Turning a disaster into a world class show
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In 2012, Auto Expo became the joke of the nation. If there was anything that captured more attention than the automotive highlights that year, it was the hordes of fathers, mothers, aunts and kids crawling all over Pragati Maidan on a media day. The Auto Expo had dipped to a new low, millions of undesirables were creating pandemonium with their incessant demands for freebies, press kits - even press releases were being fought over.
I vividly remember those days, especially when ex-OVERDRIVE journo Abhay Verma tried to get his…
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