I loved all six years I worked at @Ogilvy Mumbai. But this thread is about moving to a small Independent agency in Kochi called @maitriworks. It's 2016, I'm newly married and my wife wants to work in Malayalam films. I offered to move to Kochi, her hometown, so -
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-she could pursue her acting career. I assumed it would be for one year, and then we'd move back to Bombay and she could travel for shoots when they came up. I applied to and was offered a position at Maitri as an Associate Creative Director. I'd never heard of Maitri but -
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May 2, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
I moved to Kerala from Bombay in April 2017. I had no idea about the politics of the state. Kochi felt like a quaint small town.
And then things started to change.
What I didn’t know when I moved here is that the LDF and Pinarayi Vijayan had just come into power in 2016.
My job requires me to travel up and down the state for meetings quite constantly - from Kannur in the north to Trivandrum in the south. And I literally saw the state change in front of my eyes.
Roads started widening. Potholes disappeared. Flyovers came up.
Sep 18, 2020 • 21 tweets • 4 min read
Because I'm missing Bombay today, I'm making a thread of the best things to order at my favourite Bombay restaurants.
Kayani - Bun muska and oddly enough, the burger.
Sunlight - Achari kebab
Military Cafe, Fort - Biriyani + caramel custard
Zaffran - Oh how I miss Zaffran and staggering in there after drinking too much - but only the one at CST.
