#99 - Notes on Entrepreneurs, Carousels and Badminton
Education Coffee is a Newsletter on People, Ideas and Culture.
In each edition of this newsletter, I will share some inspiring web resources that I have curated after hours of research to ensure that you have the best education coffee in your inbox. In upcoming editions, I will focus on sharing insights, notes and realizations that I gather from people, ideas, books, films and podcasts. This month I have taken up a #30DaySubstackChallenge. I want to challenge myself to write a newsletter everyday for the next thirty days. I have really enjoyed writing this newsletter and this is a way for me to build my skill set as a newsletter writer. I will go back to writing a 2xWeekly Newsletter in January 2025.
1. Learning from People
Shradha Sharma founded YourStory.com. In this INK talk, she gives a witty take on the typical entrepreneur-investor story; the ruthless world of start-ups in present-day India and encourages us to love what we lack in our lives.
2. Learning from Ideas and Questions
A LinkedIn Carousel is a slideshow-style post that allows you to share up to 10 images or graphics, along with captions, headline text, and links. I spend a lot of time reading these carousels on Linkedin. Here is a list of my favourite Linkedin Carousel posts from the platform.
3. Learning from Books, Websites and Blogs
I recently read The Remains of the Body by Saikat Majumdar. He is a Professor of English and Creative Writing at Ashoka University. He is the author of three books of criticism and nonfiction Prose of the World: Modernism and the Banality of Empire, a study of modern world literature in English; College (2018), a general nonfiction on liberal arts education in India, and the forthcoming The Amateur: Self-Making and the Humanities in the Postcolony (2024); and the co-editor, with Aarthi Vadde, of a collection of essays, The Critic as Amateur (2019). Saikat has published four novels, most recently, The Middle Finger (2022); The Scent of God (2019); The Firebird (2015) and Silverfish (2007). The Remains of the Body, was published in 2024.
Here is a synopsis of the book:
The Remains of the Body is an intricate story of friendship and intimacy between three Indian immigrants in North America from a writer known for his exploration of the unpredictable nature of human sexuality. Two men in their mid-thirties, childhood friends, share a deep bond that is put to an unexpected test as one’s marriage starts to crumble under the conflicting arcs of immigrant ambition. As the marriage loses its last breath in an unexpected affair, the other friend, a single man, has to confront questions about his own desire that he cannot answer. Whose body does he long to touch? Can a man’s intimacy with a woman mask his inexpressible desire for someone who lies beyond his reach?
I love listening to author interviews and discussions after reading a book. I found this conversation on Youtube where the author throws some light on some of the themes discussed in the book.
4. Learning from Films, Videos and Shows
5. Learning from Podcasts and Music
This is was an insightful interview on the Divas Gupta channel with two of India’s best badminton players, Saina Nehwal and P Kashyap. They talk about the mindset of an athlete, the role of discipline in the life of an athelete and how to build your life after your career as an athlete.
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Abhishek Shetty