This happens to be a 2-page spread ad. in the latest issue of Tamil weekly magazine, Ananda Vikatan. Nothing wrong with it, except the fact that there is no mention that it is an advertisement. Yes, there is a small footer on the bottom right that says, ‘NANO/12′, but that doesn’t say ‘ADVT.’ as it usually should. The blurb on… Read more →
I have always wondered about the impact of e-commerce in India….even long before joining Flipkart. I mean, from a consumer’s point of view – hassle-free, comparatively better prices, more options and so on. Yesterday, something hit me when we were at a nearby park, enjoying the greenery. Usually, on a Sunday evening, we are in a store buying vegetables and… Read more →
I was in Delhi, yesterday, for IndiaSocial 2012. I reached Delhi late on Tuesday night (April 3rd) and was put up at a hotel called Mapple Emerald. Yes, it was ‘Mapple’, and it made me cringe, but the hotel was pretty decent. As I checked out of the hotel on the morning of 4th, I asked the reception desk about… Read more →
Last week, I got my first iPad – an iPad 2 that I ordered from eBay India. I do own a heavily-used, now-hardly-used iPod 64GB, a 4GB pink iPod mini (wife’s) and an iPod Touch – all these are hardly used now except in long drives where the kids need multiple devices to amuse themselves. The first all-touch device I… Read more →
So you must have seen the Google Doodle for today, right? The one for Valentine’s Day. If you haven’t, go to Google.co.in or just see the video below – it’s the same thing. Nice, huh? Smart writing, cutesy and all that. But here’s an interesting interpretation of this doodle (more like a full-fledged animated short film than a doodle!) –… Read more →
More than all the hoopla around Sahara India Parivar withdrawing their support to Indian cricket team, what interested me in yesterday’s lead story in The Times of India is the last sentence. It went, ‘we haven’t received anything in writing from them officially. We heard about it only through a media release. We can react only after they communicate with… Read more →
Last night, I noticed some bizarre tweets from Filmfare editor Jitesh Pillai (It’s Pillaai, if you go by his Twitter handle). If you allow me a mild digression, the crux of his tweets is this: ‘We scratch all Bollywood stars’ backs even if they or their films completely suck; and we expect the favor to be returned in the form… Read more →