A Home Away

Rahul Singh and Naresh Kumar Agarwal

Chapter 7 in You Know the Glory, Not the Story:25 Journeys Towards Ikigai, 2021, pp 101-118 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Growing up by the beaches of Goa, and playing multiple musical instruments, Jason Noronha found himself in competitive Bangalore when he was 10. After university, he gave up his job as a financial consultant in Singapore to become a volunteer in Africa, and then South America. When a frog jumped at him in the shower of a guesthouse in Goa, he decided to start India’s first backpacker hostel. Guest No. 7 at the hostel was to accompany him in entrepreneurial ventures. He now bridges technology and hostel.

Keywords: Ikigai; Purpose; Engineering; Motivation; Resilience; Singapore; India; Finding Yourself; Jobs; Career; People; Family; Home; Life; World; Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Cause; Corporate; Academia; Non-profit; Filmmaking; Dance; Writing; Arts; Monkhood; Growing Up; University Life; The Person; Values; Beliefs; Society (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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