rohit Chauhan’s blog (been following his blog for more than 5 years and love his thoughts)
2. Rohit’s announcement of a paid service

My thumbs-down list

Photography / travel:

1. Cancellation of my SriLanka trip due to lack of leaves (and clash with TFN plans)
2. Sri Lankan national parks entry fee (25USD mostly, while for locals its free)

Books:

1. Pricing of used books at places like Bookworm and Blossoms (Bangalore). When new books are available at 80%, these guys price books at 60%+