During my MBA programme, the only course remotely connected to a creative occupation was called Advertising and Sales Promotion Management. As you might have surmised from the deathly title, it didn’t exactly live up to my expectations. But at least it held out hope of a career outside a suit and the chance to infuse every bar of soap with life and imagination.
(This story appears in the Jan-Feb 2015 issue of ForbesLife India. To visit our Archives, click here.)