The Responsibility of Professionals
I officially started today as a Senior Product Manager focused on Data and Analytics at Publicis Sapient. The significance of the start falling on the week of Martin Luther King Jr. day is not lost on me. As a first-generation immigrant and person of color, starting such a role would be impossible without the multi-generational struggle for dignity and equality led by black Americans.
CAA and NRC: India’s Moral, Intellectual Devolution and Fight for Democracy
This piece was originally intended to be published in January of this year. Due to the piece taking much longer to write and other events that intervened, I was unable to publish. Late February, for three days a Hindutva pogrom was unleashed in Delhi resulting in over 52 dead, hundreds injured, mosques burnt and desecrated, and general terror unleashed on the Muslim minority. The worst violence in decades in the city. This and other events give fresh urgency to the original piece. Although the piece does not speak to more recent events past January of this year it’s insights still have currency and value. And unfortunately some warnings have become deadly reality, and perhaps with action others can be prevented yet.
What a Waste, Nothing Wasted
I started gardening this past summer. One particular gardening experience provided a Zen-like insight.