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A Technical Manager with over 20 years in the High Tech industry with a passion for words. A practicing Agile Scrum Master and Coach with over the years working in the corporate world globally. Over the years he has delivered solutions, managed engagements, built teams and mentored professionals from the code level to the board level.

As a Poet, Blogger, Podcaster and independent film maker he has made sure to not left any stone unturned in the effort to try out every single passion of his. And he wants the same for others.

Founder or PenPositive a concept he conceived to approach life and work with the aim to prepare individuals to excel both in their Passion and their Profession.

As a Poet and blogger in English and Malayalam (മലയാളം - the language of Kerala, India). Hailing from Kozhikode (കോഴിക്കോട്) or Calicut. Also a Video Podcaster under the alias Ballatha Pahayan (ബല്ലാത്ത പഹയൻ) on YouTube.

• 365/365 And the project comes to an end

  By vinodnarayan on August 1, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  I have mentioned before that I have done a similar 365 days project with my daughter when she was in high school. Now she has graduated from college and entering the professional world. My son has started this project though… Read More ›

• 364/365 When you have only one day to go

  By vinodnarayan on July 31, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  I started this project on June 24th last year and if I had written daily I would have finished on June 24th 2022. But today is July 31. I missed several days in between and on a stretch even a… Read More ›

• 363/365 When Your Kids praise their Teacher; Know they are taught by the best

  By vinodnarayan on July 30, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  a few years back while dropping my son to his elementary school, he seemed very happy and I asked him why. He said his teacher is back today. She had been off last two days not feeling well. I was… Read More ›

• 362/365 The essence of being human is to never leave humanity out of our sight just like we never leave our kids from our sight

  By vinodnarayan on July 29, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  A few years back I was driving back after going to an Elementary School to judge some literary work by small kids. My 9 year old son who is now 15 was sitting in the car behind me. We were… Read More ›

• 361/365 – A Friend is someone who will show you the mirror without worrying if you will take offense

  By vinodnarayan on July 28, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  We all have different ideas about who a friend is, or who we consider to be a friend. I am sure we also do not go to the dictionary to find it out. Because we all are very sure about… Read More ›

• 360/365Implementing Scrum in your Life – Becoming your Life’s Scrum Master

  By vinodnarayan on July 27, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Scrum (for those who are not aware) is an iterative and incremental agile software development framework for managing product development. Borrowed from the game of Rugby it is a process where team members come together before restarting the game. There… Read More ›

• 359/365 As the projects wind down I am stuck 

  By vinodnarayan on July 26, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  There are only a few days left and I figured out that the last few days are taking way more time than I expected. Yes I had Covid and also things got a bit hectic both on the home and… Read More ›

• 358/365 When my son wrote about success and Racism

  By vinodnarayan on July 25, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  When I started this project I also made my son embark on a similar project. He initially did the daily blog and then moved to doing it weekly when the school started. He has switched again to the daily mode… Read More ›

• 357/365 – I missed Blockbuster yesterday

  By vinodnarayan on July 19, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Yesterday I was browsing Netflix. Then I switched to Amazon prime and then finally on to YouTube and then back to Netflix. I might have spent half an hour browsing and I missed this card.  I took a picture a while… Read More ›

• 356/365 Today let me write a Poem

  By vinodnarayan on July 13, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Not like what Neruda meant when he said ‘Tonight I can write the saddest lines’ But I just want my fingers to flow into words. I don’t care if it means anything. let it just flow. And here it goes… Read More ›