Articles by Atul Takle

I first interacted with journalists back in the days when I was a part of one of India’s largest publishing groups. Though I was in…

There would be some of you who may remember the textile strike engineered by the late Dr Datta Samant, which forced the closure of all…

(Let me start with a disclaimer. The LSD in the title of this piece is not what you are assumingJ.) The finest example of an…

This is a contentious subject. But one which is worthy of a debate. Media/ journalists prefer one on ones to a large press conference, because…

I had returned to Bangalore after completing the last rites of my father and was trying to figure out what to do next. Do I…

People use the word ‘grateful’, instead of ‘thankful’ ever so often. I have done that as well on multiple occasions. Over the years, I have…

It is strange how, when and where all of us have an idea. A ‘Eureka’ moment. This anecdote is not about Archimedes, but about a…

One often sees that a change in leadership in an organisation or a function causes many changes. Among the first changes are in the team…

I was in Delhi, staying at our company’s swank guest house on Prithviraj Rd. The IPO road shows were on, and we had just concluded…

In August 2004, our firm went in for their long-awaited IPO. In India, we had two consultancies working for us. One handling the corporate aspects…