14 Mar 2018

2018, communications, CrossCulture
Cross cultural communication is one of the biggest disasters that technology has enabled. Seriously.Picture this scenario (quite a common one at that) Bob is running a very important project out of Texas, USA. His counterpart in India, Raj is now on a call with him.Here's a conversation that takes place between two people who speak English but whose communication styles are diffe...
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13 Mar 2018

2018, CrossCulture
I walk into a room that is seems to be partitioned.  Not in the real sense of the word, but you-can-cut-the-air-with-a-knife kind of feeling. There are two factions here, although neither will ever mention that. That would be ‘politically incorrect’, wouldn't it.It’s always Us vs Them. It’s the In-group vs Out-group. It’s your country vs mine (and guess which one is better!)And...
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02 Mar 2018

2018, CrossCulture
You there!Yes you!With colour in one hand and the water balloon in the other. You're right here in India aren't you?Well, you might as well be in Germany (See Link Below). Or Ireland. Or Australia.Because that's where increasingly Holi is being celebrated. In its true spirit. In all the glory of its colour. (And in probably a safer way.)But I'm jumping the (water) g...
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27 Feb 2018

2018 4 Comments
The blue moon is back tonight. Don't miss out on it. Thought I'd share my earlier post again today and suggest you share it too!I don't have stunning pictures of the phenomenal lunar eclipse that occurred in January (the one above is from the Google Gods). But I did see every square byte of internet space crammed with breathtakingly beautiful pictures of the celestial phenomenon. Now...
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29 Sep 2017

2017
And now to the final day and the final colour. A colour that's rich not only in its significance but also in history and legend.Here's a bit of background on the colour purple. Purple in the olden days was a difficult dye to come by, making it the colour only the very wealthy could afford. Here's an extract from an article from The Guardian (Link below) Tyrian purple was made from t...
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28 Sep 2017

2017
So much of Pink is considered a colour for girls. But here's what Pink actually stands for.Here's what I wrote in an earlier post on this colour Remember the day you wore a pink dress and felt wonderful?Felt supremely confident yet compassionate? And felt like you could…well.. rule the world? Wasn’t it the loveliest of pinks?Weren’t you quite the royalty?Get ...
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27 Sep 2017

2017
For everything that blue represents, it's the most used colour for logos globally. BLUE is Calm and Logical. Stands for : Serenity - Stability - Peacefulness. Blue is associated with the sky and the ocean, which both evoke feelings of tranquility and security. It has also been proven that people are the most productive when they work in blue rooms. Blue is also known to curb appetites,...
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26 Sep 2017

2017
It was an eye-opening afternoon at The Press Club, Mumbai yesterday where great forces came together to talk about philanthropy, giving and taking.Social Access Communications and Points for People, an initiative of Tata Trusts came together to present a Master Class with author Amish Tripathi. The discussion was moderated by Lynn de Souza, Founder, Social Access with Amish Tripathi,...
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26 Sep 2017

2017
STOP!It's time for Red now!It's time to draw all your attention to the high energy, high activity, high energy colour.Think of all the brands that use red and you'll sit up and take notice."Gimme Red" proclaimed a popular brand of battery cells - bringing in the energy, the light and the passion of the colour into the brand.Closer home two popular telecom brands are ...
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25 Sep 2017

2017
White is no colour. It's the absence of colour. Or if you spin a colour wheel all colours unite to form a lovely white light. White is all colours and yet none! Pristine. Pure. And very importantly, 'uncomplicated'. And no brand has done it better than Apple. Remember the first iPhone? And how everyone clambered for white, having had enough of their 'black'berries and their Samsungs?...
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