If one starts framing the digital faultlines of fake news and offensive content, one sees the impossibility of the task. And here I am not referring to the Dark Net. Nevertheless, a solution must exist. Human memory is short, and the default reaction is to forget and forgive. However, the marketing memory is based on ‘Law… Read More »
This late review comes when the Salman Khan’s TIGER ZINDA HAI is in its 2nd week and already branded a super hit with more than 206 Cr net. So most of the loyalist have seen the movie and the fringe sitters are still debating should they risk their sensibilities with Bhai. TIGER ZINDA HAI claims… Read More »
Twenty-seventeen has been a slow year for me. I have not been able to ready the number of books that I would have wanted to. And it is all about focus. This year has been more about writing. The first book, a compilation of short professional and personal life that almost tripped us in some… Read More »
It is not a pre-sell for ADFEST Pattaya, an advertising festival attended by 1200 plus delegates from more than 50 cities. It is not even a recommendation. It is a definitive suggestion worth considering. ADFEST PATTAYA claims to be the longest running ad-show in Asia-pacific & middle east. It is the first show to be… Read More »
The government has done it again. Banned television channels from airing condom advertisement between 6am (Prayer Time) to 10pm (lights switch off time). The channels have been asked to strictly adhere to the provisions contained in the Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994. They have bulldozed into the decency of your mostly private life curtailing possible… Read More »
If you have seen FUKREY and liked it, you have the right reference point to FUKREY RETURNS. The film will surely entertain you. It’s funny will be an understatement. It is crazy to an extent, and in many places beats the first of the series hollow. However, reference raises expectation and for them; it fails… Read More »
‘God The Mantra of Branding’ is a book on Branding born of a dream. It is an attempt by the author Dr Vipul Jain to juxtapose the life of mythological characters (mostly from Mahabharata) to explain his point-of-view and context to Branding. It is not a book for practitioners, who may find it too simplified… Read More »
It is not what you know that gets you into trouble. It is what you know for sure that just not so’ This quote in ‘A Field Guide to lies and statistics’ by Daniel Leviton summarises most of what the book presents. I bought the book to get a good enough understanding to help me raise relevant… Read More »
‘Godman to Tycoon- The untold story of BABA RAMDEV’- BOOK REVIEW I finally got the time to read the book ‘Godman to Tycoon’- The untold story of Baba Ramdev by Priyanka Pathak Narian. I purchased it much before 8th August 2017, when the court banned the sale. It was there in waiting to be read. A… Read More »
Dear Zomato, I have been wondering what made you do the MC. BC. hoarding. It is now a public property. So, it is okay to believe that the agency/ individual presented many options, and you picked up this one along with the rest of equally good creative in Red & White to go. It was… Read More »
