Artaaj Events

We truly get to see weird and wonderful things in our business, passing visitors will often delight us with their products & crafts. In the recent months, we’ve seen amazing three dimensional technology, roaming LED screens, shadow and magic illusions.

None, however, captured the imagination of the team quite as well as Sterling Johnson who visited us a few days ago to talk about his performance at one of our events next year.
He opened up his bag and pulled out two very simple bowls, pouring water in one, and his secret formula in the other, as the entire office gathered in the board room. He dipped his hands in and voila, we were hooked! Something as simple as soap bubbles can be so ethereal and beautiful, and they really took us all back to our childhood. As soon as Sterling asked us whether we would like to actually try our hands at it, everyone started rolling up their sleeves, taking off their rings and watches, and dipped away.

“My bubble’s bigger than yours!”
“Don’t pop MY bubble!”


Team Iftaar

Last month, we observed the holy month of Ramadan in Dubai, where many of our colleagues were fasting during the daylight hours.

In keeping with tradition, towards the end of the month, the entire Artaaj team got together for an iftaar or “breaking of the fast” meal at the Diwan Al Khayal set up on the beach at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel.

Amidst fragrance of flavored shisha (hubbly bubbly), and the strums of the traditional oud (Arabian lute), the team spent a very pleasant evening together.

Of course, practically no Artaaj get together is complete without a birthday celebration, and we all had the opportunity to celebrate Kiran and Khalid’s birthdays together!

Artaaj Events held a 4 day DSS promotional campaign for Harvey Nichols, at Mall of the Emirates. A children’s fun destination was created inside the store with magicians, clowns and face painters. Modhesh himself made an appearance on each of the days with gifts for the children!

Last weekend, the Artaaj gang piled up at our gallant CEO, Biju’s home, for a well deserved party, that lasted well into the following morning! Thank goodness it was on a Thursday night, as we were all able to let our hair down and not have to get up the next day. Add some fab Thai catering, great music provided by international DJ for the occasion, and wonderful company, the team really had a great time. We even had some past Artaaj “graduates” dropping in, and it was nice to catch up. There was a birthday celebration at midnight as we surprised Delia with a cake. The star of the evening, however, was little Advika, Biju’s 6 month old daughter, who’s already learning to party like it IS, Artaaj style! A trooper to the end, she was wide awake watching it seemed with some concern for the stragglers who tried to play an inebriated dumb charades until 6 am the following morning! A special big thank you to Aparna, the ever charming hostess, for putting up with our antics….watch out though, there are many more to come!