After a long time, I read a book that is an example of brilliant storytelling. ‘A Village Dies – your invitation to a memorable funeral’ by Ivan Arthur. Published by ‘Speaking Tiger’. It is a story in convenient flashbacks. TVD, is a story of two villages Kevni and Amboli, in erstwhile Bombay. A mixed community… Read More »
Like in the speech given by Chatur in the film 3Idiots where certain parts of a speech were replaced, here’s an attempt to do the same with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation on November 8, 2016 where he announced the demonetising of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes in an attempt to… Read More »
Thank you Prime Minister Narendar Modi. Before you get any idea, let me clarify, I am not thanking the prime minister for his fight against black money or his bold decision to suddenly withdraw INR 500 / INR 1000 currency notes from circulation or the way he went about it! This is a very by-the-way… Read More »
Continuous stress was never supposed to be part of your life. Unfortunately, in today’s life, you expected to carry multidimensional stress. There is a tremendous pressure to perform and deliver in professional and personal life. Person in every stage of life is just crumbling under this stress. The school going kids are as stressed as… Read More »
I always hated the News-hour with Arnab Goswami on Times Now. And as I look back, maybe I hated this person called AG routinely playing right. Doing what many of us would have wanted to be doing but are too afraid to do. As I write this article with today’s debate in the background, I… Read More »
In my career, I worked with a lot many professionals managers, who were also great human beings. They helped shape my approach in life. Under their expert tutelage, I was introduced to the hugely potent management tool; the art of ‘Managing By Walking Around’ ( MWA). I am a great fan of it. Most of… Read More »
By Sumit Roy, Founder Director, Univbrands. www.univbrands.com I learnt to proofread the hard way. In the late ’70s I once released an ad that had a single proof reading mistake. When Suresh Mullick read the ad in the newspaper, the next morning, and drew the error to my attention, I was shamefaced. I apologised profusely.… Read More »
How long will we be made to suffer the grand tantrums of a kid who refuses to grow up? I am talking of Karan Johar and his brand of movies. He has a different take on things (that is usually good); he is expressive, open and honest ( better), a good judge in reality-show (… Read More »
This year. I have been slow in reading books. I have been focusing my energies and devoting time to two yet to be finished project. I picked up ‘CURTAIN CALL’- Compiled and edited by Rafaa Dalvi and published under ‘Half-Baked beans’ featuring stories by 20 storytellers, on request of one of the authors ( Sanhita… Read More »
Last week, newspapers were in focus. I read this article ‘What If the Newspaper Industry Made a Colossal Mistake?’ by Jack Shafer, POLITICO’s senior media writer and ‘The Slow, Painful Death of the Media’s Cash Cow’ by Megan McArdle, Bloomberg View columnist. They made some valid points. The inference was too simplistic. According to them… Read More »
