To benefit from a good mentor you need to be a good mentee. I have been on both sides simultaneously and want to share what I think you should do to take the best from your mentor. In India we already know how to be a good shishya to a good guru.
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MP Ranjan was an advisor to POOL; he wrote the foreword to POOL ANNUAL 2, and was on the Jury for India’s Best Design Studio. Whenever I put an idea forward on the group, Ranjan was the first to respond. His response would invariably be, “Try to karo…”
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I am sorry if you find this topic irrelevant, but since its on my mind..i am deciding to share it. I am calling for a specific action (please join in) if state of our teachers bothers you. The thought is triggered by various discussions on facebook and whatsapp around sponsoring students, setting up a chair..or a fund..or doing a book…in memory of MPR.
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How a branded café in Srinagar became a success in less than a year More than a year back this young man from the Kashmir Valley launched his cafe ‘The Other Side Cafe’ on the second floor of a shopping…
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We all want to be successful, but how do we know when we are successful? Designers estimate success in many different ways.
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We are always thinking of ideas for everything. I recently read that we do not take action on almost 70% of the ideas that we detail out.
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There are two kinds of designers: happy designers and unhappy designers. Happy designers make the world a better place; they inspire others and get our industry the good name that it has.
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This month, we have Sudhir Sharma, one of India’s leading Designer, the CEO & founder of Indi Design, a internationally reputed Brand consulting firm and the Editor-in-chief of POOL Magazine as our guest. Sudhir has participated as a juror in…
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Now that Indi has turned 5 years old, and POOL has moved on to the other side of 50 issues, here is some gyan that I feel confident to share with you: 1. Confidence It is not age, experience or…
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I would classify myself as a pretty heavy user of Facebook. I have my own account that has reached the limit of friends i can have..then i have followers…whom i could not befriend..i run a few pages..company page, POOL Page, and a few Groups..(Designindia)..i also help a few friends from around the world to administer their pages and groups….
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