Documenting my startup journey This is one in a series of posts where I document my startup journey. If you just landed here, go to this link and you’ll find all the other posts in the series. It’s been a little more than one-hundred days since we launched Bear Appeal. What started with Black, Navy Blue and Grey...

I’ve been blogging since 2014. I haven’t had my ‘big break’ yet — and for good reason.In 2014 I was a 20-year-old, confused, useless kid. I had not done well in my final exams at school, and had consequently lost the opportunity to study in a government university. (In Sri Lanka, this earns you the distinction...

Documenting my startup journeyThis is one in a series of posts where I document my startup journey. If you just landed here, go to this link and you’ll find all the other posts in the series. I’ve been consistently asked one question over the past several months. My then coworkers, my parents, my friends, and just...

Why I’m thankful to be a cog in the machineIn an attempt to understand how the meritocracy works, I decided to explore its pros and cons. A critique of Meritocracy was written with the cons in mind. This is a follow up to that post, and in this one I will make a case in favour of the meritocracy and explain why I...

May 2017 UpdateSince I discovered the magic of podcasts several months ago, I’ve been an avid listener. The habit has now been hardwired in to my brain, so much so that the moment I find myself doing a mindless task, working out or in a moving vehicle, a podcast will be playing in my ears. My podcasts list has...

Documenting my startup journeyThis is one in a series of posts where I document my startup journey. If you just landed here, go to this link and you’ll find all the other posts in the series. The date was 13th February, 2017. I was a perfectly happy employee at Sana Commerce, managing the regional marketing efforts...

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech An atheist’s quest for spiritualityWhat are we but Creatures of Belief? Ones that, in our fleeting moments of delight and grief, of lust, trepidation and a dozen other sates of mind, dabble in this journey we call life; life as we make it. Lost in the vastness of our own egos, we forget...

Utopian dream or survivalist nightmare? mer·i·toc·ra·cy /ˌmerəˈtäkrəsē/ noun government or the holding of power by people selected on the basis of their ability. What makes for a good life? What makes you successful? A steady income; a fulfilling career; a loving family? What is success anyway? I’ve been pondering...

Misinformation can be our undoingWhy does your mother always criticize your driving? She does that all the time. No matter how fast or slow you drive, she’s got something to say. But why? Fundamentally, the answer to this question might have something in common with the reason why you might be more scared of a snake...

Photo from ISM APAC What I learned during 2 years in techOn January 19th, 2015, I walked into an office to start my first job. I’ve always felt nervous meeting new people, so this didn’t feel any different. “Suck it up, smile and try to strike up a conversation somehow. Get to know as many people as you can,” I told...

“If you could see your whole life from start to finish, would you change things?”To almost every one of you reading this, and to me, time is a linear concept. We perceive one moment to occur after another. We represent this on an axis running from left to right in the countless graphs we draw, we talk about things...

Lessons from a game-changing experimentIt is the Summer of 1971. Phil sits in his office, patiently watching. He sees everything his prisoners do, and everything his guards do to his prisoners. He wonders how hostile and devilishly inhumane things get, yet he watches. He lets the scenes unfold. Because only when he...