Writing.

(Passionately)

Essays, notes, the odd LinkedIn post, and a Substack I send when the chai's good enough.

Comic series

Brand School

Brand School is my own ongoing initiative, not a client project. Your logo isn't your brand. The goal is plain: strip the mystery out of brand building, one six-panel episode at a time. The Jester is out front so you keep reading. The Sage is underneath so you leave with something true. Jokes punch at habits, never at people.

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Pinned thoughts.

"An omelette taught me more about a brand than a book could."
"Sometimes I treat brands like a one-year-old baby."
"Branding, research and logos are easier to admire than execute. Still worth it."

From the Substack.

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Chaos Theory Of Branding

Why the brands that look the most accidental are usually the most disciplined, and what the chaos is really hiding.

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Moh Maya Aur Marketing

On illusion, attention and the very Indian art of selling without sounding like you're selling.

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Market, Marriage & Masala

Three forces that quietly run every desi consumer decision, and what brands keep getting wrong about all three.

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Additional research.

shorter notes, sharper edges.
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@nihalkingre on Substack

Long-form essays, research papers and notes on brand, community and the strange cultural physics of the internet. New writing roughly weekly.

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@nihaaal_19 on Instagram

Behind-the-scenes of community, brand and the running club. Where the field notes get pictures attached.

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elsewhere on the internet

LinkedIn · Substack · Instagram