Posted by gargi on 25 Apr 2004 | Tagged as: Advertising, India
“hello, ms. calamur - would you be interested in a Norwegian Cruise. Our company xyz is offerning you a specail 3 day four night tour in association with Standard Chartered. ” ” would you be interested in a Ford Ikon. this is a once in a life time offer which Standard Charteredis offering its special [...]
Posted by gargi on 23 Apr 2004 | Tagged as: India, Politics
This is probably the most “dirty” elections - India has ever seen.
There is the ruling BJP - who for some inexplicable reason are behaving like the opposition, instead of a successful governement. A key election plank for them is the issue of Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s nationality. They say a foreign born person has no [...]
Posted by gargi on 18 Apr 2004 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
As Israel murders one more Hamas Leader - Ratansi was blown up with his son and body guards - the US refuses to condem it on grounds that the Israelis’ have the “right to defend” themselves.
This is a very scary moral stand to take.
Is this what the worlds’ largest democracy mouthing : that it is [...]
Posted by gargi on 18 Apr 2004 | Tagged as: Advertising, India, Media
If one of the parameters’ of a “developed” nation is the level of spin its citizens’ are exposed to ….. then India has arrived.
“India Shining” screams the BJP - spending my tax money on a comprehensive advertising campaign across all media. And soon we repeat it enough that it becomes the truth. Is it the [...]
Posted by gargi on 15 Apr 2004 | Tagged as: And Finally ...
MacDonalds’ has launched an anti obesity campaign.
ROTFL
What next? ITC will launch an anti smoking campaign?
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Posted by gargi on 14 Apr 2004 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
The prize for the quote that made me laugh the most goes to George Bush. In a televised address to the US people he said:
“It’s not a civil war. It’s not a popular uprising, They want to run us out of Iraq and destroy the democratic hopes of the Iraqi people”.
Funny. i didn’t think that [...]
Posted by gargi on 14 Apr 2004 | Tagged as: Diary
Began a client meeting at 6 p.m. today. got home at midnight. non stop script dissection. “How are you going to take this shot.”
i guess “with a camera” would be the wrong answer. A straigth trolley moving in slowly. at 2.23 kmph. It stops. the model pauses, looks into camera and smiles - would be [...]
Posted by gargi on 11 Apr 2004 | Tagged as: India
The state that has the highest per capita consumption of alcolhol is Gujarat. It is also the state that enforces prohibition. Sale of alcohol and its consumption are banned.
And of course it is ruled by the religious right - the Modi led BJP government’s claim to fame was the riots in Gujarat last year.
So it [...]
Posted by gargi on 10 Apr 2004 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Pic reference: New York Times
The unthinkable has happened. Shia’s and Sunnis’ in Iraq have put behind them decade old divisions and come together to fight for independence. I never thought that I would see a full blown struggle for independence in my life time.
Iraq should be truly greatful to the United States. At one stroke [...]
Posted by gargi on 06 Apr 2004 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
I am a member of a network board - where an Indian described the Chinese Government as Chinks and the Japanese Government as Japs. Caused a bit of furore with some of the more politically correct bandwagon who descended on him and called the poster a rascist bigot. He is a bigot that’s for sure. [...]
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