The problem with migrant narratives about the Khaleej, is people who grow up in the region are always imagining an exit due to the ‘structural transience’ (channelizing Shah on multigenerational migrants in Kuwait), which leaves a void for western tourist visa academics to carve the stories for us. I wish more muwateen write as well, along with kharjees.
Productise.
The charm of the digital nature of tech vis-à-vis climate change and healthcare is the ability to solve problems through the creation of products which can be paid for. I think the key for the diffusion of anything is the formation of a product in an unit of ‘exchange value’.
The ability to circulate in a network and make money along the way is the key whether it is a thought system or a solution.
Resilience.
An ability to deal with carnage with Grace with a great talent/ability in 2021.
Desire/Delivery
Desire is created on Instagram and delivered on Amazon : @kunalb11
The Singaporean Imagination
“Countries like Singapore are a wealth management company, they know how to compound wealth for people, making people from all over the world to move there”: Kunal Shah, Start Up Founder in conversation with Paras Chopra
‘Unfocus’
During my school and college, i was chided for reading widely, and called ‘philosophical’ which is a synonym for unfocused. Having had an ‘anti-disciplinary career’, the ‘unfocus’ enables avenues for imagining possibilities.
Nuance.
When a person asks me: Are you from India?
Me: Well, I am an Indian Citizen from Muscat
The nuance is often lost.
Defining a Troll.
A troll is a political species spewing vitriol, while subconsciously admitting that the self is a loser in every trigger happy reaction that is vomited. The only person violated is the ‘self’. Data is cheap, Wifi and Social listening platforms are free, as well as time.
Hatred only corrodes the ability to create. Tweets do not change anything. Really.
CNY 2021
Textures of the Everyday.
Only if we study the granular character of everyday life in creative ways, we might offer the cognitive tools to a hope free generation to deal with the textures of quotidian turbulence better.
