Salil Datar

Learning to keep up with changing times, while time stands still!

Recently, I met up with a friend from my college friend, a batchmate from my cricketing days. He recovered from a by-pass surgery few months back. We visited the iconic Britannia Restaurant at Ballard Estate to have some authentic Parsee food for lunch. The moment we stepped in it felt as if time had stoodContinue reading “Learning to keep up with changing times, while time stands still!”

Look before you leap – Lessons for Startups looking for funding

Startups have been in vogue in India for the last 5-10 years. IITians, BITsians and other tech graduates have been encouraged by success of Red Bus, MakeMytrip, Myntra, Flipkart, Naukri, Zerodha and so on and so forth. Final year students have been opting out of the placement rut to give their ideas a shot. InsteadContinue reading “Look before you leap – Lessons for Startups looking for funding”

My First Blog Post

This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going. As Oscar Wilde has said “be yourself”- I intend to present a mirror to you, as I reflect on the happenings around me – be at work, friends, family, cricket and more..so cheers and stay tuned in for moreContinue reading “My First Blog Post”

A Leap of Faith

After nearly 3 decades in a formal corporate career, I recently took a leap of faith to join a Fintech start up. Some of the things that made me take the plunge were the light hearted banter from my kids, after my Golden birthday, about getting old and loosing sync with the current generation. AfterContinue reading “A Leap of Faith”

Musings of a 50 something..

Hi, Im a 50 something, recently ushered into my second youth – the youth of old age. I have had my fair share of lemons thrown at me. I have been lucky to have learnt to convert lemons either into lemonades or to quash them and move on…so cheers to that..feel free to share yourContinue reading “Musings of a 50 something..”