https://sidharsha.com/ Sid Harsha — project management in global pharma, a career that started in sales. Writing on career, tech, life, and travel from Mumbai. en Mon, 31 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000 https://sidharsha.com/work/whats-left-when-the-work-is-done-for-you https://sidharsha.com/work/whats-left-when-the-work-is-done-for-you Mon, 31 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000 Work AI at work is measured in productivity and headcount. The harder disruption is to professional identity — the part with no dashboard, and the reason so many rollouts quietly stall. https://sidharsha.com/books/officers-mess-library https://sidharsha.com/books/officers-mess-library Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000 Books Growing up on Indian Air Force airbases, the Officers' Mess library was the one room a kid was actually allowed to sit in – and where a lifelong reading habit began. https://sidharsha.com/career/class-of-2008-10-everyone-is-in-sales https://sidharsha.com/career/class-of-2008-10-everyone-is-in-sales Mon, 24 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000 Career In 2008, my MBA batch wanted brand roles and got only sales. Looking back, that "blue collar" job taught me every senior role is sales in disguise. https://sidharsha.com/life/how-utorrent-raised-a-generation https://sidharsha.com/life/how-utorrent-raised-a-generation Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000 Life The free download window was 2 AM to 8 AM, every download set to start at 2:01 sharp. On μTorrent, the DataOne years, and the cultural movement it quietly started for a generation. https://sidharsha.com/technology/ai-beyond-the-models https://sidharsha.com/technology/ai-beyond-the-models Mon, 10 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000 Technology Most AI conversations reduce to one question: which model is best. It's the wrong question — the real ROI lives in the data around the model, not the model itself. https://sidharsha.com/career/hard-work-vs-strategic-hard-work https://sidharsha.com/career/hard-work-vs-strategic-hard-work Mon, 03 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000 Career Hard work fills hours. Strategic hard work aims them at what compounds. Lessons from cricket, the Mahabharata, and why AI is repricing effort in every career. https://sidharsha.com/life/wealth-power-and-character https://sidharsha.com/life/wealth-power-and-character Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0000 Life Wealth can be acquired. Power can be seized. But character? That's revealed. A reflection on what truly lasts — through Karna, Ashoka, and everyday life. https://sidharsha.com/career/t-shaped-vs-i-shaped-skills https://sidharsha.com/career/t-shaped-vs-i-shaped-skills Thu, 16 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0000 Career In an era where AI is compressing the value of deep specialisation, the professionals who thrive will be T-shaped — broad enough to connect dots, deep enough to matter. Here's why. https://sidharsha.com/technology/agentic-ai-vs-ai-agents-travel-planning-2025 https://sidharsha.com/technology/agentic-ai-vs-ai-agents-travel-planning-2025 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 06:30:00 +0000 Technology Picture this: you're planning a family trip to Europe. Between flight searches, hotel filters, budget spreadsheets, and kid-friendly activity lists, it feels… https://sidharsha.com/life/05th-september-teachers-day-in-india https://sidharsha.com/life/05th-september-teachers-day-in-india Fri, 05 Sep 2025 06:30:00 +0000 Life A reflection on Teacher's Day in India and the people who shaped us outside our homes. https://sidharsha.com/travel/real-life-heroism-india-a-fathers-courage-a-strangers-life-saved https://sidharsha.com/travel/real-life-heroism-india-a-fathers-courage-a-strangers-life-saved Fri, 30 May 2025 06:30:00 +0000 Travel Our earliest values are shaped not by lectures, but by what we witness—the quiet strength of our parents, the choices they make, and the lives they touch. https://sidharsha.com/life/from-being-taken-for-granted-to-finding-strength-in-kindness https://sidharsha.com/life/from-being-taken-for-granted-to-finding-strength-in-kindness Thu, 29 May 2025 06:30:00 +0000 Life Growing up as an only child for the first nine years of my life, I was the epicenter of affection at home. Pampered, yes—but not spoiled. https://sidharsha.com/life/vipassana-a-journey-inward-that-changed-my-life https://sidharsha.com/life/vipassana-a-journey-inward-that-changed-my-life Sun, 25 May 2025 06:30:00 +0000 Life It was 2010. Fresh out of B-school with a job offer in hand and three months to myself before corporate life began, I was living the dream. https://sidharsha.com/technology/ipl-data-decoded-your-guide-to-big-data-ai-analytics https://sidharsha.com/technology/ipl-data-decoded-your-guide-to-big-data-ai-analytics Sun, 25 May 2025 06:30:00 +0000 Technology The world of technology is a rabbit hole. The exponential research, development and growth in AI and Machine Learning has propelled the possibilities into a… https://sidharsha.com/life/the-lost-art-of-handwriting-why-your-brain-still-needs-pen-and-paper https://sidharsha.com/life/the-lost-art-of-handwriting-why-your-brain-still-needs-pen-and-paper Fri, 23 May 2025 06:30:00 +0000 Life With technology dominating our daily lives, most writing happens through keyboards and touchscreens. A few months ago, I was forced to make some notes during a… https://sidharsha.com/travel/race-more-than-skin-color https://sidharsha.com/travel/race-more-than-skin-color Thu, 22 May 2025 06:30:00 +0000 Travel From the time I was born, my life has revolved around moving to different parts of India. My father's job in the Indian Air Force involved relocating every… https://sidharsha.com/life/colourific-value https://sidharsha.com/life/colourific-value Thu, 16 May 2019 06:30:00 +0000 Life The colours that surround us affect our behaviour and our feelings. A look at how colour shapes perception, identity, and the groups we belong to.