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Eularie Saldanha
Aug 22, 2022

Acing the freedom of staying independent

Campaign India speaks with heads of independent agencies about their reason for staying independent while others around them in the space have sold out to networks

Clockwise from top left: Sam Balsara, Sudhir Nair, Saurabh Varma, Jaideep Shergill, Rahul DaCunha

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