40th EPISODE. I was working with Mudra, Ahmedabad. One of my accounts was RSWML -MAYUR FABRIC with its office at Gulapura. For a meeting with Shri Ladhajee the Marketing Director we would take overnight train to Ajmer. In morning visit Khwaja Darbar the Dargaha and leave for Gulabpura on a hired taxi- normally a spruced… Read More »
Why speak of Goafest 2015 so early? Most likely it will be held on April 9-10-11, 2015. The answer is simple. I Love Goafest. I have attended every edition and I will be there again. It is still THE INDIAN ADVERTISING & MARKETING FESTIVAL. It has the Abby, the most prestigious Indian awards in creative… Read More »
38th EPISODE. One of my brightest juniors settled abroad, shares what I share with you today. It is completely her piece. I have used minimalistic creative license to patch-up at few places. Think she gave me that liberty by saying ‘okay. Trying to think through that episode quickly. I am sure you can expand these into a story 🙂… Read More »
Thank you NISTHA TRIPATHI (The author) for reaching out to me and sharing this book ‘SEVEN CONVERSATIONS’. Truthfully speaking, in the normal course of life, I certainly would have missed out. I would have failed to pick this and the loss would completely been mine. That is for the content not the format or the… Read More »
Have you heard of BHASMASURA? The demon no one could kill. A demon with a boon from Gods, wherever he placed hand would burn to ashes. Maa Durga had to trap him to dance with her. He mirrored her steps. In one such move, he destroyed himself by placing his own hand on his head.… Read More »
Ok. That is it. HAPPY NEW YEAR ( HNY) the Diwali treat from Bollywood for PATRIOTIC INDIAN AUDIENCE. It was supposed to be a simple homemade biryani that turned out to be not well cooked Pulav. Nevertheless, we know there are Palav lovers who want everything. It is a GLOCAL adaptation for Indian tase. And it can… Read More »
37th Episode. Sometime in early 1996. Lintas North India office at Mohan Dev Building, New Delhi under the able leadership of Preet Bedi decided to expand its operations. In process, it decided to open a satellite operation at Chandigarh, which could cater to Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Haryana, Punch Kula and Chandigarh. The task was handed… Read More »
The acid test of newspaper advertising is really Dhanteras, the festival where the one-has-to-buy mentality supersedes every economic parameter and pocket size. When retail, regional and corporate clients fight to fill up the prime sqcm in the leading newspapers. A period when the print salesperson feels a bit more wanted and in demand, a time… Read More »
I am told there is election today in Mumbai and Rest of Maharashtra. And I would not have believed that but for the inked fingers on my Facebook timelines and the flurry of full pages in newspapers over the last two days. I am from an old school of Election frenzy. Having helped Sharad Yadav… Read More »
36th Episode. You can say ‘BLAME IT ON KOTNALA’ and you would most probably be right. But that would still be half a story. Here is the full story. I am sure that people involved in this may deny acknowledging the turn of events, but that is OK. It is sometime in early 90’s, August… Read More »
