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<rss version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>Hey!  My name is Kris Nair and this is where I write about things that excite me. I’m currently a Managing Partner at Opdrage Venture Partners, a ‘Mentor Capitalist’ firm in New Delhi that helps entrepreneurs to build world class businesses.
I have had my fingers in everything. It is my tendency to jump around from hobby to hobby, from task to task, with little or no warning, and with much undue haste. This has always been a problem for me.

I’m passionate about near earth objects, startups, clean tech, ‘program’ of complexity economics, philosophy of randomness, espresso, physics and acid rock. 

You can take a look at my full bio here and I look like thisFriend me in Facebook  / Orkut , follow my Twitter or just check my Linkedin - do whateva u want - I like getting email. Don’t you?  </description><title>less humans, more robots</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @krisnair)</generator><link>http://krisnair.name/</link><item><title>"Date your ideas before going to bed with them."</title><description>“Date your ideas before going to bed with them.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://asack.typepad.com/a_sack_of_seattle/2010/01/date-your-ideas-before-going-to-bed-with-them.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fasack%2Fa_sack_of_seattle+%28A+Sack+of+Seattle%29" target="_blank"&gt;A Sack of Seattle&lt;/a&gt; (via &lt;a href="http://sh3khar.com/" target="_blank"&gt;shekhar&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://krisnair.name/post/332326683</link><guid>http://krisnair.name/post/332326683</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:31:01 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title>"When I was younger, if I was being honest, I was angry about a lot of stuff. But then stuff in my..."</title><description>“When I was younger, if I was being honest, I was angry about a lot of stuff. But then stuff in my life began to work out, so it would be fake for me to be angry…. Maybe when I get older I’ll get angry at stuff again!”</description><link>http://krisnair.name/post/328644499</link><guid>http://krisnair.name/post/328644499</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:47:07 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title>I’m in a relationship engaged</title><description>&lt;img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw1fyeEOgg1qz5128o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’m &lt;strike&gt;in a relationship&lt;/strike&gt; engaged&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://krisnair.name/post/327045147</link><guid>http://krisnair.name/post/327045147</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:19:00 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title>Flight Path. Absolutely stunning. UPS 757 Night Departure by...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvzrc4nBec1qzsw67o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Flight Path.&lt;/b&gt; Absolutely stunning. UPS 757 Night Departure&lt;/i&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/clearskyphotography" target="_blank"&gt;Kris Klop&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://krisnair.name/post/327030640</link><guid>http://krisnair.name/post/327030640</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:07:29 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title>On the surface, I was calm: in secret, without really admitting it, I was waiting for something. Her...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;On the surface, I was calm: in secret, without really admitting it, I was waiting for something. Her return? How could I have been waiting for that?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We all know that we are material creatures, subject to the laws of physiology and physics, and not even the power of all our feelings combined can defeat those laws. All we can do is detest them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The age-old faith of lovers and poets in the power of love, stronger than death, that finis vitae sed non amoris, is a lie, useless and not even funny. So must one be resigned to being a clock that measures the passage of time, now out of order, now repaired, and whose mechanism generates despair and love as soon as its maker sets it going? Must I go on living here then, among the objects we both had touched, in the air she had breathed? In the name of what? In the hope of her return? I hoped for nothing. And yet I lived in expectation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Since she had gone, that was all that remained. I did not know what achievements, what mockery, even what tortures still awaited me. I knew nothing, and I persisted in the faith that the time of cruel miracles was not past.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Stanislaw Lem&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://krisnair.name/post/324978729</link><guid>http://krisnair.name/post/324978729</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:15:00 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title>So let us melt, and make no noise
No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move
‘Twere profanation of...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;So let us melt, and make no noise&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;‘Twere profanation of our joys; to tell the laity our love.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://krisnair.name/post/324973329</link><guid>http://krisnair.name/post/324973329</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:09:22 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title>"Canine ownership has nothing to do with mankind’s love of animals. A guy gets a dog for one..."</title><description>“Canine ownership has nothing to do with mankind’s love of animals. A guy gets a dog for one simple reason: to meet chicks.”</description><link>http://krisnair.name/post/324969198</link><guid>http://krisnair.name/post/324969198</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:04:23 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title>"You work out who you like best and then you pretend not to like anyone else."</title><description>“You work out who you like best and then you pretend not to like anyone else.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;on Love&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://krisnair.name/post/324965565</link><guid>http://krisnair.name/post/324965565</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:00:00 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title>10 Disturbing Similarities Between Dating &amp; Raising Capital</title><description>&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6166149&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF"&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="best" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="scale" value="showAll" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6166149&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6166149&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;10 Disturbing Similarities Between Dating &amp; Raising Capital&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://krisnair.name/post/227862350</link><guid>http://krisnair.name/post/227862350</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:23:25 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title>"And the same is true of locating your startup. You can build a great startup in any of the dozen to..."</title><description>“And the same is true of locating your startup. You can build a great startup in any of the dozen to two dozen startup hotbeds around the world. Pick a place you want to live and work and possibly raise a family. And then get busy.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fred Wilson, &lt;a href="http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/07/startup-hotbed-inferiority-complex.html" target="_blank"&gt;Startup Hotbed Inferiority Complex&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://bijansabet.com/" target="_blank"&gt;bijan&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://krisnair.name/post/142753542</link><guid>http://krisnair.name/post/142753542</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:40:40 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title>DUDE! 
THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!!! 

