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I read John & Paul, a Love Story in Songs by Ina Leslie.

Good reading start to 2026 - I’ve read a bunch of books in January!

Guru Shloka Link to heading Tvam-Eva Maataa Ca Pitaa Tvam-Eva | Tvam-Eva Bandhush-Ca Sakhaa Tvam-Eva | Tvam-Eva Viidyaa Dravinnam Tvam-Eva | Tvam-Eva Sarvam Mama Deva Deva || … You Truly are my Mother And You Truly are my Father .

Matthew 6:9–13 (RSV-2CE) Link to heading Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Matthew 5:3–12 Link to heading “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Philosophy of the Missionaries of Charity Link to heading The fruit of silence is prayer The fruit of prayer is faith The fruit of faith is love The fruit of love is service The fruit of service is peace

Mool Mantar from the Japji Sahib Link to heading There is One God!

The first prayer my mother taught me Link to heading “Buddhir balam Yasho dhairyam!

By Paramahansa Yogananda Link to heading “Heavenly Father, it is Thou Who dost directly sustain my body.

Simple Prayer for Peace Link to heading Lord!

A few months ago - when my daughter joined college in London - she asked me for a playlist with British music.

Books I’ve recently completed reading A House for Mr Biswas The Glass Bead Game The Passion According to G.H. 2666, Bolano Lonesome Dove, McMurtry 4 short books Mother Mary Comes to Me, Arundhati Roy

Brilliant movie, great background soundtrack!

Brilliant memoir / biography by Arundhati Roy.

Read 4 short books: The sense of an ending, Julian Barnes: Good, but a bit grim, not to my taste Zorba the Greek: Very Good, and a lot of fun The Razors Edge, Somerset Maugham: Really really good, what writing!

Read Lonesome Dove recommended to me by my friends Akshay & Shahana over the last few weeks… it’s a long book, adding to the list of long books I’ve read this year.

I spoke recently with The Economic Times / ET Edge about the growth of VALORANT in India, and Riot Games’ hashtag#PlayerFirst, community-driven approach to crafting deep local experiences that celebrates players in the region.

Read this for the most part during the trip to Sikkim.

I used to wait for the monthly PCQuest magazine (& Linux distros!)

I recently spoke with Lee Jones from Hotspawn - it was a fantastic, freewheeling conversation about my journey from Microsoft & Google to Riot Games, my day-to-day job, League of Legends, VALORANT’s 5th year anniversary, and local publishing strategy.

Finished reading on 26/06/2025 Brilliant book, 5 stars, real gut-punch Disgustingly good short book Disturbing, awakening Themes/Thoughts: Living in the moment / action orientation, rather than “hope” which is hopeless and in the future The Sacred in ever…

A few months ago a close friend asked if I could run a Product Craft 101 workshop at her company.

Books I’m reading Godel, Escher, Bach

One of my mentors used to say, “Make promises that you don’t know how to keep”.

My quick jotting down / notes… and discussions with chatgpt!

Did a workshop for my friends at Nexus Consulting on how to use Artificial Intelligence in their work for Indica and other quizzes…got a nice photo with the team, here: I used ExcaliDraw for the workshop, and Excalidraw file can be downloaded from here Ex…

My quick jotting down… “I completed reading A House for Mr.

Did a workshop for my friends at StreamAlive on how to get better at prompting, called “The Thought Whisperer”

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I spoke with Shreyas about building Kaizala…

Books on my TOREAD list for 2025 📘 Lonesome Dove – Larry McMurtry Epic Western of love, loss, and legacy.