Ram Badrinathan

What is the biggest buzz you get out of what you do?
Tracking the intersection of travel & technology across the planet and to understand which trend is secular and which is culture specific

What do you most dislike about it?
When regulatory, old-fashioned supplier systems and government regulatory policies constrain travel potential

What is your most perfect travel moment?
Listening to Indian classical music at dawn in the jungles of Central India

What irks you most about travel?
As an Indian passport holder getting a visa to travel to many countries.

What is your most treasured souvenir?
The warmth of North Vietnamese people, diversity of India, Beijing Hotpot, the energy of Hong Kong, Tuscan countryside, New York Central Park dog culture, Barcelona memories …

Who’s the most interesting person you have met in your travels?
So many..but if I had to pick one, an Indian film director Shyam Benegal. intelligent, humanist, well read, encyclopedic knowledge on several domains of human enquiry.

Who’s the living person you most admire?
Ken Wilber

What is the quality you most admire in others?
The ability to think beyond oneself.

What is the talent you would most like to have?
A melodious voice

What do you value most in your friends?
Connection, Thought, Being

What’s your favourite word?
Serendipity

What’s your least favourite word?
I

What’s your favourite noise?
Hustle bustle of Bombay street

What’s your least favourite noise?
Sound of chalk against the board

What do you consider your greatest achievement?
My lack of need to go drinking and partying on a Friday evening

What’s the one thing you would say to kids?
Everyone is right but some are more right than others..

What’s the one thing you must do before you die?
Live each moment.