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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.

• 345/365 Some Quarantine Thoughts

  By vinodnarayan on June 21, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  I have been in Quarantine at home since Monday last week. A little over a week and I tested positive again on Sunday Probably will test in a few days. Don’t have a lot of symptoms and just some throat… Read More ›

• 344/365 How did I contract Covid?

  By vinodnarayan on June 17, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  I think this is the first time I contracted Covid. At least that is what I believe. I have not tested before as did not have any symptoms. I have had allergy and that could have been covid, but who… Read More ›

• 343/365 And I test positive for Covid

  By vinodnarayan on June 16, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  I had not contracted Covid since it came. Or at least that is what I believe. I have not had any symptoms, nor did I have to test. But finally the day came. On Monday I woke up with a… Read More ›

• 342/365 A Graduation Cermony

  By vinodnarayan on June 15, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  This Sunday was our daughter’s graduation ceremony from UC Santa Cruz. She now has a bachelors in Economics. As we were driving to Santa Cruz we (Me and my wife) were taking a trip through our memory lane. I still… Read More ›

• 341/365 Questions need to be asked

  By vinodnarayan on June 13, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  I am going through a phase where I am questioning what I think and do. Not everything but a lot. And why am I doing this? I think there are influences that I should be aware of and there are… Read More ›

• 340/365 And then it rained and I ran

  By vinodnarayan on June 11, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  There is an interesting quote by one of my favorite poets ‘Charles Buckowski’ and it goes like this. ‘People run from rain but sit in bathtubs full of water’. I read this again a day back and it has been… Read More ›

• 339/365 What is in a name?

  By vinodnarayan on June 10, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Yesterday I shared a picture of my son on Social Media with an award he got for the best performer in a play from his school. His last name is my first name and someone asked me a question. What… Read More ›

• 338/365 How do we Reinvent ?

  By vinodnarayan on June 9, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  This is a very loaded question. I can only say I am in the process. As I write this 338th blog post I look back and think of the time I started and why I started. I started because I… Read More ›

• 337/365 Should we need to Reinvent ?

  By vinodnarayan on June 8, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  My Answer to this question was where I ended my last post. I will repeat that once more. ‘So my simple reason is that to build the kind of future I think I want, reinvention is an absolute necessity.’ Now… Read More ›

• 336/365 Why do we need to Reinvent ?

  By vinodnarayan on June 7, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  The simple answer is because we can. Also the world is changing. What we know is becoming obsolete and insufficient for the future. We have also learned things that are not true any more. Our views that shaped us are also… Read More ›