Have a falooda – Happy Teachers and Learners Day
Today you can teach yourself a bunch of stuff without an actual teacher. All it takes is the desire to learn. By opening this...
Hold the Roses this Women’s Day
Secretary’s Day was still a thing when I started working. They were mostly women and received cakes and flowers. There were a few men, but...
What is your native, Katrina?
We know Katrina Kaif as a Bollywood actress and it’s easy to assume she holds an Indian passport. Actually she has a British one,...
Name a luxury brand, and I’ll tell you why it’s luxury
Name a luxury brand, and there will be one "better". There was a question about the "hierarchy of luxury brands" on one of my...
Kylie’s Lips for Marketing Tips
When she was 15 or thereabouts a boy told Kylie Jenner (of the famous Kardashian clan) that her lips were thin. She tried using lip-liner...
The inevitable rise and fall of your career
You should plan to have 2 (or more) distinct careers. In the first one you rely on fluid intelligence and in the second one on crystallised intelligence, areas like teaching, mentoring, strategy and leadership. The key to remaining “successful’ is to understand when you’ve overstayed your time in the fluid intelligence arena and start building towards your next avatar where you purvey wisdom.
This newsletter is interesting. It will give you peace.
I appreciate that you have decided to offer me the gift of your time. As a creator I could not exist without generous patrons...
Is Kim Kardashian’s bot prophetic?
Kim recently posed with Tesla's robot and self-driving car. Apparently totally for free! I guess it does make sense to cozy up to your...
What do people buy in times of COVID?
Happy Indian New Year! Let me hope it works out better than the one that started on January 1st :)
The virus continues to haunt...
A tale of Dunbar, Gore, Whatsapp, Mom and Zomato
We were driving around a forest near the tea country in Southern India. No people. Just monkeys and deer. As we passed a remote village my...














