Here’s another Rasna ad, albeit from a different era. The previous was 1985 vintage; this is relatively newer (1999). The cute kid this time is a boy (I think so) and ‘I Love You Rasna’ becomes ‘Rasna, Everyone Loves You.’ The agency is Mudra. Download video [FLV 2MB 00:00:46] [Filing this post under The Great [...]

Ouch! The shoulders are still aching, but the pain is sweet. It was worth it. The sound of leather hitting the willow. Bliss! I heard and felt the sound after more than six years. Tennis ball cricket and the congestion and rush of metropolitan life had snatched away the little joys. It was time for [...]

The ad might not win any awards today, but in recall value it can beat many multi award winners. Whether we loved Rasna or not, we surely do remember the ‘I Love You Rasna’ ad. A cuddly Ankita Jhaveri knows that her stuffed friends can’t relish the Rasna therefore she helps herself with their share [...]

As the Gaizabonts pointed out “we haven’t done tags in a long time,” and put this my way. I’ll first go along with the tag, since it requires immediacy and then will explain the intricacies. There was a loud murmur in the crowd and Zauq sat with a complacent look on his face counting the [...]

“Master, Master, teach me Kung fu.” “Kung fu is not child’s play. You have to work very hard.” The Master is usually a drunkard and the pupil inevitably has to climb up steep slopes with buckets of water, as a part of the “hard work.” Often the pupil is a weakling who gets beaten up [...]

This archived title image is of magazines displayed by pavement booksellers at New Delhi’s Connaught Place. Made many interesting discoveries here. Some unknown, unheard of publications with something interesting to read in them. Photographed October 1, 2006. The description of the present title image will be made available on its retirement.