Cannes 2006 - Grand Prix Ad - Guinness

Hey Guys

Went to the Advertising Club Calcutta's event where they screened Ads from the Cannes lions 2006, ad awards, here is a wonderful creative ad which won the grand prix at cannes :




niks

iinovate blog !! - damn nice

Hey People

Just came across this blog called

http://iinnovate.blogspot.com

you all should check it out.. its a very nice blog made by standford univ students and has live interviews of whos who of the world business like eric schmidt, andy grove and so on.

Enjoy reading

niks

back Home :)

I have always have this habbit of surprising my near and dear ones.. so here i am.. back in Kolkata.. home sweet home (trust me... wherever you go.. however big you are... there is nothing.. absolutely NOTHING like home !!)... all my friends thought i am coming tommorow.. but gave them a good surprise :)

So.. one chapter closed.. another begins.. now its time for some reality check.. hard work.. putting the future into place.. research for internships.. !!.. work on bplans.. make it big..hmmm..lots to do !!.. but i need to remember the movie CLICK.. its an awesome take on people like me who are so workoholic !

Cheers till the next post
Niks

tHe mUmBaI XP - Chilling out !!

Heylooooooooooooooooooo frm Aamchi Mumbai ( may actually become AAMchi - meaning Ours ~!!)

As you must have gussed it.. its been a very chillin few days out here in the city that never sleeps !!..... everytime i come to this city.. it seems the time spent is less.. as there is so much to see, do, learn, implement, etc etc... that one can never get full out this mumbai nagaria !!..

Anyways...I hav been roaming around da whole city since the last two days.... went to Lamington Road, to exchange some dud DVDs which i bought which refuse to run on my comp.. but it did run on the DVD player of the shopkeeper... well.. he only xchanged 1 of them which wasnt runnin and refused to do anythin with the remainin ones.. one peculiarity of a lot of mumbaites are that they dont hav time.. and smetimes they are really Rude and Too Practical.. !!.. anyways... the day was filled with Train Rides !!>. frm Churchgate to Grant Road,,, frm Grant Road to Bandra ( nearly fell of the train !!), Bandra to Boriwali ... bt thts the way you SHOULD travel in mumbai to experience the real mumbai.. rather than hondas and corrolas !!

Met up with Siddhant !!(sids) after a long time.. he is my pal frm cal who is now working with Morgan Stanley in the IB dept.. gr8 guy to hangaround with.. so we went to crossword and spent almost 2 hrs talkin abt random stuff !!, girls, relationships, career, google, books, movies,girls again, girls !!... after which i went to bandra to meet Smriti Modi... a very sweet little fren who is originally frm mumbai bt ws in cal fr her grads and ws also in AIESEC... again.. we caught up.. discussed a lot of stuff abt career.. mumbai... boys and girls !... her frens.. etc... had food at Bombay Blues.. and again 2 hrs gone !>.. shopped at linkin road... and rushed of to boriwali ~~... in a virar fast local.. where ppl refuse to let ppl get down at boriwali..but the stubborn guy i am.. i made my way out !!..

Toda was again a family outing with Uncle, Aunt, Cousin and mom... went to a no of malls.. its nt even funny the no of malls this city has.. and the no of malls cmin up !!... trust me... if i am given a choice i will become an infrastructure builder and open a real estate co and replicate sme of the big malls in cal.. and earn a lot of money. imagine.. rahul saraf buit forum.. a chutku mall.. compared to the ones in mumbai.. and bcame world famous in call and earned tons of money !!... woooho.....














went to Hiranandani.. awesome place. its like going abroad.. tall skyscrapers.. amazin scenery.... go cartin.. rock climbib. very nice place !!>. i did rock climbin.. and Almost reached the top of the rock.. cudnt complete it :(...








Anyways... was good fun going around the city and learned a lot jus frm observin.. wil pen down my thoughts when i write the last post fr mumbai xp.. til then... keep watchin the world thru MY eyes !!



cheers

Niks

tHe mUmBai XP - shopping and more!!

Helloooooooo from Hot and Humid Mumbai !!

Well another day just flew by.... and.. you can just feel the pace here.. its so fast.. you never know when a day passes by..!.. anyways.. here is a short xp sharing fr the say..

Went to this cousin Mamas place in Napean Sea Road.. who is my mom's first cousin.. they were very very nice.. was wondering y didnt i meet them b4... but mami (aunt) and mama (uncle) were very friendly and not like usual cousins !!.. anyways.. after lunch we went around the city.. (me, mami and mom).. i bought 4 DVDs for 50 Each, and in total of 22 movies !!( avg of 5 movies per dvd) .. now thats what you call a wholesale deal !!...

After which we went to this nice place called Phoenix Mills High Street... its a simple high street concept of branded stores, pantaloons, lifestyle, MCD, Dominos, Big bazaar etc etc.. bought a trouser and picked up food at MCD.. well.. my general impression is that the retail outlook is almot same now in all metros.. this place was quite similar to City Center.. ofcourse the Pantaloons was much bigger here.. but almost the same collection and prize...


anyways.. i picked up this book called : It happened in India - an autobiography by Kishor Biyani.. the founder of Pantaloons... at 99 bucks its a good read.. (just started).. its about how a small time entrepreneur made it big !!.. will be interesting...

Anyways... came back.. and read the Dhirubhai Ambani - the man i knew - book written by Kokila Ambani.. man.. this guy dreamt big and had the guts as all of us know.. but there are only a few things i like about Dhirubhai.. not everything.. and this book was a drag.. the same things repeated again and again and again.. !!.. it was like a flashback only.. nothing else....

I return to kolkata next wednesday and the weekend will be fun.. will chill with Sid, Priya and deepu.. if they are free and then with my cousins in boriwali. .. it will b nice fun b4 goin back to good ol borin kolkata !!

And... here is a glimpse of the invite sent to special people fr Mukesh Ambanis 50th birthday... :)


cheers till then

Niks

Quiz on me !!.. Nikuiz - the battle

Hey Guys

Just found out this real interestesting stuff where you can Quiz your friends about yourself to test how much do they know you and to make them know you better..

Try it out for me.. best of luck

Take My Quiz on QuizYourFriends.com Can you Ace my quiz? Yes! No Let's Find Out!

tHe mUmBai XP - News :)

Breaking News : I went to the doctor finally today and he said ' no laser therapy needed as of now... it dos not hurt you yet.. why do you wanna hurt it right now ~!!... let da docs say what they want to.. take my advice.. dont go for any operation.."

The Bottom Line : I am not having an operation (laser therapy) of the eye done at the moment.. so its relief.. !!(or maybe not..) for sometime now..

Well... its a tricky situation... the situation inside my eye... is not that good.. its called retinal degeneration or lattice degeneration.. where the retina gets affected badly due to less blood supply and there are holes.... and .. there is no such cure for it.. the laser therapy also jus seals the portion but... it cant prevent more occurances.. and all of this can lead to retinal detachment.. so if i get it done or not.. it dsent matter.. the damange has been done.. but better safe than sorry.. so no touchin the eye rite now...

so... thats all what happened toda... went to Reliance Center in ballard estate to pick up the RIL doc. and then to wadala to meet Mr Natarajan.. who i met after 4 - 5hrs.. or eye drops and ipod... and he said that dnt hav an operation !!.. so now i am free as a bird in mumbai.. so my meetin up with people starts tommorow.. and hopefully i will hav stories to tell and pics to show..

till then

" its the eye of the tiger.. its the cream of the fight !! "

cheers

Niks