The Many Mes

Inside me, there are many mes. One me works at Adobe as an Director of Machine Learning, solves technical problems and manages projects. Another me is curious about the physical, social and psychological environments, tries to understand them and asks the eternal question "What's the meaning of life, universe and everything?". Yet another me loves to travel with camera in hand, spends time in jungles and mountains and hugs very old trees. And a significant part of me is a son, a husband and a father.

I am the sum total of these mes; and a few more. I go by the name of Manas.

On and off, I have written on multiple subjects. Archives page has the list of everything I have written and this page has some of my favorites.

Work Environment

• Challenge and Poetry is relevant when lack of challenging assignments becomes a demotivator.
• What is Work? Given a choice, if you’d rather do something other than what you are doing now, what you are doing now is work.
• Fallcy of Ownership is a realization I had when I was exiting my startup.
• Managing Conflicts, Fallacy of Work, Quitting, Comfort Zone and Progress, and Evolution of a Programmer are some other writeups that I like in this category.

Leadership and stuff

• Leader’s fall from grace: From Belief To Pride has shaped my thinking and decisions from time to time.
• Great Man or Zeitgeist, Leadership and the spirit of time, Leadership is Situational, Leaders always lead, followers may not always follow are some more thoughts on leadership.
• Pushing for “more” - Good side and bad side gets into when push becomes pressure.

Philosophy/Psychology

• The Thing Called Happiness argues that things can take away happiness but cannot provide it.
• The Missing Links of Communication expresses amusement over how much information is hidden in front of our eyes just because we do not know how to read it.
• Amy, Jamy & The Broken Flask is an allegorical story with conscious mind, subconscious mind and the self-image.
• A wonder called reality, What's real anyways?, A dreamy world..., What's my world?, and Calibrated World are various writings on the nature of dreams and reality.

Stories/Poems

• The Girl in Red Dress and The Miserable Survivor are my two attempts at short stories.
• Were you the ...?, About me, Voices of the past, and Reflection are some of the poems I have written.