After a fulfilling business and personal trip to India, I was flying back from Delhi to Tokyo towards the end of the Golden week holidays. As required by the Japanese government, I took my RT PCR test in Delhi and uploaded the negative result along with the vaccine certificate and…

I am writing this article at this amazing cafe called Matteo Coffea on Church Street, Bangalore on a lazy Saturday afternoon. Though I have lived in Bangalore during my internship at Infosys, I have discovered a lot about its culture and lifestyle during my trip over the last 2 weeks…

I came to Japan first in November 2015 for a business trip before moving here for work. It was late evening and I was hungry. As a vegetarian and someone who doesn’t speak Japanese, the easiest option was to find an Indian restaurant. I still remember that I was staying…

People usually say one should pursue their passion and keep a laser-focused single goal. For me, this was difficult since I love my career as an HR specialist, and at the same time passionate about building GoCurry, a platform for curry lovers to explore the diversity of curry cuisine while…

It is February 2022 and it has been exactly 6 years for me working as an HR specialist in the Japanese tech industry. I can say that the Japanese tech industry has seen a big change in the last 6 years, thanks to the success of tech unicorns like Mercari…

It has been almost a year and a half we started with the idea of GoCurry as a platform that lets users explore the richness and diversity of curry cuisine. …

It has been 6 years in Tokyo now and one restaurant I have been dining out or ordering in at least once a week is Swagat in Roppongi Itchome. Swagat is located just opposite the Ark Hills Building, where my previous company was located. My previous company had a good…

OKRs or “Objectives and Key Results” is a goal-setting methodology introduced first by Google, and is used by most fast-paced tech companies around the world for goal-setting and tracking at the company, division, team, or individual level. In short, OKRs consist of exciting objectives that make you get out of…

Friday evening, as I completed my week working from the resort, I made plans with my friend for the weekend (essentially Saturday as we were flying out to Tokyo on Sunday). After many arguments, we agreed to cover Matayoshi Coffee Farm, Former Japanese Navy Headquarters, and American Village. …