Indian-born Vikram Pandit has become the chief executive officer of the world’s largest bank, Citigroup, trouncing former Pakistan prime minister Shaukat Aziz. Smitha Nair of the Indian Express went to meet the new CEO’s father, Shankar Pandit, who lives in New Bombay. His advice? “Do not write too much. Just tell them that he is…
Daily Archives: 13 December 2007
‘Problem’s in the newsroom, not the newspaper’
“Mr Magazine” Professor Samir Husni of the University of Mississippi: “A paper (notice that I did not use newspaper) must be that, a paper that offers unique journalism that will have that profound impact on the lives of its readers whether political, culture, financial, or even entertainment and lifestyle. Profound is the key for a…
The greatest advertising guru of all time?
Lawyer to some; leader to others. Beacon to some; bugbear to others. He was many things to many people. Apostle of peace and non-violence, and father of the nation, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was also a triumph of branding. As Sarojini Naidu famously said, it took a lot of money to keep Gandhi poor. On media…
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