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…
Category: Media
Media, Media Bias, Propaganda, Media Studies, Media Ownership
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…
Bharateeya BlogMela – a round up
September 9, 2005The Day has arrived. And after an extensive search through Indian blogdom – this week’s Bharateeya Blog Mela is finally in place. Thank you for all those who nominated. And as usual, this task would have been chaotic without Bloglines. Announcements JK…
Economic News
August 6, 2005From todays’ media and entertainment section of the Economic Times: Karisma-Sunjay split wide open I am sure that this news has a direct link to the economy and the performance of media and entertainment in India.
KBC 2
August 6, 2005…. ouch a yawn. I loved the KBC promotions. The rap featuring Bachchan – don’t lose hope is the moral of the story was entertainment at its best. If the purpose was to get audiences to tune it – it worked. It’s…
Loverly….
July 24, 2005The Mumbai Mirror has replaced the ToI as my favourite Loo read. From this mornings’ Mumbai Mirror online (front page), the link reads – Ask the Sexpert : * I have never had extramarital sex. Recently, I started flirting with our housemaid….
Ash speaks up ….
July 17, 2005…. reads the headline. The story reads: I’ve nothing to say about an association that ended for me a long time ago,” says Aishwarya Rai “I cannot comment on any of the content in the tape or the ensuing debate and discussion….
Dial One aur Jeeto
July 10, 2005Finally went on in its new avtaar from the 4th of July at Film City. Studio number 10 is our home for the next 3 months atleast. It is from this studio that we daily make (executive produce) and transmit India’s first…
Children’s Viewing
July 9, 2005I was skipping through channels today and chanced across Hungama – the childrens’ channel. Govinda was gyrating with some semi nude babe – the movie called Joru ka Ghulam What kind of Children’s viewing is this?
Headlines Today
June 26, 2005From today’s ET Entertainment – three choice headlines that were forwarded to me on as part of my Bloglines feeds: a) Salman’s Trial to Start on June 30th b) Saregama Hits despite lack of Musical Hits c) Now.. watch Brittany Spears N…