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Keeping them on Read

Wiil AI worry about mail etiquette, and junk messages as in keeping texts on read without response? will it find an effective useable equivalent to ParamPujya or Sricharaneshu? Continue reading

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What Pandemic Dreams be made of?

I jumped out of bed in a tizzy today. And am still trying to get my head around the dream I had. Continue reading

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2020 and The Social Dilemma

If you look closely, you may find “social media maven” written on thousands of profiles on Linkedin, including mine. In my case, I spent the better part of the last decade evangelizing and working on helping companies, brands, governments, NGO’s, … Continue reading

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‘tween the devil and the deep blue sea

The devil mentioned in the President’s executive order on preventing online censorship clearly is the advertising and trending algorithm which is now being targeted by powers inimical to democratic systems– “They have also amplified China’s propaganda abroad, including by allowing … Continue reading

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Three Thoughts for 2020

Here are 3 things that stand out for me, and 3 thoughts on how we live, work and play in the near future starting 2020. Continue reading

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Samvat Great- Somewhat Good!

The year 1994! I had just joined the largest circulating pink paper. But, in the previous pink paper I worked for, I was on the markets beat. And my first, and last news byline story ( news pieces were called … Continue reading

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Road to a Digital Nation starts with building toilets

The three themes in Prime Minister Modi’s Independence Day address were Clean India, Skilled India and Digital India as a vision for Made in India. Here’s my personal take on how they link together. Continue reading

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From myCrowd to iCloud- 5 Things iLearn from The Steve Jobs journey

There is so much out in the media about Steve Jobs, his iConic presence in the world of computing, music, movies, mobiles ever since he announced his decision to step down from his position of CEO of Apple Inc, that … Continue reading

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Co- creating with the Community- Satish Magar, Draft Land Acquisition Bill and farmers of Bhatta – Parsaul

“Can you help us make townships with our land?” asks Ajay Pal Singh, a farmer who has lost 300 bighas of land to Builders facilitated by the Greater Noida Development Authority in Bhatta-Parsaul. Lost? Says Singh, the Government (yes! The … Continue reading

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F@$% FACEBOOK- BUILD your brands in NICHE Social Networks

I generally don’t use FOUR-letter words in my blogs, but this one is straight from one of the brand managers, I spoke with following FACEBOOK’s “taking down (of) the official India pages of fashion house French Connection UK and chocolate giant Cadbury’s … Continue reading

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