Google’s Sounds of India
Google India has a nice activity for India’s 74th Independence Day. Go to and try it out on your phone. The idea is simple – you sing the Indian National Anthem. The system records it using the phone’s mike and converts it…
Category: opinion
What ails Brand India, today?
Had a say about what ails Brand India, today, and what could be done to improve the branding, for today. This is a special feature ahead of the 74th Independence Day on Saturday. Some additional context. About the current state of Brand…
Pets as dependents in an insurance policy?
UPDATE (August 26, 2020): Really glad to see Bajaj Allianz promote their pet dog insurance, on International Dog Day (today). ORIGINAL POST: Recently, I renewed my annual family and once again marked my wife and 2 kids as ‘dependents’. It’s at times…
The business of fake Likes & views – unethical, but not illegal. Yet!
Rapper Badshah, to paying a company Rs.72 lakhs, including 18% service tax (GST, I presume) to ‘generate’ social media views so that he can claim the world record for most views on YouTube within 24 hours. In the Mumbai Mirror story that…
LinkedIn’s promoted tweets!
As someone who was involved in recommending that LinkedIn India join Twitter, more than a decade ago (while at Edelman, when handling the LinkedIn India mandate), I recall creating their Twitter handle myself… literally with my own hands. So, to see them…
The poetic nature of Patek Philippe’s positioning
I do not wear a watch. I stopped, many years ago. I may have a couple of Timex/Titan watches at home, unused, deep inside some shelf. I do not intend to buy a watch for myself in the foreseeable future. I do…
A really uncomfortable meeting, thanks to my Under Armour t-shirt!
Some time ago, I had the opportunity to meet the India head of a sports and casual apparel/footwear brand. They wanted to know more about my corporate workshop on personal branding for CXOs/senior leaders, and had reached out to me. We fixed…