Vijay Menon (marubuci)

**Vijay Menon** (an haife shi a shekarun 1990s) marubuci ne ɗan ƙasar Amurka kuma ɗan kasuwa a fannin fasahar kuɗi. Shi ne marubucin littafin tarihin tafiye-tafiye *mai suna A Brown Man in Russia: Lessons Learned on the Trans-Siberian* (2018) kuma shi ne wanda ya kafa kuma Shugaba na Butter Payments, wani kamfani da ke amfani da koyon injina don rage asarar kuɗaɗen shiga daga gazawar ma'amaloli na biyan kuɗi.   An kuma naɗa shi a cikin *Forbes* 30 Under 30 (Enterprise Technology) a shekarar 2023. 

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Menon a yankin Bay na California .  Ya kammala karatunsa daga Jami'ar Duke  da digiri a fannin Kididdiga da Tattalin Arziki, inda shi ma ya kasance zakaran muhawarar Duke. 

## Sana'a
Bayan jami'a, Menon ya yi aiki a matsayin bayanai a Microsoft, Dropbox da Scribd .  A shekarar 2020, ya ɗaga wani shiri na farko daga ɗakin studio na Atomic zuwa Butter Payments. Wannan kamfanin fintech da ke San Francisco  yana taimaka wa 'yan kasuwa masu biyan kuɗi su dawo da kudaden shiga da suka ɓace saboda gazawar biyan kuɗi da ba a yi niyya ba, wanda galibi ake kira "ƙuntatawa ta bazata". 

Butter ya tara dala miliyan 9 na Series A a ƙarshen 2022.  A watan Janairun 2023, kamfanin ya tara dala miliyan 21.5 a cikin tallafin Series A wanda Norwest Venture Partners ke jagoranta, tare da shiga daga Atomic.  A watan Mayun 2024, kamfanin ya sami ƙarin dala miliyan 10 akan kimantawa ta kimanin dala miliyan 135, a cewar Axios Pro.  An haɗa Butter a cikin matsayi a wuraren aiki da kamfanoni masu farawa a 2025. 

## ''Wani Mutum Mai Ruwan Kasa a Rasha''
Littafin tarihin Menon, *Mutumin Brown a Rasha: Darussan da aka Koya akan Trans-Siberian*, an buga shi a shekarar 2018 ta Glagoslav Publications.   Littafin ya ba da labarin tafiyar Menon ta hunturu ta makonni biyu a faɗin Rasha da Mongolia tare da abokansa biyu na kwaleji, suna tafiya ta cikin karusa ta aji na uku a kan layin dogo na Trans-Siberian da kuma ziyartar Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tyumen, Irkutsk, da Ulaanbaatar .  Kowane babi na ashirin da biyu yana biye da wani ɗan gajeren sashe na "darasi" wanda ke ba da tunani kan haɗuwa tsakanin al'adu da asali.  

### Liyafar maraba
Masu sharhi sun lura da binciken littafin game da launin fata, fahimtar al'adu, da kuma duniya  . Wani sharhi da Jinyi Chu na Jami'ar Stanford ya yi a cikin mujallar *Slavic da East European Journal* ya gano cewa wasu daga cikin "darussan" na littafin ba su da tushe amma sun amince da mahimmancinsa ga rubutun tafiye-tafiye na zamani. Chu ya bayyana shi a matsayin "ƙoƙari na neman sararin rubutu na tafiye-tafiye a cikin duniyar duniya ta yau", yana lura cewa duk da cewa sautin Menon ba na yau da kullun ba ne, labarinsa yana haifar da tambayoyi game da asali da fahimtar al'adu daban-daban. 

Littafin World Literature Today ya bayyana tarihin rayuwar littafin a matsayin wani littafi mai kayatarwa wanda ya haɗa labaran da tunani na falsafa. Wani shirin hira a jaridar The Moscow Times ya nuna sha'awar littafin ga masu karatu yayin da suke sake duba "kwarewarsu ta Rasha".

A cewar Yelena Furman ta UCLA, littafin ya yi fice wajen gabatar da Rasha ta hanyar idon wani matafiyi ɗan Amurka mai launin ruwan kasa - wanda ba kasafai ake nuna shi ba a rubuce-rubucen tafiye-tafiye.  Furman ya lura da salon barkwanci da wulaƙanta Menon, tunaninsa game da kasancewa tare da mutane da launin fata a Rasha da Amurka, da kuma yadda yake nuna talakawan Rasha a matsayin masu son sani da karimci maimakon masu adawa. 

## Manazarta