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Sam Balsara releases book ‘1800 Runs Brand Sale Khel Mein’
MUMBAI: India’s leading lifestyle bookstore chain, offered its customer’s strategies to achieve success in brand sales with the launch and reading of the book ‘1800 Runs Brand Sale Khel Mein’ by author of several bestsellers (popularly known as the brand guru) Jagdeep Kapoor, Chairman & Managing Director of Samsika Marketing Consultants Pvt Ltd at Crossword (Kemps Corner). The book has been published by Macmillan India Ltd.
Sam Balsara, Chairman & Managing Director Madison Communications will launch the book and read excerpts from the book along with the author.
Do you sometimes feel that you have not been able to achieve fully what you are capable of? Do you sometimes feel that if only your approach was not negative or tentative, you could have done better in your life and your career? Whether in cricket, life, or Brand Sales you need to excel.
1800 Runs Brand Sale Khel Mein is an attempt to acquaint sales people with hurdles that might come their way and the constructive steps that need to be taken to overcome these very obstacles.
The 11 strategies serve as a practical guide to achieve success in Brand Sales. Right from identifying dreams, anticipating bouncers and applying masterstrokes, the author with his wide practical experience and conceptual clarity makes Brand Sales target a much less daunting prospect.
In an interesting manner, the author takes you through the failures and depressions of the can’t team and the successes and enthusiasm of the ant team, wherein each of the 11 members of the ant team; whether gallant or observant, relevant or triumphant, teach you 11 ways to scoremore in life, cricket and Brand Sales.
The unique and powerful concept of 1800 Runs Brand Sale Khel Mein would help you to think and execute your full potential both internally and externally. So, go ahead and scoremore in life.
About Jagdeep Kapoor:
The Chairman & Managing Director of Samsika Marketing Consultants Pvt Ltd – a leading strategic marketing consultancy with a number of well known Indian as well as MNC clients.
While considered to be a Brand guru, Jagdeep Kapoor is a prolific writer and has authored several best sellers. He is a visiting faculty member at the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies.
About Crossword:
Crossword is India’s leading bookstore chain, which has pioneered the lifestyle bookstore concept in India. Its innovative approach to book retailing and its achievements have received wide acclaim in India and has won the ‘Reid & Taylor Award for Best Retailer of the year – Leisure & Specialty’ at the India Retail Summit 2005 ‘Images Retailer of the Year award for the books, music and gifts category for 2005’. Businessworld rated Crossword as the ‘6th Most Respected Retailer in the country’ for the year 2006; the only bookstore to feature in the top ten. Launched in 1992, Crossword currently has 39 stores across 10 cities in the country in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune & Vadodara. Crossword Bookstores Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary Company of Shopper’s Stop Ltd – India’s leading department store chain. The Holding Company inter-alia also acts as a Master Franchisee of the Company.
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Asianet Television Awards 2026 celebrates women power in Malayalam TV
“She is the Colour” theme honours icons as ceremony airs on March 14 and 15 at 7 PM.
MUMBAI: If television lights up living rooms, this year Asianet decided to let women provide the colour. The Asianet Television Awards 2026 turned the spotlight firmly on women empowerment with the theme “She is the Colour”, celebrating the strength, resilience and achievements of women who continue to shape society and the Malayalam entertainment industry.
The ceremony honoured several distinguished personalities whose journeys have left a lasting cultural imprint. Among them was legendary playback singer Vimala Varma, widely recognised as the first Malayalam playback singer. The evening also paid tribute to Padma Shri awardees Devaki Amma and Vimala Menon for their exceptional contributions in their respective fields.
Leading women from the Malayalam film industry were also recognised during the event, including actor Shweta Menon, who currently serves as president of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists, and National Award winning actor Surabhi Lakshmi.
The awards ceremony brought together a glittering lineup of actors and industry figures, including Jayasurya, Vijay Babu, Asha Sarath, Lena, Esther Anil, Anumol, Akhila Bhargavan, Sarayu Mohan, Prajod Kalabhavan, Gayathri Suresh, Sabumon Abdusamad, Swasika, Tini Tom, Sijoy Varghese, Kailash, Veena Nandakumar, Sabareesh Varma, Ansiba Hassan and Dinesh Prabhakar. Kishan Kumar, executive vice president Malayalam at JioStar, was also present at the event.
Beyond individual recognitions, the awards celebrated excellence across Malayalam television, acknowledging artists and technicians whose work continues to drive the industry forward.
The evening also offered plenty of spectacle, with elaborate dance performances, stunt acts and comedy skits performed by popular television and film personalities, turning the ceremony into a full fledged entertainment showcase.
Viewers will get to watch the celebrations when the Asianet Television Awards 2026 air on Asianet on March 14 and 15, Saturday and Sunday, from 7 pm onwards, bringing the star studded tribute to homes across Kerala and beyond.
