Yudh ka ek hi niyam... Vijay!

It has been a very long time since I wrote a post on sales. But then, it has been an even longer time since I did sales. I sit in an air-co...

Ten Commandments

As a misguided tribute to Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year , I thought of writing down the 10 Commandments of Sales - as dictated to me by...

Why Am I A Salesman? - A Tag

This is in response to Mad Momma's tag , on why we became what we have become. Truth be told, I never thought of becoming a salesman. ...

Hum Toh Aise Hain: From the Ghats of Benares

Raand, saand, seendi, sanyasi In se bache to sevey Kashi... Every city has something famous. For Benares, I would avoid the traditional thi...

Been There, Done That: A Sales Adventure

In the recent past, we have seen Indian versions of chick-lit and lad-lit coming of age, as a large number of IIT graduates, IIM graduates a...

Cow Belt Curiosities

One of the (debatable) perks of my current job is the travel required in the most interesting area of the country – The Cow Belt. It has cha...

Cow-Belt Capers

Its been a long time since I did a post on my incessant traveling in the most populous state of the region. I am now not only on first-name ...

UP Newswatch

Three interesting news items: June se kaun padayega ENT mein? In Meerut Medical College, the ENT department has only one professor. And he i...

Ab Hindi mein...

So, which are the best of Hindi-dubbed Hollywood titles? Before we go any further, let me inform all Townies and South Delhi-ites that Juras...

Meerut Musings

Culture shock for a city slicker… small towns are small, but not too far behind! For all those of you who thought that tank tops and Nokia N...

A Bengali in Bahraich

Okay, first things first... let me confess that I have not yet gone to Bahraich and I just put that in the subject line for the sake of alli...

Ab Tak 56...

This month, I ended up counting that this is the 56th time I have closed a month (not counting the two/three times times I was getting marri...

Salesman Number 1

This is a very old piece - written in 2000 A.D in a place called Cuddapah. It is put on the blog in keeping with (what the author very pompo...

If Its Tuesday, It must be Belgaum...

In the newspaper-periodical industry of India, there come several annual rituals. The most famous among them is the year-end ‘special issue’...

Patna Diary (c. 2001)

PATNA PENTIUMS The visions of Laloo and Rabri effectively scotch the notions of a ‘connected’ Bihar. Though there is little to choose betwee...