The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States of America is landmark in many ways. In fact, Obama’s slogan of “change” holds true in many more ways than perhaps even the man and his spin doctors would have imagined. But that’s not the point of this post. Enough has, and will be written about what … Continue reading
In the battle for mindshare and market share, some companies in India have gone out of their way (way, way out sometimes) and hired celebrities to endorse their brands. While some celebrities have done a fantastic job (as actors and as endorsers), the rest have just ended up wasting a lot of money, and insulting … Continue reading
Last Saturday evening, I spent around four hours with some of the friendliest, most unassuming bunch of people I have met in a long time. Which is surprising, considering I was at the IndiBloggers offline meet in Delhi. And Bloggers, as their reputation suggests, are a volatile and unpredictable bunch of people. “True, Bloggers around … Continue reading
For the next couple of days, I’ll be in Pune (Maharashtra, India) on a holiday, with my family. And I am on vacation! So I will probably not post anything till I return, which is around the 5th 15th of January 2007. Why Pune? Well, Pune is where a huge part of my extended Parsi family lives. … Continue reading
I am temporarily moving my blog from wordpress to my old blog at blogger, as I find most of the blogs being mirrored illegally (see previous post) are from wordpress. I don’t think wordpress has anything to do with it, but I am going to publish from blogger until we figure out the mess. You … Continue reading
They’re acknowledged worldwide as some of the brainiest people on this planet. They appear in boardrooms, as well as comic strips around the world. They’re the alumni of the various Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in India, and they’re getting together for a PanIIT Global Conference 2006 with the theme “Inspire to Involve and Transform … Continue reading
Hi y’all! It’s odd really, when someone who keeps talking about the future disappears like he’s become history. It’s just that I’ve been so busy helping companies get updated with new media, my own blog got really backdated! But now I’m back, with promises of sharing a whole lot of stargazing I’ve done in the … Continue reading
Another book review? Yep! Prompted by a literary discussion I attended yesterday at India Habitat Centre where Roshan Seth, Sabina Mehta Jaitly, Partha Chatterjee and Dr. Vijay Sharma discussed A Twisted Cue by Rohit Handa [Published by Ravi Dayal]. Unlike most fiction novels which I finish in about 4-5 days, I took over a month … Continue reading
