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Attempting to List All Publicis Groupe Agencies
A lot happened to Publicis Groupe and me over the past few weeks. It announced the merger of Convonix and Resultrix brands under Performics India in May and the completion of Epsilon’s acquisition early last week. I completed four years with one of its agencies a day before the second announcement. And instead of recording…
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Why I Don’t Use Zomato
My personal reasons why I don’t use Zomato anymore. I instead call up my trusted restaurant near my apartment to order food.
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The Menace of Slow Walkers
The train is scheduled to arrive at Currey Road station at 7.34 PM and leave for Thane a few seconds later. It’s 7.20 PM now and I have just left my office building in Lower Parel, all poised with shoelaces tied tight so that I can walk briskly and skillfully manoeuvre the potholes on the…
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The Time I Stole a Rotring Pencil
I have been thinking a lot about pen pencils these days, their gradual decline in sales over the past decade owing to a faster decline in people preferring to write on paper over type, and the lack of options when one goes shopping at a stationery store. “Here you go,” said the shopkeeper as he…
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Bombay and Alienation: Interview with Island City’s Ruchika Oberoi
Disclaimer: I talked to Ms. Oberoi in 2016 on phone soon after the premiere of her film Island City at the 2015 Mumbai Film Festival. This was originally written for The Review Monk but never published due to last minute edits. I am publishing this today without her approval. Island City is the dazzling debut…
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Observations During My May 2019 Kerala Visit
A look at how Kerala functions peculiarly.
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Few Observations During the Day of Poll (Lok Sabha 2019)
I observed a few things when I went out to vote for the first time yesterday. Read.