Every year on mother’s day, I get a sinking feeling that we are in a time warp. Or at least the Indian mother is has decided to drop anchor in 1980. I love sharply defined relationships and even the vague unmanned relationships too. In India, we have many such relationships. The relationship between daughter-in-law and… Read More »
I knew all along, there was something drastically wrong with the way the future is unveiling itself. I was on the lookout for a debate on ‘How to fix the future’. Andrew Keen’s session at the IAA World Congress held at Kochi, India in February this year probably opened new spaces for the discussion. The future is… Read More »
The Indian Readership Survey (IRS) Quarter 1, 2019 findings are out. It brings good news to print publishers. Their reach and readership continue to expand. The total monthly reader touches new peak at 42 crores, a growth of 4.4%. In this period, the number of households has also grown by 4%. Any daily reach remains… Read More »
The coming together print publishers is a rare celestial aberration. However, this is not the first time when some of the largest print houses have got together. We know when they collectively questioned the IRS and hence MRUC some years back. Even at that time, people viewed it as a disturbing disruption, but it led… Read More »
I always knew that ‘The Internet Is NOT the Answer’. It is a milestone in the chaotic river of evolution. Life and future will find its own way to correct the follies of technological advancement and misuse. No there is nothing to worry about. Andrew Keen as an author of ‘The Internet Is NOT The… Read More »
In the article yesterday, I discussed ‘what you missed, and they messed?’ with reference to the advertising industry’s biggest festival of creativity and ideas. Goafest2019 finished on April 13, 2019. Like always, it had its own moments of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. There has been tremendous change as the festival keep evolving.… Read More »
On day-2 of Goafest 2019, I Tweeted ‘This is best GOAFEST DAY’ ever’. Few have asked me as to what made me say so? Honestly, it has nothing to do freely availability of cold beer, lovely breakfast at Grand Hyatt or that the unfinished story had a new beginning. I will answer it at the… Read More »
GOAFEST 2019, the collective event by AAAi and AdClub. It used to be really fun when it was held at the Cavasillium beach. Oh! It was hot and humid. You needed sunglasses, a hat and suntan lotion as standard accessories to navigate the venue. I have been one of those stupid’s who questioned the relevance… Read More »
I was recently telling someone that I am one of the few who has attended every season of Goafest since inception. I was stumped when she asked, what has changed and what should change at Goafest. Moreover, she wanted to know, why should someone attend Goafest? In spite of my being a loyalist, the questions… Read More »
I don’t remember, the last time I read a book in Hindi. For the last many years I have been reading books primarily in English. I know some of the reasons. The bookstores I buy books from have a limited range of books in Hindi. Moreover, most of them are old books, or English authors work… Read More »
