Lessons in Metro Rail Compartment
Have you ever noticed what useful lessons you may get while travelling in a metro Rly. Compartment? You can see the intelligent and the dull ; the morose and the lively people; the gentle and the gross; the worker and the loafer. You can notice crowds with neat habits as well as people with miserable […]
Employee POV of Independence @work
Feeling burnt out or deflated by stagnation at your workplace? Do you see yourself as a mere robot taking orders from those upstream with little voice or choice? Perhaps you need to carve out a larger slice of independence for yourself at work and get your life back. Autonomy at work is the new buzz-phrase, […]
Baraka – A Story of Resilience
Ol Pejeta Conservancy needs no introduction to people who live in this part of the world. ‘Innovative, tangible, sustainable conservation for wildlife and people’ is at the core of their passion. Starting from a working cattle ranch in colonial Kenya to being the seat of conservation innovation, there are endless lessons to learn from their determination […]
Dance for Dominance
Gentle and graceful. Dainty steps with the finesse of a ballet dancer. Movements so elegant, you would stop and stare at these magnificent creatures all day long. Towering over the Savannah Grasslands and over predators and preys alike, are these beautiful giraffes with eyes which would mesmerize you with their benign soft look. Fight for […]
ALONE WE CAN DO NOTHING
The following being a reproduced verbatim from the 2022-23 treble winning midfield ace, Ilkay Gündogan of Manchester City, England. Dear Manchester City, When I first arrived here, I was a young man with no kids and a lot of dreams. It’s hard for me to even believe, but I am leaving seven years later as a […]
Football’s shifting Sand Dunes
It was getting dark and a little spooky down below the rickety wooden galleries in the eastern stands of the Mohun Bagan-CFC Ground where I had taken temporary refuge with scores of other fellow red-and-gold fans. It was circa 1978. My beloved East Bengal had just been sunk by Shyam Thapa’s iconic bicycle kick in […]
The Mall-eria is Here to Stay
Tirna is not intimidated any longer… She recalls, back in 2002, still in college, she stood with her friends in front of Forum Mall’s Elgin Road entrance, wide-eyed and wonder-struck, soaking in the splendour of the gleaming façade and the enchanting brand exposition patterns, a kaleidoscope of colours she had hitherto seen only in Hollywood […]
Antelopes’dance of victory
How often do we hit on the pause button in life to reflect? Gratitude comes from a sense of inherent happiness, a sense of wellbeing and a feeling of indebtedness. Privileges often overshadow our sense of gratitude and accomplishments cloud our humility. We forget to be grateful and silently, somewhere along the way, arrogance creeps […]
Confusion about Zebra Stripes
Presentation matters. As they say, ‘making a good first impression’ rules even today. Be it in an interview, a client presentation or a meeting with someone you are trying to impress. We morph presentations to highlight what we wish to. Often a particular brand is impressed upon or a target market, often it’s a specific […]
Enigmatic Elephants Lessons from Gentle Giants
When you see the gentle giants trudging at their own peaceful pace across the Savannah Grasslands, you pause. Silhouetted against the vast backdrop of endless greens, you see the herd slowly making its way across the bushes. Once in a while, the matriarch stops in her tracks, bringing down the branch of a tree. The […]
Why billboards survived the digitalization attack?
The all-encompassing wave of digitalization riding on the power of the Internet, has virtually sounded the death knell for advertising in traditional media like newspapers and magazines, television and radio, etc. However, standing firm amidst the ruins left in its wake by the digital revolution are the good old billboards, still telling us compelling stories […]
Wowing with Momos!The Story of Wow! Momo.
The StoryHow would you like to hear a story of the rise to fame of fresh steaming momos! And if such an enticing delicacy can be turned into a business idea and then made into a huge success, then that’s a story worth narrating, isn’t it? When its QSR, there is one brand topping the […]
