Long before VC dollars and unicorns, Bangalore was already India’s gateway to global tech. In 1902, a hydro plant at Shivanasamudra powered by GE, yes! Edison’s GE: marked India’s first MNC deal.
Roopa Pai’s Becoming Bangalore is full of gems like this.
When my grandfather tells me about the ₹300 he didn’t have, I realise I’m living a life they couldn’t afford to imagine. And yet, somehow, they paid for it anyway..
Software creates soft men
Soft men create hard times
Hard times create hard men
Hard men create hardware
Hardware creates good times
Good times creates software
“Real virtue must rest not on outcome but intention.” - Hitchens
This is the energy I’m clinging to as I throw myself into the digital void. Godspeed to my notifications.