“if a tree falls in a forest”
Travel
Khyber and Punjab
Beautiful encounters in a lesser known neighbourhood
On the silk road in Ubzekistan
Road trip through the complicated beauty of the old Silk Road
Memories from Kyrgyzstan
Exploring Kyrgyzstan and meeting friends in my first visit to Central Asia
First visit to China in 2002
Widening my horizons with my first exposure to China
Books
The Silk Roads
Gripping history of humanity’s path from East to West and back
What is China? Two perspectives
Fascinating accounts of what is China, its multiple meanings and crucial role of perspective in telling different stories.
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
The exponential rise of Big Tech has been fuelled by the data we are giving away. Are we giving up free will along with it?
The Narrow Corridor
To what do we owe our freedom? Acemoğlu’s answer is in the balance between society’s participation in governance and state capacity to govern.
Hacks
My path to mindfulness
Sharing how I created a simple mindfulness habit
How to eat
What I’ve learned about diet vs. exercise and the myth of calories in, calories out
Brewing coffee without the fuss
My quick way to brew exceptional coffee on the go with minimal kit.
My Insanity workout ritual
I discovered Shaun T’s Insanity workouts about 5 years ago. It honestly changed my fitness life.
Blog
Happy podcast moments
Some of my favourite sources of daily audio inspiration, energy and good vibes
Meeting Kid
A teenager ran to me to offer help in finding lost sunglasses. From this fortuitous encounter led a beautiful moment of sharing and learning about him and his cousins and their responsibilities in Lalibela.
