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A long-time fan of Chowk, I visit and post here often. Chowk has been good to me. I have found a lot of inspiration here. I am now seriously pursuing writing and activism so find less time to interact here. From time to time I post items from my other blog here.
Random Thoughts: I author a column here called `Square World` with the theme of social justice and globalization as the main agenda. I am also deeply involved with ideas around reinventing industrialization. I am a committed environmental activist and support the Green party as well as Climate Crisis, David Suzuki and creative thinkers actively debating sustainable choices.

I work in the software tech industry. My passion is start-ups.

In addition to software my interest is in business ideas wrt environmental stewardship, chemical free alternatives, security, energy conservation and organic food.




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