A Man Who Blogs

Non-obvious insights on finance, tech, power, and purpose.

By Aman Narain

· Launched 2 years ago

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Rules for an (Extra)Ordinary Man

A Father's Day tribute to my father, Ajit Narain: what an ordinary man taught me about cricket, character, and never once swinging for the boundary. Jun 21•Aman Narain

Gods on Loan: The Tourism Fortune India Squandered and Thailand Treasured

India’s tourism punches far below its weight while Thailand monetises the gods, epics and serenity that India itself once exported. Jun 14•Aman Narain

Secrets, Sensors & Settlement

Prediction markets stopped being a politics business. Eighty per cent of the volume is sport, and ICE just paid $1.6bn to buy the sensor, not the… Jun 7•Aman Narain

This Month I Discovered I Was Richer Than I Thought I Was

What thirty years of friendship looks like at 35,000 feet May 31•Aman Narain

Watch This Space: A Patent Lapses, a Queue Forms, the Wrist Reclaims Its Silence.

How the Royal Pop frenzy, a lapsed patent, and a quieter wearable revolution rearranged the wrist in one weekend. May 24•Aman Narain

The Unconquerable Innings

[Description unavailable] Dec 21, 2025•Aman Narain

The Narrow Strait of Hormuz and its Long Winding History

[Description unavailable] Mar 15•Aman Narain

A Man Who Blogs #34: Cards, Converts & Code

[Description unavailable] Mar 24•Aman Narain

The Productivity Manifesto That Actually Works

[Description unavailable] Nov 18, 2025•Aman Narain

Below the Boulevard: The Subway and the Shape of the Modern City

What ten days of riding the Tube and the New York Subway reveal about the most civilising piece of infrastructure any city ever builds. May 17•Aman Narain

A2Z Fintech #40 by AMWB: Machines, Mandates & Money.

[Description unavailable] May 13•Aman Narain

The Brahmin in the Sky: The Last Caste System That Works

Singapore Airlines built the most psychologically sophisticated caste system in the modern world. Last week, my five-year membership ends. May 10•Aman Narain