Kapil’s Korner

Last evening I managed to put the regular office work on hold and got myself out to go and listen to a few successful entrepreneurs share their magic stories. Of course it wasn’t magic. There is an idea, lots of hard work and luck which goes into putting them where they are today. Some of [...]

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#1 The talented Indian movie comedian Johnny Walker was a teetotaler all his life. Then why did he get the name of a whiskey brand? Read here #2 Wish you could put more into that SMS? Read why text messages are limited to 160 characters? #3 Fucking (pronounced “fook-ing”) is an Austrian village located in [...]

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Image Courtesy:  venicephotog If there is something which makes my mom happy for sure is my twice a week trip to the temple. Of this the one made on the weekend involves a little wait thanks to the queue at times. While standing there it’s rather interesting to see the impatience people experience and at [...]

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I didn’t know that … Carrots came in various colours like red, yellow and even black. The orange coloured carrot was developed by the Dutch in respect of their national colour. Additional reading at Orange Journey. There is something called sea-burial. They take the body placed in a coffin and sail into the sea from [...]

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“Advertising is all about entertainment and if you can’t entertain the audience they are switching the channel and going somewhere else.” Shared by Pushpendra Misra of Flying Saucer Films in a very inspiring session at our office this afternoon. As an ad film director he shared some lessons on creativity and film crafting. I attempt [...]

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Image courtesy vagabondrhythm We may find many talented teachers out there to teach us everything that we probably want to learn in this life time. But only a good student and a positive spirit can help absorb all that the teacher has to offer in terms of the learnings and lessons of life. So, the [...]

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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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