A day at the station
June 20, 2004My mom went off to Chennai (formerly Madras) today – leaving me in charge of Dad, Bro and a devlish pup called Rani – the next ten days are going to be hell. I went to Chtrapati Shivaji Station – as opposed…
Tag: Society
e-tailing – selling big brands in small towns
June 6, 2004India’s newest media darling – http://www.mahamaza.com A system to reach the best brands to the back of beyond. While other web sites – used up crores on hype, this one put its distribution in place. As Rediff reports: Why has Mahamaza clicked…
Music as Protest
June 6, 2004Yesterday we finished work early. So we sat there and chilled, listening to some music. And a fine collection it was too. There was Nusrat and Eddie Vedder singing Face of Love– an amazing protest against the Death Penalty. There was Mamas…
Stories of Sex
May 31, 2004As the web shrinks the world – the bizzare and interesting from the world end up straight in your in box. For me the high point of last week was two tales regarding sex. One from the west and the other from…
The Highest Home PC penetration
May 22, 2004IQARA is a broadband service provider that has its office just off the western express highway in Goregaon. It is owned by the British Gas group. Yesterday I had a meeting with them on providing content services. We asked them about the…
Free Books
May 9, 2004I came across a great repository for on-line books. The section that was the most interesting was banned books The who’s who of writers has ended up getting banned at sometime in their life or the other. Ulysses, Cantebury Tales, The Arabian…
getting one’s knickers in a twist
May 6, 2004VIP Frenchie is one of the biggest names in men’s underwear in India. Acouple of months ago it launched a blitzkreig of advertising across all major cities. The legend read VIP frenchie – makes a big impression. In Mubmai this advertising meant…
Bigamy, Nationality and other such election stories
April 23, 2004This 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…
Cross Cultural Communication Cockups
April 6, 2004I 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…
Crossing the Line
March 20, 2004Peta has decided to run a campaign that likens non-vegetarians to Nazi’s, and animals led to slaughter, to Jewish people. gross. and vile. I am almost tempted to take up eating meat to counter this kind of shock advertising. and i am…