Reflections by Kunal Gupta

I have been one of the lucky few, who somehow slipped through the cracks of a society and a system designed to discriminate against so many.

In my role as CEO of Polar (www.polar.me), for the past few years, I’ve published a quarterly State Of Digital Media report that captures the hundreds of conversations that I have regularly with leaders at publishers, agencies, brands and platforms from all corners of the globe. Unlike what you read in the industry trade publications, these reports have been filled with insights and opinions that...

Like the Coronavirus, discrimination is a villain that continues to infect all of us.

There is a difference between working a lot and being productive. We may be working a lot, especially in this time, that does not mean that we are being productive.

The many social inequalities that we are witnessing are but symptoms of a different issue.

Each moment is an unconscious expression of who I am.

The state of lockdown that we are in would have been completely unimaginable and absurd to talk about, even 100 days ago. 

The most epic spring cleaning of my lifetime, and yours, is now in motion. Our spaces, lifestyles and beliefs are evolving as a result of the constraints the health pandemic and resulting economic crisis has introduced to everyone.

Perhaps, only once we each find balance within ourselves, will we learn how to restore a new balance for each other and for the future of humanity.

We are more than what we do, where we are, how we appear and how we play.

Our culture has trained us to associate crying with weakness. I feel otherwise.