32nd EPISODE. Year 2000. Lowe Lintas Delhi. 9th floor Mohandev Building. Pawan and team were in a celebrating mood. After countless scripts, finally the client MARUTI approved script titled ‘BONDAGE’. The budget was decent enough for the team to think of talking to Namita Roy Ghose and Subir Chatterjee… Read More »
31st EPISODE : 1994. Delhi. HTA (Hindustan Thompson Associates), 35 Jhandewala, Rani Jhansi Road. I was servicing MOTOROLA account and reporting to SAMIR VERMA. He was a relationship-oriented person and converted most of his clients into good friends. RAHUL VERGHESE of Motorola was no exception. Rahul Verghese had recently… Read More »
30th Episode. ‘It does not matter where I get my appetite from till I eat at home’ is a simple but powerful statement. It also packs within it a great learning. In this new digital age, it can be the strength and the variety in your relationship. True… Read More »
29th Episode: Sometime in 1997 or 1998 . I was at Lintas Delhi. Dev Mehta – a great friend and colleague, used to be the Art person on few of my accounts. It was afternoon. We were returning from a client meeting somewhere in new friends colony or Nehru place in Dev’s car. Dev was… Read More »
28th Episode I was reading the new book ADULTERY by PAULO COELHO book (to read review click here) when I remembered the incident. What happened that December in the hill station was between two consenting adults. They are well known to me. For the purpose of not disturbing their lives, I have not listed the… Read More »
27th EPISODE: When I picked today’s MUMBAI MIRROR ( it comes free with Times of India), I was thinking of which episode to share in my weekly Advertising & Marketing blog. I saw the article on 1998 Femina Miss India Ms. Smriti Irani. And In remembered the incident of 1994. The incident involves Harbinder Singh,… Read More »
26th EPISODE — ‘I AM SANKAR’ This belongs to an era when advertising was much fun. People used to be creative in their interactions and induction of new team members. Here I share an incident from HTA ( JWT- 35, Jandewalan, Rani Jhansi Road-Delhi) time. Sankar was heading PEPSI account at JWT. And a new young trainee… Read More »
THE COUNT HTA days. Days of many interesting episodes. This one is one of the simpler client- agency interaction episodes. Client:………………………… MOTOROLA Client representative: … RAHUL VERGHESE Venue: ………………………. SURYA SOFITEL Agency: …………………….. HTA ( 35 Jhandewalaon, Rani Jhansi Road) Agency representative: … Read More »
This week I bring a story that I have only heard. I have not been witness to it, so can not vouch for its correctness. It is JAGBEETI (happened to someone else) and may not be JAGZAHIR (known by all). I am ready to accept denial on this one. HTA (now JWT) Delhi in… Read More »
When the phone rang, it was already late in the evening. We were tired after the press conference. Ready to call it a day. But, then work is work and in a small office a missed call may be a difference between having and missing a client. Philip the media coordination cum PR manager took… Read More »
