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Madhu Menon's avatar

Shit, I feel so old. Probably because I am and made so many friends during those blogging years.

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Sidin's avatar

Making friends! Pfft! Remember when that was a thing???

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Deepak Gopalakrishnan / Chuck's avatar

One of my core life memories was printing out a gigantic A2 of Travails and getting it autographed by a very bemused you at KGAF in 2010. Welcome back Sidin.

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Aswin's avatar

Well done. If you can get @shenoyn to complete the book, it would be 2007 again.

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Sidin's avatar

How have you been Chuck of yore?

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Aswin's avatar

Found the comments section on the app, ha.

Welcome back again, Dev Chopra, the paneer eating IIMB student.

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Sidin's avatar

IIMA. What the heck man.

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Aswin's avatar

That’s the joke. 😬

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Aashish's avatar

Whatay was my companion when I started my first job out of college as a consultant. Epicness ensued when I saw your email this morning. Can’t wait!

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Sidin's avatar

I hope you will not regret this enthusiasm.

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Sue's avatar

Your blog's not allowing me to vote, I'm deducting 2 stars from rating.

~Sue

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Sidin's avatar

Sue maybe there was problem with the voter list?

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Rohit Ajitkumar's avatar

Sidin! Goddamn it's good to read your stuff again. You inspired me to start writing back when I started college and like you, my habit died. I revived it a few weeks ago and it feels kinda poetic to see that you have revived Whatay! Looking forward to reading your stuff again.

P.S. Having kids is a pain but it's so goddamn worth it!

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Sidin's avatar

WHERE DO YOU WRITE ROHIT? Please share.

Having your kids is generally ok. Other people's kids are unbearable.

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Supriya's avatar

Ive started blogging too and it reminded of the time when i was really really young and there's this blurry image of people having blog channels. Though nowadays very few people actually share like day to day stuff on blog cause of social media. And i feel so jealous whenever millenials say they used to make friends through blogging. Wish I could do that too😭😭

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Shrutz's avatar

And just like that, I am back in 2005 (and seeing some of my Blogger friends below)!!? What is this middle age thing?

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Shrutz's avatar

And just like that, I am back in 2005 (and seeing some of my Blogger friends below)!!? What is this middle age thing?

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Durga Tilak's avatar

Hi, Sidin,

Just to say that I loved Mission ISRO so much. What a delicious podcast it is!

:)

Looking forward to reading more of your work here.

Warm regards,

Durga

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Rajat Gururaj's avatar

Welcome Back! I still remember the names from 'Travails...' Parthasarthy Venkatachalapathy and Blossom Babykutty , some of your off the cuff advice - "Don't read business books but feel free to write them" and scenarios from your books - chuckled inwardly when I go to know of a friend's wife do the same automobile company-Chennai-consulting thingie as Dork

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Avinash Shenoy's avatar

So glad you are back writing! Say paneer!

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Ajay Yogendra's avatar

Hey really enjoyed reading this! Found this through your The Hindu article. I'm GenZ so couldn't relate to the 2005 stuff lol. Looking forward to more of this!

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B_slo's avatar

Welcome back Sidin. I was in a kind of rut because I had to work from home for like the last few weeks. Then enrolled for a few random courses that seemed like would be good to do…I too like studying maybe…then the course people messaged saying check email for contents and lo and behold I spot your email about the new blog…didn’t find the study material yet but found your sturdy material…insult of Kerala chips is an unmissable plot to tease with…Wadala se lekin Vashi tak hi I moved but good to see that you are blogging back from across the seas…ha lol ha

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PRABUL CHANDRAN's avatar

Yay!! See who is back!!

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David DeSouza's avatar

I have been waiting for many years.......still remember the lovely post about the lovely boy, Sachin and many others. Thank you for coming back to this. And yes, please expand on the travesty that is banana chips made in Gujarat.

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Sidin's avatar

Soon. More updates from the underbelly of the banana chip sector.

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