Sanchit's Blog

Juhi and I had been bound to Delhi for a long time after two very exciting trips to Vietnam and NorthEast India. We wanted to go on a weekend getaway. TravelTriangle helped us select a great weekend package at a resort near Jim Corbett National Park. We knew that there won't be any tiger spotting due to monsoons in Jim Corbett. However, we badly needed to unwind ourselves and this place seemed close enough for the weekend. Juhi doesn't like long drives esp on bumpy roads during rains. She booked train tickets to Ramnagar, and we were all set. We took a night train to Jim Corbett on Friday night and then returned on Monday after spending 2 days at Gajraj Trails and Resorts. We slept like a log of wood for the first day in the resort and relaxed in the resort's pool. It takes us a day to come out of everyday work life context and start chilling. The second day we read a few books in the balcony overlooking the jungle and farms. We took a leisurely safari through the

In general, I think of myself as a very fair person who doesn't discriminate between genders. I guess this is how most of my friends (which are almost all male) would also think. I didn't understand the problem of gender equality and have seen 'feminism' as a distant dictionary word. When I see women shouting for their gender equal rights, I often pass them off thinking that this doesn't concern me as I am a fair person. I am assuming most of other men would do the same. This needs to stop! I was browsing on a lazy Sunday afternoon and came across a video of Emma Watson which opened up this pandora box in my mind. Is there really a gender inequality problem? What could be the reasons for this problem? Am I part of the problem? Who all are part of the problem? Does this problem affect me? Source The problem became pretty evident as I started counting for females in prominent positions in society such as in politics or in top positions in major compani

I really like the quote from Ben Horowitz “Hire for strength, not lack of weaknesses”. Here is an instance on how I used this quote to choose between candidates for a senior position. A few days back I was in a dilemma in deciding between 4 good candidates for a senior position. Before we start interviewing for a position, we have a fair idea about the skill sets we are going to evaluate candidates on, so that we have a basis for objective comparison among candidates. Here is what we rated our candidates at the end of the interviewing process - Candidate A Candidate B Candidate C Candidate D Skill Set 1 9.5 8 6 5 Skill Set 2 6 8 9.5 9 Skill Set 3 7 8 7 7 Culture Fit 9 9 9 5 Sum Total 31.5 33 31.5 26 Some notes - We provide above table (score against skill sets) to the candidate whenever he/