I have spent four decades in boardrooms negotiating billion-dollar investments, building businesses and presenting PowerPoint slides that changed the world. Somewhere along the way, I realised that life is far more interesting outside conference rooms.
Welcome to Tadka Life.
Here you’ll find stories about the India we grew up in, food that shaped us, cities that changed us, corporate life that amused us, and ideas that make us pause. They may look like different subjects, but to me they all answer the same question: what makes us who we are?
Good food has taught me more about culture than history books. Airport breakfasts reveal more about cities than travel guides. Devdas can explain corporate life better than most management gurus, and a perfectly made parantha deserves as much respect as a well-negotiated deal. I enjoy connecting worlds that rarely meet, finding humour in everyday life, and looking at familiar things from slightly unfamiliar angles—with equal measures of curiosity, nostalgia and irreverence.
I have strong opinions, weak self-control around mangoes and paranthas, and a healthy suspicion of anyone who eats them with a fork.
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We may not always agree, but I promise you’ll never leave hungry.