Vintage Indian Advertisements 2.11
[Click on images for a bigger view] Veedol lubricants Murine eye-drops Ice Blue Aqua Velva after shave lotion from Williams Crest after shave lotion, Crest hair tonic, Crest cologne for…Continue Reading →
MIDI Music
A long time ago I had collected some Indian tunes (there’s also one from across the western border) in the…
Vintage Indian Advertisements 2.10
Wanted to post this yesterday but halfway through the posting process the SMPS of my assembled machine conked off. Replaced…
In Memory of Mr. Mukherjee
Aashiq Aashirwad Abhimaan Achha Bura Alaap Anand AnariAnupama Anuradha Arjun Pandit Asli-Naqli Bawarchi Bemisal Biwi Aur Makaan Buddha Mil Gaya Chaitali Chhaya Chupke Chupke Do Dil Gaban Gol Maal Guddi…Continue Reading →
My First Portable Digital Audio Player and a Review Thereof
I wanted to be a copywriter, but my first full-time job was of a copyeditor and now am a concoction…
Bhopal Expressed
Bhopal usually reminds us Indians of two things. The first, the world’s worst industrial disaster – the deadly cloud of…
Vintage Indian Advertisements 2.09
[Click on images for a bigger view] Pan Am Amco Batteries (Amco Batteries Ltd., Bangalore) Bird-Heilgers Group of Companies De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. Union CarbideAn ad much before that…Continue Reading →
Toxic Texts
We usually are under the impression that our elected representatives are a bunch of sly uneducated sycophants. The first and…
Vintage Indian Advertisements 2.08
[Click on images for a bigger view] Mysore Sandal Soap (The Mysore Government Soap Factory, Bangalore) Mysore Government Silks (Mysore…
Jantar Mantar – The Chanting Instrument
Between 1727 and 1734 Maharajah Jai Singh II of Jaipur constructed five astronomical observatories in west central India. The observatories, or “Jantar Mantars” as they are commonly known, incorporate multiple…Continue Reading →
The Parsis – An Incredible People
The following is just a partial list of prominent Parsis of Indian origin. For a population of 69,601 (33,949 males…
Vintage Indian Advertisements 2.07
[Click on images for a bigger view] Mafatlal Group Suitings Phosfomin (Sarabhai Chemicals) Waterbury’s Compound Surf (A Hindustan Lever Product)…
