5 am: Drag myself to the airport for a 6.30 am flight back to Mumbai
5 am: Drag myself to the airport for a 6.30 am flight back to Mumbai.
6 am: On my way to the airport reminiscing the fabulous Commonwealth Games opening ceremony that I saw live last night.
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| It was fabulous: I saw this live! |
9 am: Just landed in Mumbai. First things first: Sending Dr MS Gill a text thanking him for the passes.
10 am: On my way to first meeting of the day. About theu00a0 preview we're having of all 25 sports auction pieces that go under the hammer at Equation 2010.
11.45 am: Met the PR team about the preview. Having special media preview on Oct 18; they know the press will respond.
1.45 pm: About to reach the venue to participate in a judges' panel on an advertising image makeover for India after the pre-Game disasters. Piyush Pandey, Srila Chatterjee, Mandira Bedi are the others. All of us are of the consensus that the timing is wrong. Do the work, let the world see it's good, then put out ads.
4 pm: Its time for my meeting with my film managers. We discuss two new offers. One I reject right away, the other is interesting, but they know that means nothing. I have rejected 11 'interesting' offers last year.
6 pm: Starting a meeting with Ashish Raheja and members of the Equation Sports Auction committee on... guest lists! Always tricky. 240 seats for the sit-down dinner... 350 names already!
8 pm: Back home to some ghar ka khana.
10 pm: Am on air for a news channel that's contracted me to speak about the Games every night for the next 12 days.u00a0 Gotta go!
