18 Years Later: From Harry to Dumbledore

I recently finished the Harry Potter series for the second time. The nudge came from Saurav Dwivedi, who mentioned on a show that he was rereading the series. Something about that made me pick it up again. The books were just as hard to put down. Every plot twist, every death, I knew it all. […]

Catch My Interview on the WPBaat Podcast!

I had the pleasure of sitting down with the Sumant (WPBaat )for their 20th episode. It was a nostalgic trip down memory lane, recorded right here in Pune, where we dove into the history of the WordPress community in India and my own journey with WPoets. Watch the Full Interview   Don’t Miss Out! As […]

The 3 Podcasts I Was Absolutely Hooked On in 2025

After 10,000+ minutes of listening, these three podcasts dominated my 2025 1. Teen Taal: The ultimate Hindi comedy podcast. Hosted by Tau, Sardar, and Khan Cha, it’s pure “therapeutic bullshit.”  Imagine the funniest, most nonsensical conversation with your friends. I was skeptical at first, but one episode in late 2024 made me a devotee. I […]

From Inspiration to Action: Highlights of DPG Tech Fusion Event

Last week, I was privileged to participate as a speaker and panellist in the DPG Tech Fusion event. Organized by the Sunbird community and Tekdi Technologies, the event brought together a diverse range of professionals passionate about Digital Public Goods (DPGs). One of my highlights was Dr. Pramod Varma’s talk on “India’s DPI Journey.” While […]

Why PHP is So Popular on Web?

If you ever wondered why the hell PHP is so popular on the web when there are better and powerful languages available? Well, the answer is very simple, It is only language that allows even musicians to build sites for themselves. By the way that is also the reason why WordPress has become the king […]

CodeIgniter 2.0 Is Baking

Just when I was loosing all hopes about CodeIgniter, yesterday EllisLab announced about their move to assembla and mercurial, in that there was a small but significant news about CodeIgniter 2.0. A quick look into the change log revealed PHP 4 support is deprecated. Features new to 2.0.0 may not be support PHP 4, and […]