Again, pics are the best way to look at this..
A blog about life, Hindi music, films, humour, books, people, places, events, travel, and occasionally, marketing management or leadership. Mostly apolitical, because that is a personal matter that each of us should decide on, and because I don't want to lose readers!
Who I Met in 2025- July to December
Activities
I have attended conferences, and organised a few.
I went to a few conferences abroad with Jayasimha, my colleague at IIM Indore. These were in Japan (Beppu), Cambodia (Phnom Penh), Vietnam (Hanoi), Sri Lanka (Colombo).
Organised a few at IIMK, from IMT Nagpur at Goa. The latter, 4 editions, with Harsh Halve as a collaborator. Tripti Shrivastav assisted in the first, as an RA.
Music group - attended two physical meets at Hyderabad and Bangalore. Smaller meets at Chennai, Pune, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore.
Parties with friends all over. Bangalore with Anshita and gang, Savitha, Vandana, Anushka, Divya Sisodiya, Bharath Shenoy, Mumbai with Meghna Sinha, Meghana Joshi, Tosha Dubey and Abha, Sirisha and Khyati, Sheetal, Swati Jain, Kedar Muley and Ravi Mittal, Pune with Meghana Khadilkar, Harshad Lunavat, Pushpinder, Anusha Soni, Delhi with Prachi Jain, Abha, Ananya Nandi Dey, Nikita Kumar/Ray, Shruti and Aditya Naag, Jaya Dulani Sardana, Padmapriya, Shweta Agarwal, Sharmishtha Singh and Sunil Kataria, Hyderabad with Jogeswari, Indore with Neeti, Pratishtha and Akansh...
Groups of classmates in Bangalore, and Hyderabad and now, Goa next week. Bangalore with Veronica, Kolkata with Dash, Shakti and Sudeshna (missed Roopsha).
Bhagyalakshmi and Shraddha Nigdikar at Mumbai, Faculty colleagues at Nagpur and Bangalore and Chennai and Coimbatore too, apart from Golf at Kodaikanal Munnar and Wellington.
Golf at ASC with Dr. V, and with Venu at Hyderabad. Also with Muthu at KGA, and Sunil at Hubli. Belgaum wth Sadanand, Pattaya with lots of people led by Golftripz, ..
Weddings- Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Mumbai were the latest in a long list. Aditi Prabhakar in Bangalore where I took some good pics. At homes of friends, in Delhi IIT, Chennai, Bangalore, and other places.
Drishyam- The Conclusion- Film Review
Saw the third and final part of this film in a theatre. Good acting, direction. Keeps you gripped, and the suspense is so good it can go ei...
These Were Liked a Lot
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Got a surprise visit from two IPM alums who were in my Marketing Research class too- Amogh Jawa and Vanshika Chaudhary- she's on to a P...
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These are not the official ones, but meets with alums of different places I have taught in, personally, either at Indore or elsewhere. Met ...
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Golf has given me a lot of new friends- teaching it, I mean. One of these I taught on request, was a talented actor from IIM Indore FPM pro...
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Ok, this is a continuing series, and many more people I know are yet to be covered. But let me try- NIFT Students- Thanks to Bhaskar Banerj...
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Ok, one such meetup happened yesterday, with old friends, Prachi Jain and Pratishtha Batra, of IIM Indore fame. There was a new member too ...
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Usually, I am not very talkative. But in the right company, I can hold a long conversation. Happened again in the company of my friend Swat...
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Not blues, because it wasn't my wedding! On tour to Mumbai, managed to attend a friend's son's wedding. It was in Juhu area, at...
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