An interesting Fortnight
November 9, 2004My life continues to move with all the twists and turns of a bad soap. A week ago I was contemplating taking it easy for a few days. It seemed very likely that we would only shoot at the end of the…
Power Trip with Shobhaa De
October 24, 2004The very first episode of the show went on air today – the curtain raiser. Cogito’s first show on Hindi Entertainment television. I directed. Shishir was Technical Director and Shirish the Financial Controller. The first episode with Adi Godrej was supposed to…
Kush or Berry
October 24, 2004A couple of weeks ago I read an article, think that it was by Swaminathan Anklasaria Aiyer, called Kush and Berry, and looked at what little difference there was between the two. Today, while reading the Guardian online, the headline “Kush and…
The Tiger W(h)impers …..
October 19, 2004…. in light of his parties recent losses in the Maharashtra State elections. In fact, he has been whimpering since the end of the Lok Sabha elections. The petulant cry is “hey. It is not me. It is them.” So according to…
Babies with 3 Biological Parents
October 17, 2004Today’s Guardian ran a very good piece on a moral quandry. Doctors in Britain have applied for permission to carry out experiments, that will produce babies with 3 biological parents. The first is the father/sperm. The second and third are mothers/eggs. The…
Mutiny or Act of Conscience?
October 17, 2004If a soldier refuses to obey orders, is it Mutiny or an act of conscience? One of the boards’ I am on is currently polarised on the topic. The topic, of course, is a report that states that an American Platoon in…
Still Second Class Citizens
October 15, 2004Saudi Arabia is finally having municipal level elections early next year, ushering in the first whiff of Democracy. In this too there is a caveat. Women cannot vote. The excuses offered are ridiculous. Lack of female staff and photo identity can both…
Reality Bites
October 13, 2004read about this bizzare gameshow in China – of all places – where contestants on an entertaiment show were asked to guess how many children died in Beslan. Pravda– yes it has survived the fall of the Soviet Union – reports: The…
The height of Irony
October 12, 2004Star’s new teaser campaign: given that Star has single handedly managed to turn many of us into non TV watchers – spearheading the dreadful Saas Bahu Sagas – i find their campaign highly ironical
Complete no-no’s in management
October 8, 2004a) too many chains of command b) no chain of command c) too much verbal communicaiton d) too much stress passed down the chain of command e) not enough stress passed down the chain of command My last month of consulting has…