
We lost everything.â When Sandeep Verma says this, it is no hyperbole. This was, of course, when Sandeep was better known as Sandy, and was the toast of Delhiâs cocktail circuit. He was the go-to for everything academic about alcoholic beverages in the nascent industry.
But nothing lasts forever. The story of Sandeep and wife Valerie is the stuff feel-good flicks are made of. More than a post-Covid âfall and riseâ story, it has lessons in a world where change, natural and technological, is throwing existential challenges at everyone around us. And perhaps, just perhaps, this story of picking oneself up after falling down, and holding close oneâs basic tenets of human connection, could resonate in this post-AI landscape.
Their paths crossed while working at Mumbaiâs Leela ages ago. Together, they ventured into one ambitious project after another in the heady post-liberalisation days of the late 1990s, when opportunities seemed endless, and theirs for the taking.
Their nouvelle venture was Indiaâs first-ever school for bartending, Institute of Bar Operations, which they opened in Delhiâs Vasant Kunj. Along with a wedding and catering consultancy on the side, the couple also opened a jazz-themed bar in the national capital region.
âWe had people from Berklee College of Music coming and performing [but] there werenât too many takers for that kind of music,â Sandeep says ruefully. âPerhaps we were ahead of the times.â
While âSandyâs Bar & Kitchenâ had to down its shutters prematurely, the bartending school was doing well. Thatâs when the Vermas decided to spread their wings.
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