Updates from the Roof Top Film Festival

Much has happened since the last time I spoke about the Roof Top Film Festival. For starters, we have a well maintained wiki and a roof. We also have about 45 participants on our list of participants and 25 more on a waiting list.
So, the participants who have volunteered to be Planners meet on 24th [...]

A Roof Top Festival for Bangalore?

t’s been about a day since I got an email about a Rooftop Film Festival for Bangalore. So, what’s a Rooftop Film Festival. As the sender of the email (someone called Hrish) said, “”Roof Top Film Festivals” are typically where people get together on somebody’s rooftop with a projector and a screen and watch movies [...]

The return of the Pirates and Ocean’s 13

They are here again. It’s time for the return of the Pirates and Ocean’s 11 (only now 13). And while I’ve cribbed about sequels in the past, I have to admit that these were films where I was not disappointed.
Needless to say, these are two different kind of films. Pirates of the Caribbean is an [...]

Proving a point

Sometimes, when in an argument, the attempt is more to prove a point. At these times, the emphasis is so much on proving a point that one ignores the impact that one’s words are having on the other person. Worse still, in the attempt to get the other person to accept a particular point of [...]

Plans…and more plans

In my previous blog, I spoke about the magic of thinking big, and on my list of ‘to do’s’ was a 10 year plan. So, here I go… Some of the things that you see may surprise you
10 years from now…
Career…

I’d like to have established excellence as a Corporate Communication specialist.
I would like [...]

The Magic of Thinking Big

I’m into reading management books right now. Not because any of them are the gospel truth on how you should manage yourself or others. But, I do believe that when you are leading people, it’s important to always expose yourself to different ideas on leadership.
Here are some of the ideas that interested me from The [...]

The month of Cheeni Kum and Metro

The month of May is special in the context of Hindi cinema, which had three special films released/playing at this time. They were Bheja Fry, Metro and Cheeni Kum. I did not get to see Bheja Fry. But, I did get too see Life in a Metro and Cheeni Kum.
Bheja Fry is a small budget [...]

Mum is 60!

My mum turned 60 a couple of days ago, and I had a get together for her close friends of over the last three decades at The Only Place. The organisation of it all could have been a lot better. But, I’m happy that life gave me the opportunity to do something like this for [...]