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Slow Dissolve to Eternity

March 11, 2024 20:17

It is unusually quiet at the Bhadbhada crematorium in Bhopal this afternoon in March, an oppressive summer lurking, the congenial winter long gone. Not a soul in sight. I saunter past the empty rows of cast iron cremation stands. Only at the farther end — where the lone electric incinerator stands — a couple of staffers, seated on […]

Strategy is All About Gaining Control of Your Destiny

February 28, 2024 15:26

Exiled to the island of St Elba, Napoleon had time to define and reflect on the strategies that had won him the many battles he had fought before his defeat at Waterloo. The crux of Napoleon’s strategy, translated from French, was “we engage and then we see.” Napoleon would engage his enemies in battle and […]

Why Meetings Are Vital To Strategy Execution

February 20, 2024 12:49

Long before personal computers and formal management information systems, Sam Walton instituted a strategy execution system that would endure for forty years at WalMart. Walton then owned 17 stores and the managers in charge of each store, along with the company’s eight buyers, would meet every week with an eight-point agenda. The first point in […]

Why Amul is Considered Gujarat’s Most Iconic Brand

February 9, 2024 16:53

Many iconic brands have emerged from Gujarat, but the one most closely identified with the state is surely Amul. Amul symbolises Gujarat in the popular mind, just as McDonald’s symbolises America. Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which owns the brand, has reinforced this perception in its widely aired “Taste of India” campaign, which features […]

Enabling Children To Become Good Citizens

January 26, 2024 12:07

Meghna spoke up courageously in front of the local authorities telling them that the roof of her village school leaked whenever it rained. Responding promptly, the Panchayat Development Officer approved repair work for the school roof.     When Nitesh saw that several public taps in his village were out of order, he decided to call the […]

Beat the Heat: How Symphony Became a Global Brand

January 23, 2024 19:18

Launched in 1988, Symphony has survived and thrived over 35 years to become an iconic Gujarat-based global brand. Legend has it that the brand was born of a dinner table conversation between Symphony’s founder-chairman Achal Bakeri and his father, construction magnate Anil Bakeri. The Bakeris had just installed an air cooler in their new house, […]

How Yera Pioneered Glassware in India

January 16, 2024 13:55

When the Baroda-based Alembic Glass launched Yera in 1965, glass tableware was still a novelty. Brass was then the material of choice for tumblers and plates in Indian households and it was only gradually being replaced by stainless steel. Glassware was limited to a Westernised elite and was mostly imported. Alembic Glass was originally set […]

Krack Moov: The Magic of the Paras Brands

January 8, 2024 16:23

In the late 70s, there were intriguing stories built around the closely guarded “secret formula” for Coca Cola. Legend has it that the Janata government of the day demanded the American company reveal its recipe if it wanted to operate in India. Coke refused and was consequently expelled from the country in 1977. Those days, […]

Gujarat’s Iconic Brands: Why Everybody Loved Rasna

January 1, 2024 12:46

In the first part of a six-part VO! series on the history of Gujarat’s top brands, we feature Rasna: Launched in 1978, Rasna is among the most iconic brands to come out of Gujarat. Through the 80 and 90s, the brand grew to become one of the most popular Indian consumer products ever. Backed by […]

New Year Resolutions: Hope Or Hype?

December 30, 2023 15:52

There is something about the New Year. It brings a sense of hope, a feeling of resurgence and a quest for new beginnings. That’s probably why people make New Year resolutions. They seek to change old habits, don new hats and take on the coming year with positivity and optimism.  But do New Year resolutions […]

Throwback Thursday: Remembering Vidyagauri Nilkanth, Gujarat’s first woman graduate

December 7, 2023 13:51

In the year 1908, when Vidyagauri Nilkanth sang Vande Mataram at the annual session of the Indian National Congress in Ahmedabad, she demolished a taboo. At the time, no ordinary woman dared sing on stage in front of a crowd. But then, Vidyaben was no ordinary woman — she was the first woman to graduate […]

Japan’s Kenya Hara Discusses Shapes For Pasta And Other Design Issues At CEPT

November 24, 2023 13:45

In 1994, Japanese designer Kenya Hara asked a group of architects to come up with alternate designs for pasta, keeping in mind a few basic rules: the pasta needed to have an even surface area to allow for uniform heat transfer and a shape that allowed the sauce to stick. The architects came up with […]

Making learning fun for underprivileged kids 

November 11, 2023 19:39

Revathi belongs to a nomadic tribal community of Tamil Nadu. Her father passed away before her birth and she lost her mother when she was 10. At present, she lives in a children’s home in Nagapattinam and goes to a nearby government school. She loves the online classes conducted by the Centre for Learning and […]

How Kindness Can Improve Mental Health

November 10, 2023 14:00

Today, November 13, 2023, is World Kindness Day. Hmm. Isn’t that a topic for sermons? Or, something moralists love to go on about. Well, perhaps it is. But kindness is also closely linked to mental health. In fact, giving or receiving kindness can help reduce stress levels and ward off depression.   Kindness means saying or […]

Mouse and Spouse

November 9, 2023 20:30

This lonely little mouse ,Seemed to have a serious grouse,Was scurrying around the house,Hunting for its loving spouse. Pittar patter, pittar patter,Swiftly it climbed up the ladder,Sniffed at every nook and corner,Still the search became harder and harder. With a heavy heart and moist eyes,It stood still for a while,Just trying to reconcile,To being alone […]

Freedom

November 10, 2023 20:35

This is a short tale,Of two birds nearly the same age,One living in the woods and flying high in the sky,The other dwelling in a golden cage. Unable to meet they felt anguished,What happened next was as the Lord wished,The free bird dived down straight,To where it’s soul mate waited in the cage. Freedom is […]

Chonas Make a Comeback into Ice Cream

October 27, 2023 18:25

Six years after selling their Havmor brand to Lotte of South Korea for Rs 1,020 crore, the Chona family has returned to the ice cream business, investing over Rs 100 crore in a new manufacturing plant in Bavla. The plant has the capacity to churn out 50,000 litres of ice cream daily, which will be […]

French Artist Creates Mural for Natrani

October 10, 2023 17:58

The Darpana Academy was the scene of some hectic activity over the weekend as French artist Superbab created a new backdrop for the Natrani Amphitheatre. Done in myriad colours, featuring the moon, stars and sitars, the colourful mural is meant to be tribute to the performing arts. “It is a very vibrant piece of work,” […]

How To Use Emotional Intelligence To Get What You Want

September 23, 2023 13:43

Why do people instinctively wince when they get a call from their boss, even if he is a nice guy who has never done them any harm? The explanation lies in how our brains are wired, says Jerome-Pierre Bonnifay, founder CEO of consulting firm SBIC Services, and it has nothing to do with whether your […]

Amrut Patel Exhibition Opens At Hutheesing Centre

September 22, 2023 15:40

Veteran artist Amrut Patel’s “Abstract Alchemy” exhibition opened to a full house at the Hutheesing Centre on Thursday, with most of Ahmedabad’s art world in attendance. The Ahmedabad-born painter, who graduated from CN Art School, has lived and worked in Delhi for the past 45 years, was felicitated at the inauguration by fellow artists Amit […]