Tag Archive 'Media'

Spot the Difference

Posted by gargi on 04 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: India

Parallel Universes — a concept in science fiction, where realities slightly differing from our own exist. For example, there may be a universe where Hitler won or one in which India remained undivided. Usually, the wall between the universes cannot be breached.
But, the world’s largest selling English language quality broadstreet has another feather in its [...]

Plagiarism 101

Posted by gargi on 31 May 2008 | Tagged as: Media, Print

One of the most difficult parts of teaching is making sure that students get it into their heads that plagiarism is wrong.I am known to have thrown bitch fits when i have discovered chunks of projects from the net. ‘you will lose your job’ i tell them, ‘no one will hire you’, ‘it is [...]

From Youngistan to Menopauseland….

Posted by gargi on 14 May 2008 | Tagged as: Gender Issues, Society

If there is Youngistan, can MenoPauseLand be far behind …
The NYT reports :
Menopauseland is the invention of Amerifit Brands and its creative agency, BrandBuzz in New York, on behalf of Estroven, a supplement that is meant to help reduce the symptoms of menopause. A campaign with a budget estimated at $20 million is centered on [...]

Who Eats What and Where !

Posted by gargi on 05 May 2008 | Tagged as: India, Media, Print, TV

The day after news channels and politicians got their combined knickers in a twist about George Bush’s comments on India’s food consumption contributing to rising prices some interesting stats :
Figures released by the US Department of Agriculture for 2007 say each Indian eats only 178 kg of grain in a year, while a [...]

Front Page Retractions ….

Posted by gargi on 18 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: And Finally ..., India, Media, Print

…. are always fun (except for the newspaper concerned), but they take a life of their own when the newspaper masks the fact that it has been made an idiot, by taking the moral high ground….. 
What am I talking about…. well, it is about the famous Maliaka Arora and Arbaaz Khan break up reported in [...]

Interesting Research

Posted by gargi on 10 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Films, India, Media, TV

For the last 4 weeks or so we have been hard at work on our business plan. After 4 years of running our own business, it is time to get some cash infusion to do bigger and better things… Part of putting any business plan together is looking at shitloads of industry specific research [...]

Ficci Frames 2008

Posted by gargi on 26 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Advertising, Films, India, Media, Music, Print, TV, Web

Ficci Frames 2008 began yesterday in Mumbai. This year's theme was sustaining development.
As, usual it was great for the networking. I caught with quite a few people that I had lost touch with. Met some new ones. Bonded with old colleagues. Drank lots of coffee. attended loads of talks where i felt like a school [...]

Women - Crossing the Line…

Posted by gargi on 06 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: Gender Issues, India, Society

…. both men and women seem to support the idea that women who ‘ask for it’ tend to ‘get it’. Unfortunately, no one seems to be able to define what “it” means and whether “it” means different things to men and women ( it does !)
HT , which broke the story and led with it [...]

Quoted for Truth…

Posted by gargi on 19 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: Media, TV

This from here:

and the rest of it is great too…… stumbleupon is a great utility……

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Has the Economic Times Slashed its Research Budget ?

Posted by gargi on 02 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: India, Media, Print

In the Economic Times, Entertainment and Media Section, on 1st Novemer. there is a story that had me scratching my head….

Cosmo Films to invest Rs 225 cr for capacity expansion
NEW DELHI: Cosmo Films, leading bi-axially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) and thermal lamination film maker, today announced an investment of Rs 225 crore for its [...]

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