Maxim against Female Foeticide
An ad in Maxim by Maxim against one of the evils residing in India today. [Click on image for detailed view] I too had created one some time ago.Continue Reading →
What's Wrong with This Ad?
This ad and its television counterpart has been on for a long time. Good ads though. But there’s something wrong…
Ha! Ha! India
So it’s all over (well almost). The Blue Billion and the associated mumbo-jumbo. Maybe we lack the spirit, maybe we…
Pillion Riding with Che
That photograph in the history book didn’t look into my eye, but I felt something. The face had an appeal about it, I remembered seeing the face somewhere else, but…Continue Reading →
Download Old Hindi Songs (for Free)
Had discovered this site quite sometime back and had thought of posting about it, but as it usually happens with…
Photographic Evidence
Maybe Dwaipayan sent me this image as a contrary to an earlier post titled “The Megapixel Hoax.” Nikon CoolPix2100 |…
World Cup Special Vintage Ad
Kapil Dev lead India to its only first Cricket World Cup victory in 1983. Even prior to that eventful English summer Kapil was a hero in India. This ad from…Continue Reading →
Luscious Lakme Lasses
Then: A Lakme ad from November 1978. Published in Desh (Agency: daCunha) [Click on images for a bigger view] Now:
Before Purchasing Online, Check Prices Offline
Online shopping sites usually promise the lowest prices and give the impression that you as a buyer get the best…
Four Letters in Red
Growing up in idyllic Shillong I didn’t know any one who belonged to the ‘PRESS.’ Though there were a number of locally published newspapers and magazines available on the stands,…Continue Reading →
Smooth, Anne French Smooth
It has to be amongst the oldest and the most popular depilatory cream in the country. In school we threatened…
Shopping Spree
It is one of those times when I go crazy and venture on a shopping spree, though not like the…
