Is the pharma industry caught up in empty displays?
Experts on LinkedIn warn us about going after shiny objects. Beware the seductive stuff that takes you off track. Stick to the straight and narrow.
It’s not easy, though.
My wife used to tell everyone that she learnt early in life to never send ‘this man’ to buy butter. You know your actions are not appreciated when your wife refers to you as ‘this man.’
It was a Sunday morning, we were recently married and I was despatched to the market. I drove to the regular shop in IV Block Koramangala but stopped to look at the notice board near the entrance.
Information exchange
I didn’t know who started it but it was a nice information exchange. People put up little stickers on the board asking for a maid, selling a house or pet, announcing a garage sale, etc.It was always interesting to find out what was going on in the community.
Someone was selling a pair of Bose speakers with a Nakamichi cassette deck – high-end stuff at a damn good price. Names worthy of worship in my college days. Could they be entering my life now and replace my humble Philips two-in-one?
Instinct told me that I if didn’t act with alacrity, they wouldn’t enter my life. His house was one lane behind the shop. I was there in two minutes.
An audiophile like me
He was moving on to the next big thing and wanted to junk this. He gave me a demo. We listened to Cream and Grateful Dead. We discussed the merits of the Bose 302 vs the 902. It was magical.
He had maintained the equipment like Parsis maintained motorcycles – meticulously. He wound up the connecting wires with nothing short of reverence. It was always good buying stuff from fellow worshippers.
An hour and a half later, he helped me pack the speakers and the deck—plus a solid low, wooden table (with open shelves) that he threw in for good measure—into my Maruti 800.