Category: Ponderings
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Life Gives the Lesson Before the Meaning
I’ve always been a data guy. You could replace that with science, logic, or proof, and it would still be true. I like things that make sense. But I’ve also never believed that everything meaningful in life can be fully explained.
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What If We’re the Runaway AI?
Everyone is busy worrying about AI becoming smarter, more human, more independent, more… whatever word people use right before they start sounding nervous. And I get it. But lately I’ve had a different thought. A slightly suspicious one. What if we are the advanced AI? Stay with me.
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What Started as a Blog Became a Bridge
A reflection on how Hyphenated Homestead became the foundation for mPath Services, MMOW, and the next chapter of meaningful work.
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Do You Still Sound Like You?
Are We Cooked? How Social Media and AI Are Quietly Changing the Way We Speak
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Post 100: A Hundred Small Stories
A flickering porch light. A stained notebook. A hundred times saying “okay, one more.” We made it.
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Post 99: A Thank-You to the Middle
Someone hits “like” at 11:47 pm. I picture a tired thumb, a soft lamp, a quiet nod across the internet.
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Post 98: Tools, Not Trumpets
There’s a notebook on my desk with multiple chai stains which are starting to look like state of Maharashtra now. 😊 That’s my project manager.
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Post 97: Corners I Keep Bumping Into
Caught myself doing that thing again. I reorganized the dishwasher after my spouse loaded it. Didn’t say anything. We both know.
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Post 96: Back to the Porch
Our porch light generally flickers once before it decides to work. Most evenings, that’s my brain too.
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Same Porch, Different Stories
If you live in my neighborhood, you’ll probably bump into me in different places. Sometimes I’m the guy waving from the porch with a goofy story. Other times, I’m hunched over a laptop with way too many tabs open, whispering sweet nothings to all sorts of digital platforms. And on weekends and festival times you’ll…
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LinkedIn Lurkers
Some posts write themselves. This one? took me a while. Hear me out. This is about professional digital window-watchers, the ones who stop by your LinkedIn profile often but never say hello. They read, they (probably) ponder but No likes. No comments. No messages. Just… lurking.
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The New Kid on the Blog (Literally)
So here’s the deal. I didn’t ghost Hyphenated Homestead. I’ve just been pulled into full-time parenting of two blogs. 😁
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Queen
This past weekend, we watched the Hindi Bollywood movie, Queen, for probably the 100th time. No kidding. It is one of our favorites from recent times and also because Netflix warned us it will be gone from the platform from June 30th. We just wanted to watch some portion of it but ended up watching…
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“Can I Borrow This?”
Let’s talk about something that sounds boring but really isn’t: ownership. Specifically, ownership of the words, videos, images, reflections, aha moments, and every little digital breadcrumb you see across this website. They’re not just pixels. They’re pieces of me.
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