04/06/2026
2014. Bombay. Ogilvy & Mather.
I’ve been wanting to share these pictures for a while now — they take me back to a chapter of my life that shaped everything I am today.
In 2014, I was in Bombay, working with Ogilvy & Mather, one of the most respected names in advertising. During this time, I had the privilege of working on the BJP account — including Prime Minister Modi’s first campaign. Looking back, it’s surreal to think I was part of something that scale so early in my journey.
Let me take you through these photos:
In one of these pictures, I’m sharing the stage with Mr. Piyush Pandey — the legendary creative force behind some of India’s most iconic advertising. In another, I’m sharing the stage with Mr. Piyush Goyal, the BJP minister. And in the third & the fourth, I’m standing alongside the entire Ogilvy team on the night we won Agency of the Year — one of the proudest moments of my career.
But behind these stage moments was a decade of relentless grind.
I lived in Bombay from 2006 to 2016 — ten full years. And everything I am at this stage, everything Wings Design Co. stands for today, is built on the effort and struggle of those years. I genuinely don’t believe I’d be moving at this pace, or be the person I am, had I not made the decision to go to Bombay in 2006.
The Bombay phase was tough. Genuinely tough. From changing local trains in a single day to working long, punishing hours, this phase had it all. When I was on the BJP account, we’d work 18, 20 hours a day. During campaign crunches, working two days straight was normal — there was simply no “out time.” We were working on the Prime Minister’s campaign, and that kind of pressure didn’t allow for weekends or breaks. Working through them was just how it was. Being on a client like the BJP was demanding for us as an agency, and we gave it everything.
But here’s what I’ve come to understand: the struggles you choose to take on — the ones you walk into voluntarily and push through — are exactly the ones that make you the person you become.
Those ten years in Bombay weren’t just a job. They were my foundation. My training ground. My making.
