A completely self created problem On February 21st 2023, a 6 year old boy was mauled by street dogs and died thereafter. That’s only half the story. A few hours later, another attack and another 4 year old. These are the same street dogs that (some) Indian households love to…

Some Surprising aspects of Cloud KMS — Encryption as a Service What is Cloud Key Management Service (KMS)? Simply put, KMS can be thought of as Encryption as a Service. When I first started working with it (for a financial services customer), I was surprised both by, what it could handle and what it couldn’t. This post…

Is FinOps just a new buzzword or does it entail anything new? This post will discuss FinOps’ main principles, draw an analogy between ‘Agile Adoption’ and FinOps Adoption, and also end with an actual AWS based FinOps Implementation that results in lowering compute costs. FinOps — The Official Definition FinOps is a practice that enables…

Simple Solutions — Stringent Fines, and some additional funding in the right places Read Part 1 — UnSwachh Bharat, Filth Begets Filth Also read Mohan Guruswamy’s insightful article on — Why India is still filthy — 104 years after Gandhi. Bangalore ted talks on India’s filth and some active citizenry…

India’s Filth, Cleanliness Campaigns, Mass Leadership Failures Alongside this post, try reading Mohan Guruswamy’s insightful article on — Why India is still filthy — 104 years after Gandhi. Municipal level inaction in India, India’s Air Pollution Crisis and A tourist’s recent account of Indian cities (India is Filthy). This post…

Musk has purchased a legal nightmare, not a tech company Is Twitter a Tech Company or a Legal Nightmare? Twitter’s challenges were never technical in nature. Legally, however, almost every country that Twitter operates in, has been filing legal challenges to Twitter’s policies. Twitter’s own home country, has Congress hauling Twitter up for multiple hearings. …

Interesting Recent Reads on India Note: This post has some affiliate links. Also read — A new breed of authors takes India by storm Understanding the new global order The Rise and Fall of Nations — Ruchir Sharma Not just for understanding the Indian economy, but also the world economic order. This is a gem…

Meet India’s newest Literary Craftsmen (Also read Recent Non Fiction Reads to Understand India) Note: This post has some affiliate links. Storytelling in Indian History Storytelling as an art form, is as ancient as India itself. And like everything else that is uniquely Indian, Indian storytelling refuses to be generalized. Indian Food, Indian Language…

An open challenge to India’s political leadership A software engineer, out for a bike ride, was beaten and raped by 10 men in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa district. Oct 20, 2022. India has failed. Failed miserably. …