When I woke up today, something felt different about Bangalore. I knew it was Monday, but for me it has always been just another day. There was an air of calmness, an oasis of serenity, the smell of earth. I had a little breakfast and got ready for the office. And then I received a call from my sister. We talked about the usual stuffs, the life, the family, the friends, the school and all this made me a bit nostalgic. On the way, a song from Dirty Picture (never watched it though!) was playing on the radio. I changed it to something more soothing - by then I was lost in the thoughts. I remembered how far I have come from everything. I thought about the family, the friends, the lost love, where everyone else is, what everyone else is doing - in the grand scheme of all things it made me feel timid. For a moment, everything looked pointless. Life appeared to be so cruel and different from anyone else. But then it struck me. I realized that this is the life. It's tough, it's h...

One fine morning - on way to our office, with winter approaching, morning breeze getting cooler and the usual pleasant weather in Bangalore, I was having random discussion with my friend about work, life and things in general. The usual stuffs! But then he said immaculately,  which stuck in for few minutes - You can do a startup, you can't tell a girl? I will first talk about the former here - how all it happened :) Back in 2011,  I had just returned from intern and I thought this was a good time to start working on a project of own which really interests me and in which I can learn new stuffs. My experience with Amazon was not very good, and I was somewhat dissatisfied with how people in big organization work. It's not much better in Google India either. I knew right then that I would most probably join a good startup with small team and the way I have been working in IMG with a closely knit group made this decision easier. After completing the GSoC project i...