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Someone recently referred to me as ‘Renaissance man’ on email, while introducing me to someone else. I knew about the famous ‘Vitruvian man’ visual by Leonardo da Vinci, but had no clue about the actual meaning of that phrase and had to…
I have always wondered how it would be to be a DJ 🙂 Particularly when I see a DJ at a turntable in a pub/restaurant. In that context, this is an interesting idea by BBDO New York, for their client Bacardi. The…
I have gone through a long journey with my payments to Uber. I started with a credit card, then joined Paytm specifically for being able to use it on Uber, and have now moved using UPI-based payments on Uber. I dropped out…
I was watching something on TV along with my daughter when the Ariel washing powder ad appeared. It features Chefs Sanjeev Kapoor and Damodaran, and played in Hindi. At one point, Sanjeev Kapoor asks, ‘Who can remove these tough stains? Popular powder?…
Tide started this, . They paid NFL players and commentators to casually insert a Tide mention while they are speaking with the fellow team members or the audiences! Imagine hearing Virat Kohli and Dhoni chatting near the stumps and Kohli suddenly says,…
If you thought public urination is a big problem only in India, you’re mistaken. Apparently, it is a big enough problem even in Paris, France! SNCF (Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer français), France’s national state-owned railway company found this to be…
There’s always a first time for everything in life and my first book’s first book launch was on Tuesday, in Gurgaon. And I was both thankful and happy that I was able to share the stage with Aditya Ghosh on this occasion….