by Vedansh Gupta | Mar 20, 2026 | Memoir
The first two weeks of March 2026 were, to put it mildly, the most turbulent stretch our business had faced in recent memory. We had just closed record numbers in January and February. After two years of absorbing blow after blow, we were finally on the road back....
by Vedansh Gupta | Mar 6, 2026 | Memoir
People ask me all the time. The question arrives at dinners, at networking events, on flights, in the middle of conversations that are going perfectly well until it does not. What do you do? I sell paper. The reaction is always the same. A pause. A slight tilt of the...
by Vedansh Gupta | Feb 27, 2026 | Memoir
I have always believed my childhood was difficult, though the memories have softened with time into something more like impressions than clear images. There was pressure. There was competition. Excellence was the baseline expectation, and falling short of it had...
by Vedansh Gupta | Feb 20, 2026 | Memoir
My first national park as an adult was Ranthambore, December 2021. The world was just exhaling after the first wave, and I had just been handed the greatest gift of my life, twin daughters. That trip was supposed to be one thing. It became something else entirely. A...
by Vedansh Gupta | Feb 13, 2026 | Memoir
Three words. That is all it takes. Whether it comes from your guide leaning forward in his seat, your driver cutting the engine suddenly, a friend grabbing your arm, or that quiet instinct somewhere in your chest that knows before your eyes do, nothing prepares you...
by Vedansh Gupta | Feb 6, 2026 | Memoir
My work involves paper. Supply chains, pricing, shipments, the invisible infrastructure that keeps businesses running. It is meaningful work and I am proud of it. But if you asked me what truly keeps the light on inside, the answer would have nothing to do with any of...
