Radio Go Go
June 2, 2005Last year we did a spot of consultancy for one of the top 5 consulants. The area of consultancy was the business of media. One of the areas that was most striking in its dichotomy was FM radio. 1999 was the year…
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Mumbai Mirror – First Impression
May 31, 2005Not at all bad. Better that the ToI in terms of Over all News. Better than the Mid Day(which has really gone downhill in the last couple of years) in terms of Mumbai specific news. And these are the two that i…
Sunil Dutt – RIP
May 25, 2005For me ,the height of Romantic Scenes in Films was Sunil Dutt crooning Jalte Hai Jiske Liye to Nutan, on a phone. Those old fashioned black phones with the ring dials. Nutan, of course, just cries. Kind, Considerate, Liberal – in the…
Conflicting Message
May 25, 2005The HT hoarding legend reads – LET THERE BY LIGHT, in the process cutting off the light of the residents of Heera Panna. With HT in front of the building and Pyramid next to it, Heera Panna may be in a posh…
Laugh a Minute
May 25, 2005One of the things that I have always admired about the Bennet and Coleman Group is their unabashed chutzpah! Kuch bhi bol dete hai. I remember when they launched Indiatimes, the ToI ran a piece on “you can search the web with…
Nazar Review
May 21, 2005Last night I went to see Nazar at Fame Adlabs with Anand and his friends. Anand Sivakumaran is also the writer of the film. Let me start by what the film is not. It is not the Eyes of Laura Mars –…
Accredited by the Government
May 18, 2005The ToI reports that the GoI (now that rhymes) is thinking ( and that is an oxymoron) of accrediting internet journalists and bloggers. In a 5 years past its sell by date quote, the Principle Information Officer Shakuntala Mahawal said: We are…
Killer Hangup
May 15, 2005Today, I read about the new motorcycle to be launched by Bajaj. It is called the Avenger. It replaces the Eliminator in the market. When it comes to advertising men’s products there seems to be an overdose of words that refer to…
Social & Legal Sanction of Rape
May 12, 2005Last week, i blogged about the judge who asked a rape victim to consider marrying her rapist. Week before last we have the horrifying case of a 17 year old (minor) being raped in a police station. Last Sunday a married woman…
Way to Go Girl
May 4, 2005The story so far: Ward boy rapes a nurse, in the hospital, and gouges out her eyes when she tries to resist. “the girl, a nurse, was on duty at the hospital at Karkari mode in East Delhi looking after a comatose…