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Product Leader, AI Builder & Author. Country Manager @ Riot Games; Ex-Google & Microsoft. Building the Future of Tech & Play. Love sport, music, books and food!

Bengaluru, India
Joined August 2007
Replying to @the_hindu
@the_hindu, you missed the chance to headline this "Feline gets canine treatment" 😀... from today's newspaper...
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Better than last year!
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25 for 25...
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My weekly substack post is out...open.substack.com/pub/arunra…
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Who will it be? It will be nerve-racking from midnight till 4 am, but I am going to be up to watch this drama unfold... while cheering on for Gukesh! @DGukesh #FIDECandidates
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My weekly Substack post, "Underdogs and Overlords" open.substack.com/pub/arunra…
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It was great to see Blue Scuti getting to the Tetris Kill Screen! Loved this video, with the detailed history of the Tetris Kill Screen youtube.com/watch?v=GuJ5Uukn… #gaming #Tetris
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Read my 2023 round-up here, and subscribe to my newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/arunra…
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#Chess is so much better because these two grandmasters, what a day for #Indian #sport! @chessvaishali becomes India's 84th grandmaster!
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Getting into #DwarfFortress - it's going to be a busy few weeks :)
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youtu.be/Opxhh9Oh3rg?si=fWyy…, so beautiful, nothing more to say.
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I am so excited to see 4 Indians in the last 8 at the #FIDEWorldCup. My dream is that this will happen in #eSports too, in the not too distant future.
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youtu.be/ZrdMv3vHvcM, great podcast on Valorant Champions Los Angeles. Join the pros as they weigh in on this year’s Champions’ format, teams, meta, predictions and much more! #VALORANTChampions #VALORANT
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