Showing posts with label Bhagyalakshmi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bhagyalakshmi. Show all posts

Met Gala- A Meeting of Musical Minds

 We had our own Met Gala at Mumbai, thanks to some friends who like music. Sheetal Garg, her husband Kausshal, Dipti Kane, Bhagyalakshmi and Venkatesh (hosts), and my wife and I participated, minus fancy costumes. Great fun, we sang many favourites on karaoke, including a few Jagjit Singh ghazals. 





Venkatesh and I also recorded a Chat Masala episode featuring our favourite songs.. solos and duets.

Karaokeing with Shraddha

 Shraddha Nigdikar dropped in for a karaoke party at Bhagyalakshmi's place in Mumbai, and we had a great time. She's a good singer, and we celebrated her Ph.D. synopsis approval. She's also an MBA from IMT Nagpur, 9-11 batch. Pics-













Writing a Book Versus Reading One

Above-my autobiography (the second edition). Pothi.com is the publisher, and it's sold through the Flipkarts of the world.

Reading a book is far easier than writing one. But I have somehow written more than one. But when someone casually says, "Any new book?" to me today, I wonder how I wrote any of those.

My first was a text book. I had just begun teaching Marketing Research in Indian B Schools, and was struck by the need for one which used computerised data analysis rather than just theory. So I wrote one, with help from students of Kirloskar Institute, and staff there. Now, there will be a 4th edition this year, with cases written by IIM Indore students-coming soon.

Then, a Services Marketing text was born while I worked at IIM Kozhikode. The third was a book on International Marketing, and the fourth, my autobiography, which was published in the Print-on-demand mode by pothi, an innovation in India at the time.

Then came a book with Bhagyalakshmi Venkatesh, on Brand Management, a limited edition for IMT Distance Learning program.

Now there are plans for an edited book on Digital Marketing Cases from India. Some of my alumni friends from IMT Nagpur and elsewhere have contributed.

Wedding in Chennai

 Went to Chennai for a few days, after quite a while. I used to attend a December conference at Great Lakes Institute for a long time. This ...

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