Whiter than White
November 22, 2005“men are supposed to be brown and rugged, not fair and pansy” said my politically incorrect mom after viewing the Fair and Handsome ad on TV tonight.
Category: Media
Media, Media Bias, Propaganda, Media Studies, Media Ownership
Not our Flood.
October 30, 2005was talking to my grandmother and my periappa this mornin g. Both Chennai and AP seem to be floating in tons of water. Both asked me why MSM doesnt’ seem to think that Chennai and Vizag deserve national coverage. Afterall, a whole…
I know where you stay
October 29, 2005It has all the makings of a bad hindi film. The seemingly rich, powerful & shady businessman – called Singhal or Singhania or Chattwal – something over three syllables – finding his nefarious activities under threat. This character was usually played by…
Open Mouth Insert Foot
October 23, 2005Last week Charu had blogged about Neil French talking himself out of a job because he said “Women don’t make it to the top because they don’t deserve to. They’re crap.” and went on to further explain the reason – women are…
Attitudes
October 13, 2005Society and Culture has always fascinated me. Why do certain people behave in a particular manner? Why do Tamilians do somethings and Punjabis do something else. And this is more from a macro sociological/anthropological/ethnographic perspective than a micro (psychological) viewpoint. I always…
One tight slap….
October 4, 2005to the Times of India for a headline like this: He came, saw and conquered her! It is a story that deals with rape. They make it read like a bad bodice ripper novel. We have stopped reading the ToI – i…
Karishma ka Karishma
September 24, 2005Sorry about the extremely bad pun. I learnt today that a major channel is going to launch a game show at 9 p.m. Mon – Thursday, with Karishma Kapoor as the anchor. My first reaction was ouch! Sahara Manoranjan (Sahara One’s earlier…
Our Storms their Storm
September 23, 2005Cylcone Pyar hit AP and caused destruction to life and property. Almost with cyclical efficience, cyclones have hit AP this year destroying property and life. Around a 60 dead (officially) and 200,000 displaced – evacuated with monotonous efficiency by the armed forces….
DNA goes hi tech
September 16, 2005Ok. i hate to admit it … but i kind of like the DNA. and i have liked reading it from the first day it came out. (i hate admitting it because i loathed their campaign and my reading DNA was despite…
Ouch
September 14, 2005Happiness was writ large on Nitin’s face as he slipped into his wedding dress. In few hours from now, the girl of my dreams would be my wife, he thought. Little did he realise that the same girl, whom he had courted…