Vivek Pande was a new singer, and Gafar Momin and Prdhya Gaurkar were two we had heard before. Based on Mohd. Rafi and Mohd. Aziz songs, this was a pretty good performance, with My name is Lakhan and a couple of O.P. Nayyar numbers being the highlights. At S.M. Joshi Hall, a nice auditorium in Navi Peth.
I have had many, in different spaces. Vikas Sethia (Mio Pods at airports), Nikhil Damle (NLP training) are entrepreneurs in different spaces, both from Kirloskar Institute (KIAMS).
Sudeshna Srivastava from KIAMS is launching Bhumija soon, to sell North East and East-based stuff online, after a long stint at PWC.
Divya Singh from IMT Nagpur is a Digital Marketer and has launched a sportswear brand, and so is Shatakshi Tripathi of IIM Indore.. Abhinav Kamal is a film maker, also ex-IMT.
Aditi Atre runs Rajasthani Rangrez, selling local handicrafts from Rajasthan.
Freelancers like Nishka Rathi, ghostwriter, and Sheetal Garg, trainer.
Divyaa Sharma is a TV anchor, and has acted too. Padmapriya is an accomplished actor. Both from Kirloskar.
Many more, but maybe later..
Corporate players are many. Bhuvneet Raheja in Google, Savitha as H.R. in many corporates, Abha Anagha Kulkarni as H.R. in a Law Firm, Shrishail Deshnur, Joyanta Dutta, Praveen Kotta, ..
If AI could hire people, train them, and do all the paperwork, we wouldn't need H.R.
If AI could manage creatives, media, and brand strategy, we wouldn't need Brand Managers.
If AI could handle distribution and other operations, we would not need other Sales Managers.
If AI could manufacture for us, we wouldn't need Production managers/workers.
If AI could do accounting and budgets, we wouldn't need Finance Managers
If AI could invest for people or organisations, we wouldn't need investment advisers.
And if AI could play Golf, we wouldn't need CEOs.
My niece's kids are in town from the U.S., so it was time for a makeover plus massage session for me and my daughter- it was great fun!
Mostly, it is. Could be one reason why life in India is exciting.. all kinds of things happen unexpectedly, lowering the BQ- Boredom Quotient. Maids don't show up, rain falls when it shouldn't, delivery guys of all kinds show up all the time, and you have random conversations with people every day if you go out.
In the U.S., it was sometimes boring. We went to the mall, just to get some excitement in to the day, and see new faces, apart from on TV.
Do something unexpected. Yesterday, we had a couple of grand nieces do some make-up for me and my daughter, and it was great fun. Totally unexpected, and the little ones enjoyed themselves thoroughly using us as guinea pigs. I remember letting another (grand) niece in Bangalore draw something on my palm, and it was another fun moment for us both!
Depends on what you want to do. Buy a kachori, a sabudana wada, or a new toffee flavour just for the heck of it. Fly a kite. Take a bus ride, a metro ride or go watch a show in town. Or a movie-minus the expensive popcorn. Have tea in a new restaurant.. or a biryani.
Point is... yeah, you got it. Do something unexpected, whimsical each day. Seize the day.
Vivek Pande was a new singer, and Gafar Momin and Prdhya Gaurkar were two we had heard before. Based on Mohd. Rafi and Mohd. Aziz songs, th...
