A couple of months ago, I happened to chance upon Indian Philosophy by Dr. S Radhakrishnan, a two-volume edition published by OUP in India. I was actually browsing on Amazon India searching for The History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell which I wished to re-read and add to my now-depleted library of books thanks… Continue reading Indian Philosophy a Compendium of Indian Thought
As part of my writing on Brandology – the art and science of building brands – I decided to explore some of the thorny issues concerning certain sectors of the Indian economy. After airlines, I wrote about the telecom industry in my previous blog post and the kinds of policy reforms we must see in… Continue reading How Vodafone Idea Can Tune in to Growth
Just finished reading a couple of books by WG Sebald that I presented my aged father for his 93rd birthday last year. Dad didn’t think much of them; in fact, he said they were boring and I am not sure he even read the second book fully. Oh, too bad, I thought and decided to… Continue reading On the Unmoored Writing of WG Sebald
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Early this year, I had written that instead of stopping wars Trump is actually starting new ones. With his actions in Venezuela and also threatening to take over Greenland. Now, it turns out he has decided to go after Iran along with his accomplice and partner-in-crime if I can call him that, Netanyahu of Israel.… Continue reading Stop the Senseless War in Iran
After writing a blog post on why India needs long-term FDI – in addition to boosting international trade – I began thinking of how globalisation might have adversely impacted this particular kind of flow of foreign capital in recent decades. It has become the fashion of recent years for western advanced economies to express their… Continue reading Globalisation’s Impact on FDI and How It Can Be Remedied
Hello readers. As you know, my blog is focusing on Brandology this year as I turn my attention to the art and science of building brands in an even more concentrated manner. Having built my career in the advertising industry in India over 20 long years - would have been 40 years, if it hadn't… Continue reading New Brandology Videos!
As part of my work on Brandology I had already intended to explore corporate brands’ connections with individual brands. On my blog, you will find some of my thinking reflected in my work on Pernod Ricard and its brands, as well as in Tata Motors/JLR and its brands. However, when I saw the new corporate… Continue reading PepsiCo’s Back-to-The-Future Brand Connections
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As many of you who have been reading my blog might know by now, I continue to be an AI sceptic. Not because I cannot see its real value and its powers, but because of the way AI is being pursued and deployed around the world. The stock-market sell-off on tech stocks globally earlier this… Continue reading Between AI Cheerleaders and Doubters
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