52nd EPISODE. This is pre R. R. Patil Era. Nightlife in Mumbai was full sound and music at dance bars. There was one in every corner. For young crowd this was just the place to get together, drink beer. It was fun watching ego fights between people throwing money on the dancers. As the beer… Read More »
51st EPISODE. This was one of the DAINIK BHASKAR GROUP’s famed B2B engagements. Client and media (planners & Buyers) representing many brands and agencies were in Rajasthan to experience Bhaskar Market’s. The tour is really simple. It involved Delhi, Mumbai ad Bangalore invitees converging at Ajmer. Then going for a visit to Pushkar fair on… Read More »
50TH EPISODE: IT WAS IIFA 2013 MACAU time. Twelve member senior corporate sales and marketing team from Dainik Bhaskar led by Pradeep Dwivedi was at Macau mixing business with pleasure. The business part of the agenda, a review and planning meet was closed out on the first day itself. The team had heads across zones… Read More »
49th Episode. Opportunities have a unique silent way of creeping up and announcing themselves. At times there can be an opportunity in a deal that never happened. Something like that happened to me. I believe it came my way because I never refuse meeting a Business Associates. I hear everyone and try to see what… Read More »
48th Episode. I believe to understand a city you need to walk through it. You then soak the city culture, ambience, smell and environment more than you can ever do by taking a cab – point to point. Fun gets doubled if you are interested in photography and have a friend to keep your company.… Read More »
47th EPISODE. Pattaya and the word bring a plethora of distinct images to mind, but there is a hidden Pattaya that you can explore, if and only if you have the inclination and interest. Tear 2014, Dainik Bhaskar Annual conclave was scheduled in Pattaya. It was a conclave where lot many fresh experiments were happening.… Read More »
46th Episode. It was the year when STAR CRUISE docked in Mumbai. It was a novelty. Dainik Bhaskar Group decided to have its corporate award night on the Mumbai- Goa-Mumbai (2D1N) trip in the high seas. The excitement ran high within the team. Team members from Kolkata Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai joined the Mumbai team.… Read More »
45th EPISODE: Goa it was. Goafest 2010 the event. IN earlier edition, we had managed to hijack junior delegates to party. This time, my team was bringing out daily magazine beating the trade publications on content and timelines. It was tough, as the backend, team had never worked together. Team had no experience of covering… Read More »
44th Episode. Late eighties. I was in Mumbai on a shoot assignment for a fabric brand of repute. This was the 4th shoot involving the same model. She was now more than a friend. She later on went o to do few movies. We had somehow clicked in our first meeting itself. We were in… Read More »
43rd Episode : Male are always on the lookout. Their adventurous DNA pushes them to experiment and take risk outside their existing relationships. They want the naughty-fun. Some score anyway in a no-string attached relationships. Some score mentally. For some buying the scorecard is the only alternative. But, they all score. This incident involves an… Read More »
