The day BSA SLR helped Kapil Dev fly high
In the 1980s, Kapil Dev was India’s hottest cricket sensation. Leading India to win the World Cup immediately gave the Haryana Hurricane a label of greatness in the hearts and…Continue Reading →
Zeenat Aman is the classic Indian dark-haired beauty in 1970 Air India ad
“Memories of dark-haired beauties,” is what a traveller to India will bring back, promises a 1970 advertisement for Air India.…
The bald quartet – Gandhi, Nehru, Bose, Patel – in an ad for hair oil
This is possibly from a time when a head full of ideals was more important than a head full of…
Wills Filter cigarettes ad from 1969
Yet another addition to the ever-growing Wills Filter/Wills Navy Cut advertisements on Cutting the Chai. This sample is 1969 vintage. Each Wills Filter/Wills Navy Cut ad has a couple enjoying…Continue Reading →
From toddler to The Wall: A photographic tribute to Rahul Dravid
You may have seen the photos below elsewhere on the Internet, but it was on Cutting the Chai were they…
Trust the Chinese to sell maternity jeans for men
I am not an avid online shopper, but am slowly changing my purchasing priorities. While nothing can beat the experience…
Wills Filter: Made for each other
This was perhaps the most noticed (and the longest running) of all the ads in Hindustan Thompson Associates’ (HTA) ‘Made for each other’ series for Wills Filter cigarettes. This ad…Continue Reading →
Molten gold, Rs 28: The ad that got Calcutta curious
The Indian lust for gold can never be quenched. Gold prices had recently crossed Rs 29,000 for 10 grams. Even…
Announcing soumyadip.com – The gateway to my online existences
I had this plot of online real estate for many years, that was used only as an address for letters…
Need directions? Pay up
Perhaps bugged by incessant queries from lost people a roadside tyre puncture repair shop near the L Block Market, Sector 11, Noida has put up a board that says, “रास्ता…Continue Reading →
Nutramul dada: Jugal Hansraj’s second-best role ever
Second-best, as his best was in Masoom (1983). Maybe growing up and stopping the Nutramul intake had an adverse effect…
Please keep your showe’s hear
We find these misspellings all over the country and beyond. This from outside a temple in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. Also…