[via: siminoff]</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/I4U6T_BB1N8&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I4U6T_BB1N8&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;DUDE! &lt;br/&gt;
THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!!! &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[via: &lt;a href="http://jamessiminoff.com/" target="_blank"&gt;siminoff&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://krisnair.name/post/106360888</link><guid>http://krisnair.name/post/106360888</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 00:16:17 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title>The 4Cs Social Media Framework | Gauravonomics Blog</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/the-4cs-social-media-framework/comment-page-1/#comment-11626"&gt;The 4Cs Social Media Framework | Gauravonomics Blog&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://krisnair.name/post/106223196</link><guid>http://krisnair.name/post/106223196</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 17:17:19 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title>Cli-Che’</title><description>&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/sdYsolKXXnbkdtirGdt6H3pfo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cli-Che’&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://krisnair.name/post/105937509</link><guid>http://krisnair.name/post/105937509</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 01:28:43 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/k26mRdJtunbpofmfiO7WPi6co1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://krisnair.name/post/105937276</link><guid>http://krisnair.name/post/105937276</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 01:27:31 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title>Thaye’ Yashoda, undan ayar kulattuditta mayan...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z0NIWMFE0EQ&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z0NIWMFE0EQ&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thaye’ Yashod&lt;/b&gt;a, undan ayar kulattuditta mayan gopalakrishnan seyyum jalattai keladi .. thaaye’ Yashoda!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://krisnair.name/post/105195589</link><guid>http://krisnair.name/post/105195589</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 04:01:53 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title>Edge of her skin</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://morethanlessthan3.tumblr.com/post/104850125/edge-of-her-skin" target="_blank"&gt;morethanlessthan3&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There’s some kind of light at the end&lt;br/&gt;
Stoned, forgetful, and then&lt;br/&gt;
I’m drinking what used to be sin&lt;br/&gt;
And touching the edge of her skin&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And could you be the one that’s not afraid&lt;br/&gt;
To look me in the eye&lt;br/&gt;
I swear I would collapse&lt;br/&gt;
If I would tell how I think you fell&lt;br/&gt;
From the sky&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My words, they pour&lt;br/&gt;
Like children to the playground&lt;br/&gt;
Children to the playground&lt;br/&gt;
You make me smile. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It’s the feeling I get&lt;br/&gt;
My palms with sweat&lt;br/&gt;
Like some kind of daydream&lt;br/&gt;
I’ll never forget&lt;br/&gt;
I’m stuck in this spin&lt;br/&gt;
Why does it begin&lt;br/&gt;
By touching the edge of her skin&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://krisnair.name/post/105190448</link><guid>http://krisnair.name/post/105190448</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 03:46:25 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title>Be mine</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://morethanlessthan3.tumblr.com/post/104730949/be-mine" target="_blank"&gt;morethanlessthan3&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;he said to her - be mine&lt;br/&gt;
i’ll bring the world to you&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;i’ll kiss away your pain&lt;br/&gt;
with happiness beyond words&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;we will dream together&lt;br/&gt;
walking hand in hand&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;be mine forever.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;she looked at him in wonder,&lt;br/&gt;
not knowing, it was not a dream&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;love she sought all life&lt;br/&gt;
when all she had was pain&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;she said to him-kiss away my pain&lt;br/&gt;
i give myself to you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://krisnair.name/post/104731404</link><guid>http://krisnair.name/post/104731404</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:30 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title>"God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars...."</title><description>“&lt;p&gt;God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need. &lt;br/&gt;
We’re the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War’s a spiritual war… our Great Depression is our lives. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. &lt;br/&gt;
But we won’t. &lt;br/&gt;
And we’re slowly learning that fact. And we’re very, very pissed off.&lt;/p&gt;”</description><link>http://krisnair.name/post/104300172</link><guid>http://krisnair.name/post/104300172</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 02:47:25 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title> Titan Beyond the Rings </title><description>&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/k26mRdJtun61zcwqqfLT47zWo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090505.html" target="_blank"&gt; Titan Beyond the Rings &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://krisnair.name/post/104293646</link><guid>http://krisnair.name/post/104293646</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 02:25:19 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title>HOLY !!!! AMAZING!</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z19zFlPah-o&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z19zFlPah-o&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;HOLY !!!! AMAZING!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://krisnair.name/post/103706041</link><guid>http://krisnair.name/post/103706041</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 16:48:57 +0530</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
