by thebengali
The government is going to streamline taxation and stuff. I think it’s great. GST is an Indirect Tax, which is very different from a Direct Tax. Analysts and financial people understand the difference. I haven’t been raised to care about the difference. All I have been raised to care about is that if there… via So, I Was Thinking About This GST Thing.. — Pune365
by thebengali
Just the other day, I was sitting quietly minding my own business, when this inane conversation posed into my space. “It’s difficult right now. Very difficult.” Said one voice. “But you could try. There are so many avenues now and I have like 10 years,” Said another voice. “Yes, yes but that’s all 10 years… via Time For Some Self-Skilling — Pune365
Categories: Learning, Science & Technology, Self, Work • Tags: HR, India, Jobs, Pune365, ReSkilling, Self-Skilling, thebengali, Upskilling
by thebengali
There’s a matter of grave concern that is vexing a few of my neighbours. A matter of grave concern. And I know it’s been brewing for a few months now, maybe longer. There are these young boys who rent one of the apartments in the society. … yes, that’s the grave concern. Bachelor boys renting… via Life On Rent – No Single People Please! — Pune365
Categories: Learning, Media, Society • Tags: Bachelors, India, Pune, Pune365, Rented Apartments, Sanjay Mukherjee, Single Persons, thebengali
by thebengali
In 1993, I woke up one fine afternoon and found myself wearing a Navy Blue suit, standing in a 200-seater restaurant in Mumbai … apparently I had taken a job as the Restaurant Manager and so there I was supervising 17 people segregated as follows: one accountant cum cashier, seven waiters, two captains, one… via Waiter! Waiter! Where’s my service for that charge, hmm?! — Pune365
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by thebengali
Jaisurya Das (@jaisurya_das) is a media professional, who is considered a marketing guru, especially strategies centred around the concepts of #Neuromarketing (strategies based on market research that study audience behaviour including cognitive and affective response to stimuli). His illustrious media career spanned very successful stints with Bennett Coleman & Company’s #TimesofIndia brand and #TheSakalGroup. In 2003, he founded #XanaduConsulting Group Pvt Ltd (one of the premier media consulting firms in India). In 2016, he co-founded his first media company: #Pune365.
Categories: People, Society • Tags: Consulting, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, featured, Jaisurya Das, leadership, Media, Neuromarketing, Pune365, Sanjay Mukherjee, thebengali, Xanadu Consulting