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Both flowers wilted before they could bloom! One 27, another 28 - too soon ... One a close friend, One an international celebrity! One suffering from pain, Another's pain self-inflicted! The spreading affliction out of control for one, The over-powering addiction out of control for the other! Gutsy, Vibrant, Spirited, Friendly she was! And Gifted, Talented, Inspiring was she ... Words I dedicate for both of them! We can only remember and feel for them. Through their words, memories or music; The void they have created in this world, Irreplaceable all the same! May their souls rest in eternal peace.

Had a great week having joined IBM India Pvt Ltd (Global Marketing Center) as a Competitive Marketing Manager, a role that will involve product marketing and competitive marketing. A great company to be a part of - feels good. Also it was quite a pleasant surprise to get questions, comments and queries from students on the case handed out to the 'Consumer Behavior' electives class at IIMB. The Application exercise has the Ivey ' Dhonuk case ' assigned to a few folks!! Looking forward to some good analysis 2009 and 2010 IIMB PGSEM students!! Analyze well ... :) And totally loved the energy and talent and the atmosphere at Pehel 2011 (new PGSEM batch cultural program). Some very spontaneous/talented performers - actors and musicians in the new batch!!

'AGNT22643001-AGNT22643200 - FLYBACK. 19:56 HRS. MOSQ06052025-ASSAULT-OP-OVERANDOUT. STAT: TRGT ELIM' flashed on the screen. It was June 2025. An unusually humid evening among the shrubs in an arid, parched land. The Al Quaeda mastermind Bin Saleh sat holed in, in his well hidden balcony. The walls in front of him were 12 feet tall, he was hidden from anybody's view from the outside. He heard a few buzzing mosquitoes. One or two landed on his neck. Before he could squash them he collapsed on the floor and lay there motionless! That evening news spread on all major news channels that Saleh had been terminated. The year was 2025, 2001 seemed like the distant past. The scale of the attack in 2021 had been much larger. It was called Flame Down - actually The Statue of Liberty had been hit. The new mastermind was being hunted for, like the olden days. In 2011 when Osama had been at Abottabad there had been a radar evading Apache helicopter based operation. With a few dozen Na...