1993 – February I was a lot thinner; polite too. Certainly not the trigger happy, fat badass I have become. After three year of hunger, ambition and walking the edge of what was computer science then at FAST, I was all set to change the world. On the stairs and under the shade of a…
Can’t wait for tomorrow evening…
I am more or less dead, can’t speak, voice is gone and my nose has been one ugly leaky faucet for the last 4 days. But I can’t wait to feel the energy from the Startup Insider’s session tomorrow. 80 plus registrations and 10 odd ultra cool dudes… It will be fun. Don’t miss it….
Startup Insiders – Number Four –
Another updates from our friends at PASHA and Green and White Given the feedback received from the first three sessions in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, the second part of the nationwide Startup Insider’s series focuses on answering the most frequently asked question… Who is my customer? How do I find him or her? How and…
How much does it take…?
How much does it take to provide cold, clean water to two and a half thousand students? Take an old class rooms and worn out desks And clean them up Add a bit of sanity, organization And color… Fix broken windows And cover them with shades Take an old library And put books and…
SMB Girls School Project- revisited
Here is a series of posts I did in early October. Before I post an update I thought it would be useful to set the context again. Here is where things were about four months ago… Nishtar Road School Project – One 1983…I went to a Parsi school. There it is out there and…
Blue screen of death – download link
A lot of friends and readers have asked where they can get a full copy of the Blue Screen. You can download the complete book in PDF format by clicking here. Enjoy reading. And if you have as much fun reading it as I had writing it, drop me a line. And if you would…
ZAK
ZAK as promised ran a great show in Karachi. We started off with the Martin Luther king speech and wondered what it would look like if he had used power point. And ended with his DATA warehousing in Lahore story in the early 80’s… I was also able to sneak in a number of solid…
Dancing away with the wind…
How can you not be bullish on a country where children can still make beautiful music like this: The event, CAS senior section sports day. The highlight: cheerleading display by class 3 and 4 students. You had to be there and see them dancing away with the wind. Here are a few snaps of what…
Old posts – redux
And here for old DesiStartup posts
Life before Word Press…
Accidently stumbled on the blogger edition of DesiBackToDesh that I ditched in January 2007 after bloggers ill fated attempt to upgrade my blog. Old posts, old memories, with some of the original desi posts, click here