PR kiya toh darna kya

Foot where?

Transcript of conversation with anonymous public relations professional on newsroom phone a few days ago. Edited for readability.

(Phone rings)

Sidin: Hello… Sidin (It is a miserable habit of mine, that line. So many people respond by saying: “No.”)

Random PR professional: Hello Sidin! This is <mallu name> from <name of PR company>!

S: Hi. Tell me.

RPRP: I have been reading your work for a long time now. And I am impressed.

S: (Sensing a catch somewhere…) Oh thank you very much.

RPRP: Especially the wonderful work you’ve been doing in the area of Law firms and legal services…

S: (What the…) Oh I see. Which stories in particular?

RPRP: Oh the one… err.. you know the story… this particular one… I mean the one on…

S: (Aha! The plot thickens…) Oh you mean the one I wrote last weekend?

RPRP: EXACTLY! That one. It was so, so, so good…

S: On legal services no?

RPRP: Yes yes.

S: Ah but I have NEVER EVER written a single world in my entire career on legal services and law firms…

RPRP: Never?

S: Not once.

RPRP:

RPRP: Maybe I have my information wrong.

S: Maybe you do.

CLICK!

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Chennakeshav Shenoy

It is sad that PR professionals in the interest of doing some work, go into it with zero research. Until and unless this breed of PR professional doesnt die away, the fraternity will never be resepected.

I hope this is read by as many PR professionals as possible, for my part i will definitely put in my effort for the same.

Sidin Whereyoukut?

Hope you and the missus had a great Deepavali.

Please take some time out to post again!

Logi-call

Woow... this one is cool. Keep on posting this sort of unique posts. Also visit my blog Logi-call at http://logi-call.blogspot.com/ to give me some inspiration.

Aditya

Yeah,you had better be sorry! My apologies, Sidin. A jerk friend of mine used my ID to post that comment (Ironically, I'd asked him to read your blog and said that he'd like it.) Keep up the blogging. I'm still waiting for the second edition of your cricketing guide :)

arian

have you ever faced the innumerous calls loaded with personal loans of lakhs, of the free gold credit cards, and of the free sim cards? oh plz..why don't you blog once on them?

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