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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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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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Sue's avatar

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

~Sue

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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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Nitin Gupta's avatar

Great to see this blog making a comeback! Now that it's restarting, I realize how much I’ve missed it!

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Akshat Rathi's avatar

Welcome back to writer land! I look forward to the next blogpost where I hope will complete the damn Desi Shop story.

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Jina Dcruz's avatar

Welcome back! Your resurrection email was the plot twist my inbox didn’t know it needed. Thanks for making me feel so old. Sheehs. Its been 2 decades :O

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Sharma's avatar

Whatay! Let's get those years of happy kind and nice internet back. Pease stay :)

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Rombus's avatar

Happy to see this. Always enjoyed your blogs. Hoping to see more

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Sarthak Ahuja's avatar

Loved seeing this here. Sidin's writing is what inspired me to jump into blogging back in 2011, and build an aspiration to get into business journalism after my MBA. Not active on Twitter, so not aware of your personality on the platform, but good to see some activity on this subscription.

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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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Suresh's avatar

A blog after a long time and not a word about paneer?

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Oscar Varghese's avatar

Sidin,

So glad you are back to blogging. I remember JAM mag gave quite a few us an opportunity to enter the creative industry back in the day.

Also, if you stop blogging again, I’m going to curse you with banana chips from Gujarat. May they randomly be purchased and show up in your pantry. Curses are a thing okay?

Whatay is back! So psyched!

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Suman Nambiar's avatar

Welcome back! And if you ever feel like meeting up IRL for a drink with a long-time reader, Brixton is not far from Bromley. All the best with the plans for summer and beyond.

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