Tweet Follow @twitter 65th Episode. Another party another story. VENUE: a five-star Hotel, near Mumbai International Airport. EVENT: The Divya Bhaskar Dandiya party. Not the party referred in the earlier episodes PERIOD: 2005 or 2006, within 2-3 years of me joining Dainik Bhaskar group. Dandiya Party was the annual hyped event of Dainik Bhaskar group.… Read More »
Tweet Follow @twitter 64th EPISODE. I am not sure which year it was, but if my memory serves me right it must have been 2007 or 2008. DANDIYA PARTY by Divya Bhaskar were world famous in Mumbai and Delhi advertising circles. This was one night or uninterrupted music and dance. Timed just before the real… Read More »
Tweet Follow @S_kotnala 63rd Episode. 1989. Jaipur. Those days I was in Mudra Communications Pvt Ltd based at Ahmedabad and used to service Mayur Fabric account in Gulabpura. It was also the time that we at Mudra were trying to gauge if opening a satellite office at Ahmedabad made sense. Helping me was a dear friend… Read More »
Tweet Follow @S_kotnala 62nd EPISODE. Take you back to LINTAS of Mohandev Building Connaught place, New Delhi time. We had a few Public Sector clients and the billing was not worth discussing. These clients were just continuing as a legacy with us. They were wasting huge sums on advertising mostly in print through other empaneled… Read More »
Tweet Follow @S_kotnala 61st Episode. I am taking you all back to late eighties. This one is a story I have heard and don’t know if this one is factually true. But the people who told me that, I would want to believe it is true. Or it is one of the stories you create… Read More »
Tweet Follow @S_kotnala 60TH EPISODE. We lost the semi-final to Australia on 26th March. So, thought I could bring back the episode that involved another semi final; this time on 5TH November 1987, Cricket World Cup. India Vs. England. That was Thursday too. It was important enough a game for few of us to… Read More »
Tweet Follow @S_kotnala 59th EPISODE. It was the MOOLA workshop. A whole day spent at a five-star discussion ways and means to tighten the spending. Manage finds. MOOLA stood for MANAGEMENT OF ORGANISATIONS LIQUID ASSETS. Some real creative spark has been at work at HTA, 35 Rani Jhansi Road, Jhandewalan. Ajit Kohli and Kamal Oberoi… Read More »
Tweet Follow @s_kotnala 58th EPISODE. Mumbai Late 2006. One of the well know niche channel was launching a new programme. If my memory serves me right, it was something to do with Pyramids and was held somewhere in Juhu side. I do remember it for the yellowish glowing pyramidal shaped objects that occupied centre stage… Read More »
Tweet Follow @S_kotnala 57th EPISODE. First let me warn you this is part of unknown history of Mudra and may not been archived. I do think such an act has never happened in any other agency. It is known to few, those who been part of it. Yes, you guessed it right, I was involved… Read More »
Tweet Follow @s_kotnala 56th EPISODE. ‘Holi Hai’. This week we will be celebrating Holi, the festival of colours. Sharing a Holi centric episode would definitely make sense. I am not sure of the year but it was between 2006 and 2008. As DNA was already launched and DRY HOLI concept from Dainik Bhaskar was yet… Read More »
