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Barack Obama’s Inaugural Speech: Thinking and Vision for a better world

Posted in Check This Out!, Events, Learnings, Progress, Stargazing, Strategy, Talent & Assets, wow, tagged , , , on January 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Excerpts from the Inaugural Speech of President Barack Obama… thinking and vision we could all use.
“Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America: They will be met.
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Bollywood Celebrity Endorsement in India: Khan you guess who is King!?

Posted in Advertising, Brands, Common Sense, Creativity, Marketing, Public Relations, Strategy, What Were They Thinking??, wow, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »

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 consumer [...]

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Who is this Bombay Bitch?!

Posted in Check This Out!, Copywriters, Creativity, Marketing, Media, Public Relations, wow, tagged , , , , , , on July 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »

She’s in my face (and probably yours too) every morning. She’s got attitude. She’s very aware of what’s going on. She has a clear point of view ~ which she expresses with wit, sarcasm, to-the-point-bluntness, and a whole lot of flair..! Yeah, she’s a whole lot of fun, and I love to see her in my [...]

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India rocks the world’s richest people list!

Posted in Indian Economy, Progress, wow, tagged , , , , , on March 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Forbes just released its annual billionaires list.
And guess what..? ‘Poor’ India has 4 individuals in the top 10 list; 6 in the top 100; And 43 others down the line; bringing the total number of acknowledged Indian billionaires to 53!
The top 10 list includes (the Indians are in italics):
01. Warren Buffet US$ 62 bn
02. Carlos Slim Helu [...]

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Lalu and the great Indian rail journey!

Posted in E-Commerce, Indian Railways, Information Technology, Progress, wow, tagged , , , , , , , , , on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Lalu Yadav is now officially my favourite turnaround artist. From being the political icon of one of India’s most backward states, and the butt of many jokes just a couple of years back, the man with the i’ll-do-what-i-like attitude has, as Rail Minister of the Government of India, managed to kick ass and is doing [...]

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Inspiration for the New Year

Posted in Learnings, wow, tagged , , , , , , on January 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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Wow – what an invitation! YouTubers gather in NYC

Posted in Advertising, Check This Out!, Events, Innovation, Internet, New Media, Public Relations, YouTube, wow on June 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Talk about new media and innovation – here’s “an invitation you cannot refuse” for a gathering of YouTubers in NYC on 07.07.07 – posted on YouTube of course!
Needless to say, if she’s going to be there – I am too! (Sorry, just kidding – I live on the other side of the world in India). [...]

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Ads I like – for your viewing pleasure!

Posted in Advertising, Check This Out!, Creativity, wow on April 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »

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Google launches Free In-home Wireless Broadband!

Posted in April Fools Day, Check This Out!, Creativity, Innovation, New Media, New Products, Progress, wow on April 1, 2007 | 2 Comments »

If you drop by at Google today (as I do everyday, it being my default home page) you will spot the New! Get FREE breakthrough broadband with Google TiSP (Beta).
It’s an amazing new way to get faster broadband ‘downloads’ via, symbolically, your toilet! It’s something all of us have been waiting for, and is being [...]

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Awesome stuff for Photoshop junkies!

Posted in Advertising, Art, Check This Out!, Creativity, Photoshop, wow on March 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »

This vid is long – 4 minutes – but worth every minute of it.

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