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I will be attending the Techno-Entrepreneurship program from April 9th - 14th at NirmaLabs in Gujarat.

Whats interesting about this program:

• Focus on technology startups
• Sessions introduce a range of topics a techno-entrepreneur should be familiar with (think about)
• Interact with technology entrepreneurs
• Time for myself (as its a resedential program)

Expect detailed notes here on my blog from the program.

Last month I finished reading The Art of War edited by James Cavell. I found the book very objective and meaningful even today. No doubt its recommended in business and managerial studies.

Here are some incomplete notes from the first 5 chapters:

I

All warfare is based on deception.

II

In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.

III

Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory:

(1) He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.

(2) He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.

(3) He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.

(4) He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.

(5) He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.

IV

To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.

Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.

V

Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory. He takes individual talent into account, and uses each men according to his capabilities. He does not demand perfection from the untalented.

The last two lines is the mantra I stand by and follow.

People traveling on the Blue Billion Express and their relatives (more than a billion people back home) had a shocker of a time on the 24th March. According to Reuters, passengers suffered multiple injuries of which some are still serious. Most of the passengers were seniors and on a journey which was touted as their last. There are no reports of deaths.

After the accident, officials were quick to react and have announced that a detailed inquiry would be carried out by an independent body to ascertain the causes of the accident. Some officials blamed a coach of the express . Others claimed that the driver of the express favored senior passengers and did not have the fire power to drive to the destination. One official was quoted saying that "the disaster was waiting to happen." According to a recent report the losses may touch $35M.

You would do the same only if you had access to our internal mailing list. Most of the time you have witty messages flying here and there on the mailing list. Yours truly, just posted one some time back and he can already hear the LoLs from far away. I hope everyone takes it in the right (milky) spirit 😉

[Would only make sense to Pinstormers]