Fawning Over Flora at IIM Indore

Flora and fauna are unique at every place. Here is a look at some flora from our campus at IIM Indore.

Khandwa Memorial Kishore Kumar

 The house where he lived- decked up for the 90th birth anniversary- 2019, August 4th.

 The house is not in good shape, though, as these pics reveal.

 Bhakts at the memorial, where his ashes lie...and,  A portrait with him (below)

 The M.P. Govt. organises some festivities each year, on his anniversary.

 Ge ge geli zara Timbuktoo, Kathmandu Kathmandu geli hu.. a fun song he sang in Jhumroo.

 His bust at the memorial..a memorable visit for us.

A to Z of Kishore Kumar

I will try and list songs sung by Kishore Kumar that start with each letter or have it in the first word.

A- Are yaar meri tum bhi ho ghazab
B- Bhanwre ki gunjan hai mera dil
C- Chingari, koi bhadke..
D- Deewana leke aaya hai dil ka taraana
E- Ek main aur ek tu dono mile is tarah
F- Maaf karo o baba maaf karo
G- Guni jano re bhakt jano
H- Hum the woh thi aur sama rangeen samajh gaye na..mannu, tera hua ab mera kya hoga?
I - Is mod se jaate hain.
J- Jaane kya soch kar nahin guzra
K- Kuchh to log kahenge
L- Lekar hum deewana dil
M- Main hoon jhum jhum jhum jhum jhumroo
N- Nakhrewali, dekhne mein dekhlo yeh kaisi bholi bhali
O- O mere dil ke chain
P- Phoolon ke rang se
Q- Beqaraar dil tu gaaye ja
R- Raatkali ek khwab mein aayi aur gale ka haar hui
S- Saamne yeh kaun aaya dil mein hui hulchul
T- Teri duniya se hoke majboor chala
U- Ulfat mein zamaane ki har rasm ko thukrao
V- Vaada tera vaada..
W- Woh shaam kuchh ajeeb thee
X- (From Mr. X in Bombay)- Mere mehboob qayamat hogi..
Y- Yeh dil na hota bechara
Z- Zindagi ke safar mein guzar jaate hai jo makaam woh phir nahin aate..

Laws of the Rain

Duckworth and Lewis are not the only ones who have rules related to rains. I have a few of my own Rain Laws-

1. If it rains, you will not have an umbrella.

2. If you have one, it will turn sunny in a jiffy.

3. If there is a puddle you are trying to avoid, a passing car will make a splash-on you!

4. If you are riding a two-wheeler, you will not find anything you can take cover under, until you get wet.

5. If you want to dance in the rain, you will hit a pothole and swim/wade in it.

Well, at least we don't have crocs coming up from rainwater, as some city has reported recently.

More Pics From IIMI NASMEI Conference 2019

More pics-

 At the valedictory session.

 Inaugural session- Varsha Jain's (above, right in row 2)
book with Jag Sheth was released at this conference. Below, Phil Zerrillo speaks.

 Jag Sheth joined through a video (above) Varsha Jain at the podium.
Below, our volunteers. Anurag Jain, Deepti Gangle among others.

 Volvo- Eicher COO speaks (above). Satish Nargundkar recives a memento from Himanshu Rai, director, for a Keynote (below).

Deja Vu- IIMI NASMEI Conference 2019

Two years ago, we did a conference in collaboration with NASMEI. In 2004, I had collaborated with them at IIMK for the first time. Now, in 2019, we did the second edition from IIM Indore. Great experience, and met quite a few people from places as far away as Tirunelveli (M. Sundarnar University), PES University Bangalore (my former employer too), Narsee Monjee, Mumbai, and many more places across India.

There were invited speakers from several foreign universities, many U.S. based. We had Dr. Jag Sheth join on video in the Inaugural panel. A few distinguished speakers from XLRI, ISB and other IIMs spoke in special panels. We also had two book launches- mine was one, and Dr. Varsha Jain's was the other. All in all, a good time was had by the participants, and the people involved in conducting it.

 Above- a workshop was conducted on Meaningful Research by Satish Nargundkar from Georgia State University. Yes, he is my brother too.

Below, the launch of my book (Marketing Research, 4th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2019) with Sanjay Jain, Manju Ahuja, Phil Zerrillo, Giri Kumar Tayi and Bharat Bhasker. It was nice meeting people who said they used the book while teaching, or had read it before.

and the book itself..

lastly, me, doing my thing.. bringing it to a close.

Judgemental Hai Kya- Film Review

I liked the film. That does not mean you will like it. It's that kind of film (isn't all art?). It is quirky, with an uneven pace (probably deliberate, and may be because mental imbalance is one of the subjects it deals with through its main character), and is full of switches between the present and the past- flashbacks, if you will.

Still, I give it full marks for keeping the suspense going, and for interspersing the serious plot with comedy in the form of some of the supporting characters- Kangana's boyfriend (who is not sure of his status- ha, ha), the two cops (Satish Kaushik is one), and Jimmy Shergill, who is not into comedy, but is a refreshing add-on.

The idea of using characters from the Ramayana, is great, and the sets of the rehearsals for the Modern Ramayana were brilliant pieces of art. Weaving in Duniya mein logon ko (the song) is also a nice touch, and so is the intro to the art of dubbing for films-we rarely get a look at the post-production activities that go into film-making.

It has lots of good things, if you are not too judgemental!