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For 30 years, I believed a lie.

My Grandma’s Village.

Like my 2-year-old sister, the rain kept drizzling — softly, endlessly.
I was upset, like a typical 1st-standard boy during Diwali time.
No sun. No crackers.

“Meesaikkara Mama (Moustache Uncle)” — that’s what we called him.
I still don’t know his real name. But I remember that big moustache,
the stylish way he touched it before speaking,
and his commanding presence that made people feel a little fear — but more respect.

He had come home that week when my parents had to travel.
He saw me sitting alone near the veranda.
He smiled, took my hand, and walked me to the roadside bazaar — 
and without a word, bought me four packets of “28-wala Redstone Bijili crackers.” ₹5 each.

Around 3 PM that afternoon — that joyful moment changed everything.
I heard that familiar sound: ‘dum… damal… dumil.’
Those were magic — Uncle’s crackers.

But within an hour, the rains began again — and didn’t stop.

One day before Diwali, my grandmother gave me ₹10.
I went alone to the same shop and bought two packets of the 28-wala crackers. 

Driving back on my imaginary bike — mouth buzzing “drrrrrrrrr’”
one hand holding the crackers as the rain started again.

That evening, I lit them, expecting the same magic.
“Shhsszzz…” — the Bijili said nothing.
No spark, no light — just a faint whisper lost in the drizzle.
Uncle’s crackers — those were already gone.
Beautiful explosions. Perfect sounds.
But mine?
The same shopkeeper who gave my uncle the good ones had sold me old, damp packets.

That Diwali, I felt cheated. Abandoned.
Lonely in a way only a first-grader can feel.

But 30+ years later, I realized — while working with data and AI models — 
that I was overfit on a belief: Same source + Same path = Same output.

The shopkeeper didn’t cheat me. 
The conditions changed — the context shifted — and I was too young to notice.

Sometimes, we make the same mistake — be it in career or personal life.

We remember Uncle’s crackers.
We remember that one success path.
We expect to replicate it, forgetting that the weather and time are different now.

Maybe your crackers are failing too — not because you’re not trying hard enough, but because you’re still expecting the same conditions to exist.

The lesson?
Check the weather first.

#Leadership #CreativeThinking #EmotionalIntelligence

P.S: Edited with AI Assistants

Parenting, AI, and the Ethics of Direction.

2015, MONDAY, 8:15 AM

I was nervous.
Not for a client meeting or a production issue.

It was KG tension — my son’s first day at school.

We walked through the gates together. He paused near the entrance, whispered a small prayer instilled by my wife, and then stepped inside.

A few seconds later, I realized — I was standing outside.
His smile was gone, tiny raindrops forming in his eyes.

For a moment, I wanted to run back inside — but I paused.

The pre-school teacher looked at me and signalled with a smile,

“Please carry on. We’ll take care.”

That moment — every parent has felt it once, and every child has lived it.

Life sometimes forces you to stand outside and watch from a distance.
It’s not rejection. It’s transition.

Year 2025

That feeling? It’s back — in a different form.

I felt it again watching AI walk faster into our world — 
summarising reports in seconds, designing things we couldn’t imagine that quickly, making decisions we once thought only humans could.

That same quiet ache. Standing outside the gate.

But then I realized something:
AI isn’t scary. It’s a ‘hyper-active’ student 

A student collectively trained by all of us — reflecting what we feed it,
predicting what comes next based only on what we’ve shown it.

From every book, every page, every post, every comment, every image.

It learns what’s next — but who’s teaching what’s right?

And that’s when it hit me:
This time, I’m not just a parent dropping off.
I’m a teacher who can still shape what happens inside.

AI is still learning from us — from everything digital.
So the question is: what kind of teacher will we be?

And like any student, if we don’t want shallow thinking,
we must seed deeper values —gratitude, empathy, ethics, responsibility.

Because if we miss teaching those values,
AI will grow like untrained children — smart and fast, but emotionless. Addiction with glitters.

But if we teach right, AI could evolve like our best kids — smart, curious, kind, and conscious.

So here’s what I’m doing:

When I see something fake — I report it.
When I see something real — I support it.
When time, monthly or weekly — I share my lessons.
not as an expert,
but as a parent who knows: “what you seed is what grows.”

My son is a teenager now — he doesn’t need advice anymore.
And AI doesn’t need more data.

Both need direction.

Seed the values you want to see in the world. 💚

Step inside!

#ResponsibleAI #EmotionalIntelligence #CreativeThinking #LifeLessons #AIEthics #SimpleSecrets

🥎 I always pick the misfit (low-bounce) tennis balls at our local mall — the ones that don’t spring up like the standard ones.

When I saw them back in stock today, I immediately grabbed 5. Not for price — but for purpose.

Here’s why:

My son and I play cricket on our terrace. Normal tennis balls bounce too high, flying over the edge. We’ve already lost 4+ that way.

But the misfit ball? It works perfectly. It gives us quality time together — without mobiles, without pressure — just play.

This simple choice got me thinking about my Ei4AiBooks journey.

While everyone chases “perfect” AI — the kind that answers everything instantly and automates faster — I’m intentionally building misfit AI.

What do I mean?

At Ei4AiBooks, we measure success differently. Not by how fast AI responds, but by how many hidden contexts it reveals that others might miss.

In Healthcare, instead of listing pharmacological actions — it reveals hidden patterns: “Why is medicine less effective when the emotional loneliness of elders is pressing more?”

In Marketing, instead of just answering “How to increase sales?” — it asks: “What connects your customer to buy — Price or Trust?”

Like that low-bounce ball keeps our game going instead of flying away – it keeps you engaged in understanding the ‘why’ behind the ‘what’.

Because sometimes, the solution that doesn’t look perfect on paper is the one that fits your actual needs.

The real question:

Are we building AI to make us smarter — or just faster 🥎?

Creative Reminder ✨: Sometimes, imperfection is where the most meaningful insights lie. It’s not about chasing perfection — it’s about finding purpose.

#CreativeThinking #AI #Innovation #PurposeDriven Ei4AiBooks #BusinessInsights #SelfTalk #SimpleSecrets #OneThingToKnow

P.S: Edited with Claude, ChatGPT

Uniqueness doesn’t live on the “About” page.

Every business proudly says:
“We care for our customers and employees… and we are the best at what we do.”

But if everyone claims the same lines, then where does uniqueness actually exist?

🔹It’s not about everyone earning a “Great Place to Work” badge.
That recognition became a standard only because someone first conceptualized it and made it matter.

🔹It’s not about every company claiming to be “sustainability-driven.”
Once, that stood out. Today, it’s on almost every slide deck — more checkbox than conviction.

🔹It’s not about every company claiming to have “Agentic AI.” Right now, it sounds exciting — but soon, it risks becoming just another checkbox term. The real shift will come when Agentic AI is measured against Responsible AI — not just what agents can do, but how they decide, adapt, and stay aligned with human values.

—like a diamond cutter shaping what already shines.

And this is not only for Business … 😉

✨ Creative thinking is not about saying more. It’s about being heard differently.