Kapil’s Korner

Simple happenings in the interesting thing called LIFE.

Entries from October 2008

Happy Diwali

October 28th, 2008 · No Comments

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Tags: General

Book-Shelf Update #5

October 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Butter Chicken in Ludhiana by Pankaj MishraGives a good peek into the interiors of India. And I am very keen to explore India and it’s people beyond just it’s metro & satellite towns. This should be a good read.
Stay Hungry Stay Foolish by Rashmi Bansal (View Blog)Success stories have always inspired me and I think [...]

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Tags: Books

Lessons from Digital Media Panel Discussion

October 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

After a really long time I signed myself into attending a seminar which was not related to my job. I attended the panel discussion on Digital Media at IIT Powai, organised by WATBlog. I must commend them for the efforts put in organising a bus from Andheri to the venue in the wake of the [...]

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Tags: Technology

Great Steal, Big Brands POOR STORES

October 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Last evening I went shopping with family to the famous discount store format “The Loot” (Marine Lines). Although we ended up buying a lot of clothes I don’t think the experience was as good as their prices.
The place is claustrophobic and clothes are just falling all over you. I guess it was just [...]

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Tags: General

Dandiya queen gives me marketing lessons

October 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Every time around this year the Dandiya Queen - Falguni Pathak appears out of no where and makes Mumbai dance to her tunes. A few nights back while watching her perform LIVE on TV, she triggered off some marketing lessons in my mind. A simple map which charts out how she maintains her popularity [...]

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Tags: Marketing

Photo Drive: Ganesh Visarjan at Chowpatty

October 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

After missing out on the opportunity last year, I was determined to photograph this year’s Ganesh Visarjan. I went closer home at Badhwar Park but was disappointed by the low activity and so moved on to visit the biggest visarjan centre in Mumbai - Girgaum Chowpatty.

A few lessons from the photo activity I learnt [...]

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Tags: Photography

Tweetdeck - I like it but…

October 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

I’ll admit that I am a twitter addict and can’t wait to tweet little things happening around me. Tweetdeck is a neat application, a console to manage your twitter activities. Although it’s been a good experience using tweetdeck - I like the Global Search and Groupings which make tracking important subjects/keywords very easy. But I [...]

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Tags: Internet/Blog