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My Friend Sancho

My first book, My Friend Sancho, was published in May 2009, and went on to become the biggest selling debut novel released that year in India. It is a contemporary love story set in Mumbai, and had earlier been longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2008. To learn more about the book, click here.


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Bastiat Prize 2007 Winner

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Urban Planning—A Short Story

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Poker and the Human Brain

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The Big Deal About Blogging

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28 June, 2007

Everybody deserves a second chance

Reader Ankur Warikoo writes in to tell me about a website he’s started with a colleague of his from ISB, Hyderabad: SecondShaadi.com. It describes itself thus:

SecondShaadi.com is India’s No. 1 site for second marriages. So, whether you are divorced or widowed or someone looking to start late in life, give us a try… and Start a New Life!

I wish them luck, even if I’ll never be using their services. Starting a site like this in India is either foolish or farsighted, and I hope it turns out to be the latter. Anything that enables lonely people to reach out to others like them can only be a good thing—especially when they think life has already passed them by.

Also, and this is a mention I meant to make a month ago, do check out frontFoot, a new section of the networking site, techTribe. FrontFoot aims to let the community take over the role of the recruiter, and share in the rewards as well. (Recruitment 2.0, if you will.) It sounds immensely promising

Posted by Amit Varma in India | Miscellaneous

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