February 28th, 2008
Yours Truly Featured in Indian Daily Mid-Day’s Story on Cool Bachelor Pads
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Quick Summary: Indian daily Mid-Day did a story today on cool bachelor pads and used mine as the lead.
Indian daily Mid-Day did a story today on cool bachelor pads and featured my own humble bachelor pad as the lead —
Gaurav Mishra, 28, Marketer
After 6 years of slumming it out at hostels and PG setups (through his education and internship), Gaurav Mishra was finally ready to settle down. “Not in the oft-used sense of the term, of course,” the IIM-B alumnus jokes. So, the 28-year-old traded in his nomadic lifestyle for a 2-bedroom flat in Cuffe Parade, that he painstakingly furnished and colour coordinated black upholstery, orange bedroom, blue living room to ensure it feels like home.
Gaurav’s tips: Don’t blindly follow people’s advice. I was told cane furniture is difficult to maintain, but I’ve had mine for the last 4 years. And it’s good as new. Instead of letting stuff (clothes, books, dishes…) pile up, allot spaces for various things, and ensure they go there. Booze bottles and glasses stay in the bar cabinet, books and DVDs in my second bedroom, that I plan to turn into a podcasting studio, the technophile says.
In case you are wondering, I don’t (yet) have the tens of crores one needs to buy a house like this in Mumbai’s Cuffe Parade. I just live there, thanks to my very generous employers.
Finally, w.r.t. converting my second bedroom into a podcast studio, I have been toying with the idea of starting a video podcast for a while now and hope to put up the first episode in March itself. It will be great if you could share tips/ resources on how to do a video podcast series.
Hey there,
Nice home you got there.
And congrats. specially when its damn hard to own a house in MUMBAI. oh, and that too in south bombay.
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Congrats buddy! Seems like every bachelor’s dream pad
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Hi Gaurav,
I have always dreamed of starting a Trust for feeding the under priviledged for free. If your house was also up for grabs, i would have leased the same and used the funds for the same. I SUGGEST YOU PUT YOUR BELONGINGS UP FOR SALE/AUCTION AND USE THE AMOUNT FOR FREEBIES TO THE NEEDY.
REGARDS
DARIUS P. IRANI
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First of all thanks for the link-love. Secondly, my response to Gaurav’s tweet is more of agreeing to disagree where I feel value is of course in the list and not ranking but a comprehensive ranking makes it more trustworthy and noteworthy for future readers to chuck out the unwanted junk out of the clutter. And I feel then only the sense of valuable community can be realized when the best will stand out of the rest.
Still appreciate for the LiveMint link. Will definitely think about it in the coming days. Would be requiring some assistance from our SMM fraternity.
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