Karthi Subbaraman

Asking is a hard thing. As sapiens we hesitate to ask. We hesitate to express what we really feel. There is fear of judgment, fear of looking bad in someone's eyes, fear of asking too much, fear of looking stupid, fear of hurting others etc. We die in

It was 2017 and I was slowly developing an interest in Cognitive Neuroscience. By 2018 the interest became a craze. Slowly the craze developed into an obsession. I was almost ready to pack my bags and leave to Berkeley [https://neuroscience.berkeley.edu]. This meant I need to be away

In 2020 when Covid pushed us hard, we (team Xperian) reacted to the situation gracefully and took a few 1BS decisions [https://karthis.blog/designing-decisions/] regarding work. The decision included location, people, work culture, type of work and workplace productivity. In other words we decided our permanent office space, office

Slowing down is not my cup of tea. As a productivity nerd speed is my ally. I try and squeeze efficiency and effectiveness from every moment of my life. Covid and lockdown taught me a few precious lessons and slowing down is one of them. On a hind sight here

Wanna achieve lofty goals? Wanna accomplish lots? Wanna hold big responsibilities? If yes then start measuring your life in terms of projects. Not in terms of titles or achievements or awards but just projects. It is much easier to handle aspirations via projects than aspirations itself. A project means it

Bharadwaja, a great sage and Raibhya, a great scholar are great friends. Each excelled in their own fields in their own ways. Yavakrit, son of Bhardwaj grew up seeing that many reach out to Raibjhya for seeking knowledge and not his father Bharadwaja. It not only bothered him but also

Disclaimer: If you visualise it is a little gory. Stay with the idea only. The caterpillar is squished either ways. The only difference is did it get squished to become a butterfly or did it get squished to never come back. One is called metamorphosis and the other is called

Words are powerful. They have power to create a tectonic shift inside you. Here are a few words that transformed me over a period. About Design > When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful,

Our human brain loves excitement and we don’t pursue things that are boring. But most profound things in life are boring. Isnt it? Here is my list of boring profound things. Meditation, sitting quietly, walking etc  Typically doing nothing and repeating something is boring. No wonder our brains can&

JRD Tata had a friend who used to say that he misplaces and loses his pen very often. He will use only very cheap pens so that he need not worry about losing them. He was worried about carelessness habit. JRD suggested to him to buy the costliest pen he