Nikhil Kannan

I: Am a mess of contradictions Hate the status-quo Believe ambition is not about just how high you climb the ladder but which ladder you choose to climb. I refuse to be measured or appraised by someone else’s standards. I love being an amateur because it only means I’m increasing the number of dimensions of my life rather progress relentlessly only along one. Am proud of my country’s native intelligence but ashamed of the application of its intelligence. Am the anti-”tie and suit” culture. Sometimes, the constricting clothes just constricts your ideas. Yet I work at one of the larger Tie-and-suit culture companies (albeit without a tie or a suit) Prefer the qualities of my ideas and execution rather than the quality of my reports. Prefer to be wrong when I think independently than being right when I follow-the-herd. Love the telecom space. I can only imagine its potential in India which has hardly been exploited. Have very little extrinsic motivation for anything. No carrots please. My tongue may be tempted but the ego is hurt. I worship on the alters of both the original and the remixed. Love trance and hiphop; both for the culture and the stories. Am clumsy, careless and loving it! Bookworm non parelleil. Ideas and opinions are my porn. It’s like sex for my brain. Hands-off !! Am an engineer by degree; a non-engineer by skill but definitely a patron of the arts.