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Wildfire Smoke in Ontario: 10 Things to Do When the Air Turns Severe (Kids, Older Adults, Everyone)
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Wildfire Smoke in Ontario: 10 Things to Do When the Air Turns Severe (Kids, Older Adults, Everyone)

Canada's wildfire seasons keep pushing smoke over Ontario cities and turning the sky orange. Here's a practical, no-panic guide to protecting your family when the AQHI hits severe — with specific steps for kids, older adults, and healthy adults.

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📍 Dehradun, India
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The Journey

20 years across the world

Telecom / Nokia
Ventures / Startups
Education / Growth
Life Milestones
Current / AI
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2003–09Dehradun, India
Education

Engineering studies & graduation

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What I'm building now

AI / Kids01

MySleepyTales

AI-powered bedtime stories for kids. Personalized, imaginative, and crafted to help children drift off to dreamland.

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SaaS / UX02

Fixit

Form UX analysis and fixing tool. Because life's too short for broken forms that frustrate users.

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3D / Tech03

Grip3D

3D visualization and immersive experiences. Bringing depth and dimension to digital interactions.

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Hospitality / Art04

Musee Living

From Himalayan retreats to art cafes and boutique hotels — hospitality with soul. 6 properties and counting.

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The Marketing Stack Behind StonedAge — AI Blogs, Emails, Zero Code
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The Marketing Stack Behind StonedAge — AI Blogs, Emails, Zero Code

How a boutique inn three kilometres past the last road in the Himalayas runs its entire content and email engine with AI, automation, and not a single line of code I had to babysit.

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What I Learned Running a Café at 8,000 Feet
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What I Learned Running a Café at 8,000 Feet

Running a wood-fire café three kilometres past the last road in Tosh taught me more about hospitality — and supply chains, and patience — than any city restaurant ever could. Here's what altitude changes.

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Artist Residency at StonedAge: When Embroidery Met the Himalayas
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Artist Residency at StonedAge: When Embroidery Met the Himalayas

We never planned an artist residency. Then an embroidery artist came to stay at 7,874 feet and left something on the walls — and in the way we think about the place — that we never expected.

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From Zero to 60 Kilometres: My First Bike for Brain Health Ride on a Trek Marlin 7
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From Zero to 60 Kilometres: My First Bike for Brain Health Ride on a Trek Marlin 7

A week ago, I didn't own a bike. On Sunday morning, I found myself pedaling 60 km on Toronto's Gardiner Expressway and DVP alongside thousands of riders at Bike for Brain Health.

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My First Travel Trailer Adventure: Towing a Camper with a Jeep Wrangler 4xe to Bon Echo Provincial Park

Learning to tow a travel trailer, manage propane, water systems, and waste disposal — all in one weekend at one of Ontario's most beautiful parks.

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5 Steps to Ship Your First AI App — From Vercel Playground to AWS Production
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5 Steps to Ship Your First AI App — From Vercel Playground to AWS Production

How I built MySleepyTale on Vercel, hit a latency wall, and moved to AWS with CloudFront + Lambda + S3 — a no-BS guide for first-time builders who ship on weekends.

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