Elsewhere

Dispatches from the road. Sea and sky — and wherever the work takes me next.

Cities look like circuits from up here. Which is more or less what they are.

Every city is someone's whole world, from up here they all look the same size.

Manas Majhi — gold lion statue overlooking Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Bhubaneswar, from above.

Manas Majhi in a Nehru jacket on a staircase

The pocket square was not an accident.

Manas Majhi overlooking Koh Phi Phi bay, Thailand

Koh Phi Phi. The view earns the climb.

Manas Majhi in white dhoti beside a red temple, Odisha

Odisha. Some things stay.

Manas Majhi beside a white marble elephant sculpture

Stone outlasts the occasion.

Manas Majhi — longtail boats at sunset, Phi Phi Islands

The last light over Phi Phi. The boats knew before we did.

Manas Majhi — Kolsai Lake, Kazakhstan

The best operating system is no Wi-Fi.

Manas Majhi — horse rider on the Kazakhstan steppe

On the steppe, nobody asks what you do for a living.

Manas Majhi — Charyn Canyon Valley of Castles, Kazakhstan

Red rocks. Zero bandwidth. Peak clarity.

Manas Majhi — Shymbulak ski resort above Almaty

The altitude makes everything feel achievable.

Manas Majhi — Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan

Standing at the edge helps with perspective. On most things.

Manas Majhi — street café, Almaty

The meeting happened. The city carried on.

Manas Majhi — Medeu ice skating arena, Almaty

Soviet ambition carved in stone. Some ideas outlast the ideology.

Manas Majhi — Almaty TV Tower panorama

Every city looks manageable from a distance.

Manas Majhi on a speedboat in Goa

White shirt, no agenda. Sometimes the best strategy is no strategy.

Manas Majhi at a startup event

The room had energy. The pocket square had opinions.

Manas Majhi at a whiteboard, July 2022

July '22. Five clients. One whiteboard. The whole thesis in one diagram.

Manas Majhi on a ferry between Thai islands

Somewhere between islands, watching Thailand disappear behind us.

Manas Majhi at a Punjabi cultural festival

Front row. Bhangra happening behind. Priorities sorted.

Manas Majhi draped in the Indian flag at a submerged forest lake

Took it further than anyone asked me to.

Manas Majhi with The Beatles bronze statues

Liverpool via Odisha. It counts.

Manas Majhi at Jaypee Greens Golf Club, Greater Noida

Jaypee Greens. The game rewards patience. The business required it first.

Manas Majhi at Dataran Lang Eagle Square, Langkawi, Malaysia

Langkawi. The eagle has been here longer than the tourists.

Manas Majhi on an Indian highway road trip

Some of the best thinking happens between cities.

Manas Majhi standing in front of a field of yellow tulips

Yellow and unavoidable.

Manas Majhi walking along the rocky Goa coastline in a white shirt

The ocean has never once asked for a deliverable.

Manas Majhi on a motorcycle on a palm-lined road in Goa

Nobody schedules clarity. It finds you.

Manas Majhi in a forest in Kazakhstan next to a UNDP Land Cruiser

The only agenda was the horizon.

Manas Majhi on a ferry deck looking out at islands

The kind of quiet that restores things.

Manas Majhi under a moonlit starry sky on a night safari

The moonlit Night Safari!

Manas Majhi in a white shirt and aviators, outdoor garden with pink bougainvillea

The garden wasn't planned. The sunglasses were.

Manas Majhi in a blue sweater in front of the Majhi Group branded backdrop

The brand on the wall. The work in the room.

Manas Majhi in a black shirt at a restaurant, thoughtful pose

The sign said eat dessert first. Good advice for most decisions.

Manas Majhi in a palm print shirt, relaxed portrait

Off the clock. The shirt had a different agenda.

Manas Majhi on a rooftop terrace at night, city skyline and lit Christmas tree in the background

The skyline glittered. Dinner had already come and gone.

Manas Majhi walking through a garden path holding a laptop bag, looking off to the side

Bag in hand, eyes already on the next room.

Manas Majhi standing on a rocky hillside, checking his phone

Even the view waits for one more notification.

Manas Majhi standing on a white sand beach, looking off to the side

White shirt's twin, different ocean.

The world rewards people who show up — to the meeting, to the mountain, to the unknown city with no plan. — Manas Majhi