The Fading Art of Persuasion- Episode of ACs, Coolers & Fans In the second season of Mad Men, Peggy, a young creative executive sarcastically comments to her boss, Don Draper, ‘Sex Sells’. To which Don replies, “Says who?”. Pauses. “Remember, these are the same people who think monkeys can do…

Story #3 Last year Darlings was released on Netflix. Thus began an unusual chatter on LinkedIn-the reason- Alia Bhatt (what’s unusual?). It was related to a product placement or brand integration or call it whatever you want. It was Alia’s character in the Darlings who used Kama Ayurveda’s hair oil. A…

When a remark is made in English, it is to be taken in the spirit of the discussion or speech. But when you speak of a phrase in your native, then it is to be taken literally. Context: Recent high-court judge said that Anurag Thakur was smiling when he raised…

Here’s a story that I have heard a few times in my family. My great grandmother once travelled in a bullock cart. Her 14 children were with her. It was raining heavily. They were moving to another village. The roads weren’t pucca and then due to rains, most of their…

A long time ago, I decided to not write a book review. Who am I to review? The author may have put blood & sweat into writing and all we do is comment on how the grammar or choice of words could have been better? I want to reflect on…

Let’s get straight to the point. A psychiatrist told me not to break my head in understanding what causes depression. Too many of them, he says. He tells me his theory. In an agrarian economy, life was slow. Hence low expectations and distractions. Then came the industrial economy and a…

If you have lived amongst the Amazonian tribes Munduruku and Pirahã you will realize they are by far represent our past. We were hunter-gatherers and then civilization ruined us (just kidding). Yuval Noah Harari in his book Sapiens goes on to say that agriculture domesticated humans, built armies, started wars…

Now that you have clicked on the article because of a flashy title, there’s more to it. Why would you not? The answer lies 3 stories away. I promise at the end, you will find out why (there’s a video). Story #1 In 1916, on Coney Island, a Polish immigrant set up…

I commend my organization who initiated work from home in mid-March, almost a week before many followed the suite. When I hear, I was elated, secretly of course. Confession #1 …I like it because it saves times… I stay in Dombivli and my workplace is in Kurla. FYI, that’s 48 km one-way. So two ways- 96km. I take the…