When I came to meet Manoj for my final job interview at Complete Wellbeing, I had to wait for three hours to meet Manoj [Editor-Publisher-Business Head]. When Manoj finally met with me, he was both tensed and excited. He and Rahul [Associate Editor] kept exchanging glances, something was obviously going on. “Is there a problem, Manoj?” I asked. “No. No problem. We have planned something so huge, the world will talk about us.” Manoj said. His words were prophetic. He was talking about the survey. And when the Complete Wellbeing Health and Happiness Survey was finally published in the December 2008 issue, the world took notice. We got fantastic media coverage. Neo Sports, CNN IBN, Star News, Star Maza, a double spread feature in Mid-Day, front page news on economictimes.com…everyone was talking about Complete Wellbeing and its survey.
Every day, Manoj would walk in the morning and declare, “One more channel covered us,” and all our faces would light up. “Ye!” we’d shout. The mood was electric. When I decided to join Complete Wellbeing, I had an idea that I was joining something unique and that I was at the right place. After the survey, I was sure.