After reading all three volumes of Mahatma Gandhi’s Moral and Political Writings edited by Raghavan Iyer, which belong to my aged father and about which I wrote a blog post not too long ago, I thought it’s time to read about his thoughts on Hinduism and women. The two slim books, What Is Hinduism? and… Continue reading Gandhiji, Hinduism and Women
We are in the midst of that time of the year, when the world decides to take a break from work. From our usual business and home routines. Summer vacations are a part and parcel of our lives from when we were little and had breaks from school. To spend time with family. To travel… Continue reading Discovering Our Solstice Selves in Summer
2024 happens to be an epic year of elections around the world. It is said that more than half the world will be electing their governments this year. If there is one thing they have brought into sharp focus once again, it is how divided we are as a people. This is not a new… Continue reading Extreme Divisions Fracturing Our World
The idea for this article was triggered by posts I have been seeing on LinkedIn about creative strategy. In these posts, they invite “expert answers” from industry professionals on various aspects of creative strategy. It is amazing that many people in the advertising, brand communications and marketing industries seem to think that it is a… Continue reading What is Creative Strategy?
Since we are in Euro UEFA season, the metaphor is hard to resist. Especially as France reportedly made it to the round of 8 without scoring a single proper goal in this entire championship, but was helped by own goals and penalties. Since the country is also in the midst of snap elections called by… Continue reading Is Macron’s Gamble an Own Goal for the Far-Right?
While many countries such as India and others in the West as well as Iran have been busy with elections, about some of which I have been writing recently on my blog, one little event in Asia went rather unnoticed. Actually, make that two. The World Economic Forum which hosts its annual regional summit in… Continue reading SCO’s Relevance for India and the World
It’s that time of the year again, when the world’s advertising industry flocks to Cannes to bask in the sunshine that the French Riviera offers as well as in the limelight of international awards for creativity. And as I had written last year, this year too Cannes seems to revolve around AI and more AI,… Continue reading Time for Advertising’s Seasoned Professionals to Save the Industry
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It is in the spirit of this age and our times that we resort to making comparisons all the time. About anything and everything. In the 60 and more long years of my life, I have never encountered so much of this, as in the past couple of decades. It’s something about the 21st century… Continue reading Us, Them, The World, Comparatively Speaking
With large parts of the world going to elections this year, it’s worth looking at some of the political shifts that could signal changes in economic policy as well. India has just concluded a mammoth 7-phase election and I have written about its implications for the Indian economy in my previous blog post. Parliamentary elections… Continue reading What EU and UK Elections Could Mean for Their Economies
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