Paul Writer

Of Christmas Cakes and Tupperware

The annual Christmas cake, precious with fine sugar carefully saved through the year, would be baked a few days before and the cake carefully...

CMO should be the Apple of Your Eye: Ask me if they aren’t

Way back in 2007 I brought back an iPhone - the one and only at that time! - from New York to Bangalore for...

Have a Brat Summer and What Jhumka

"Kamala IS Brat", a tweet by Charli XCX, was embraced by Kamala Harris' presidential campaign team as a valuable endorsement. I'd be surprised if...

Lampshade Women & Can Marketers Change the World

Palo Alto Networks has apologized for using women as literal lamps at a conference. The fact that it happened and noone spoke up at the...

Kalki & Childish Gambino – Brands & Blockbusters

Building brand identity is usually in the hope of building a blockbuster.  I wanted to let y'all know that I am doing a program...

Maslow and Zuck’s Beer Swigging Cows

A weekend visit to Russell Market for fresh fruits, vegetables and dry fruits was a regular ritual for many years for the whole family....

Anant & Radhika OTS is TMI

If I see the words "impeccably dressed" and "limited edition" or hideous pink bling clothes in the context of a wedding again I shall scream! It...

Gone With the Wind Got Me My First Job

I have to confess that my engineering grades were not great. Luckily companies like Tata Elxsi used an entrance test as a qualifier, and...

USP for marketing can be playing the piano

I had never thought of learning the piano as my USP for marketing myself.  The day after I completed my 12th grade exams, a potential...

AI in SEO is great. But search might die.

AI in Search means drastic change.  AI in SEO means that how we search for products and services is on the cusp of dramatic change....