Author Archives: Rahul Mate

Godard – bout de souffle

“He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.” Breathless a 1960 film which rewrote the film grammar and the director who offered a new vision to the world of cinema bid adieu. A man started his career as a film critic and introduced a whole new grammar toContinue reading “Godard – bout de souffle”

2022 Local Marketing Tends

Local Marketing, Option for Digital Marketing Brevity is the soul of wit. I always recall these lines of William Shakespeare, it is being ages and we are following it. Technology has altered the process of promotion, publicity and marketing. Lately while roaming in Pune, I came across a standee outside a small shop of seasonalContinue reading “2022 Local Marketing Tends”

Social Intelligence and our Work Place

‘Two Friends’ by Guy de Maupassant an interesting French short story published on 5 February 1883. In The story two people, Monsieur Morissot, a watchmaker, and Monsieur Sauvage, a draper, meet on every Sunday for fishing at riverside and discuss various topics. Slowly they develop a bond. Sunday fishing becomes their ritual. This story takes placeContinue reading “Social Intelligence and our Work Place”

Emotional Intelligence

The other day I was discussing O. Henry’s ”After Twenty Years” story in my class. A piece of literature written in 1906. It is an interesting story of two friends who decide to meet at a same place after 20 years. What an idea used in story. This story categorically revolves around the characters BobContinue reading “Emotional Intelligence”

MC TOD FOD YOU ARE GONE TOO SOON

Gully Boy a film which offered identity to Indian underground rappers considered as a milestone in Bollywood. Zoya Akthar directed a film inspired by a small local group of rappers one of them was Dharmesh Parmar aka MC Tod Fod. Swadeshi a multilingual Hip-Hop group grew in Mumbai DDC Chawl, a Gujrathi and Hindi rapperContinue reading “MC TOD FOD YOU ARE GONE TOO SOON”

Make Your Photo A Memory

‘A picture speaks a thousand words’ somebody said long back. I believe it is true only if you have a thought behind it. We live with visual language. Every day we see so many objects but we remember very few as only they attract us. The same thing I would like to talk about isContinue reading “Make Your Photo A Memory”

A click

“For me, the camera is a sketchbook, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.”– Henri Cartier-Bresson I remember when I first clicked the photo, it was a feeling of accomplishment. Soon came to the world of digital transformation and the art of photography became a digit. A thought changed from what you click to how many youContinue reading “A click”

Happy New Year 2021

The orange sky and blowing wind suggest the year-end. The dancing frills of Aakash Diya, a lantern still holding its decaying charm. The chill of winter and radio songs. The songs of the 90s ever remind us of the changing times. Today, when we are at the last leaf of 2021, sailing through pandemic weContinue reading “Happy New Year 2021”