When we(my colleague Andee and myself) reached Mysore today, this Emirates Airways tag-line kept whirring in my head - "When was the last time, you did a thing for the first time"!
We were on a strange mission. We had come to Mysore to meet a young man who wants to build India's first home-made air-craft all by himself!
About a month or so back, he had sent an e-mail to Andee outlining his dream to him! Andee shared the mail with me and together we believed in the sincerity of his goal.
Many mails and phone calls later, here we were at Aviator Simon's city. He took us through his blue-print, his make-shift garage and the old decrepit air-craft in his college campus!!
His passion was infectious...I hadn't heard a voice quivering with excitement in quite some time...
Let's see how it shapes out. Simon doesn't need much cash for his experiment. All he needed was somebody to believe in his dream!
Later, Aviator wanted us to go to some happening disc. But instead we opted for ABHYANGA the Ayurvedic full body massage, followed by drinks at the Road, the theme bar at our hotel, funnily named - Sandesh the Prince!!
End of a memorable day...forever etched in our memories...
India Ad Rant - A mash up of agency life, brands, culture, creativity, design and new media epicentred around India!
Popular Posts
-
As I opened my mail in the morning, I find this news on agencyfaqs . The wise men of ASCI have decided that the 'Amul Macho advertisemen...
-
In the latest issue of Business 2.0, came across this new concept - Crowdcasting! Actually, a while ago in his best-selling book, The Wisdo...
-
When Flash Brands/ branding is here, would flash promos be far behind. Flash promos are single day promotional(invariably price-off) offers...
-
It's Neo's bday today! And he shares it with Big B. Like most of us, Amitabh Bachchan has been an integral part of our growing up ye...
-
Many of us know of the zen story of a pompous student who goes to the zen master for learning. Instead of listening, the student starts blow...
-
Was chatting with a fellow planner who said she is 1/4 copy-writer, 3/4 planner...Well I too think/ feel/ believe to be part copy-writer-par...
-
I have been trying to collect, glean, comb, forage, rummage, scan, scout:-) stuff on celebrity endorsements and the Future of Bollywood ! In...
-
I was at the adtech New Delhi conference couple of days back. An impressive constellation of speakers. Much to learn and network! However, ...
-
Some days ago, Meraj had sent this mail...I thought it deserved to be shared with the blogosphere...Read on! It was probably the April of 19...
-
I had a very stimulating discussion/ cathartic thought flow/ exchange with Uber at ThotBlurb( specifically at thotblurbed # 28) on who is a...
Monday, June 23
Aviator Simon Wants to Fly
Labels:
Abhyanga,
Aviator Simon,
Ayurveda,
Flying,
India,
India Adrant,
Mysore
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 comments:
Thats a really facinating story Manish!
Heard you won the atticus award. Congratulations to you!!! Way to go!
not exactly a winner. runners up:-) got a highly commended...
tell you what...your 'unadvertising/unmarketing' stroies are so much more interesting...maybe you should start another blog for them. me shall frequent them more.
m
Post a Comment