Free! Vital books on sex and health (only to the married)
Ad from 1954: If you are unmarried, you have the pay for sex education (or pretend to be married to get it for free).Continue Reading →
Ad from 1982: Pan Parag with Jalal Agha and Kalpana Iyer (and why I can’t ever forget Jalal’s name)
It has happened to the best of quizzards and I was far from being anywhere close to the best. The…
Sunny Leone in Viiking XXX energy mix surrogate ad
Sunny Leone has successfully transited from mainstream pornography to mainstream Bollywood celebrityhood. With films and product endorsements, this Punjabi kudi…
Chamko – Fixes all spots
A topical in context of the ongoing IPL spot fixing brouhaha. This is from one of the most fondly remembered scenes from Sai Paranjpye’s very loveable 1981 comedy Chashme Buddoor.…Continue Reading →
‘Who is Aamir Khan?’ asked an ad ahead of ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’ release
Aamir Khan goes to great lengths to promote his films. This trend might have very well started 25 years ago…
Air India’s sarcastic Khajuraho kissing ad from the 1970s
A book and a cluster of temples have forever immortalised India has the ancient land of sex. I’ve been to…
Himani Healthy & Fair: A fairness massage oil for babies!
I’m told that my grandfather didn’t like me much. I was a dark child by his standards. I don’t remember much of that, he passed away when I was very…Continue Reading →
Kamalympics – The Olympics of sex (KamaSutra Condoms ad)
If this Kamalympics were for real, wonder how many medals, India – the land of the Kamasutra – would win…
Zeenat Aman and Mazhar Khan in Baba Zarda ads
Many on-screen enchantresses have not been lucky in love and the sex-symbol of the 1970s Zeenat Aman is no exception.…
Indian family planning posters from the 1950s
A joke on India’s most famous family planning slogan: हम दो, हमारे दो, जब तक तीसरा न हो/Hum do, hamare do, jab tak teesra na ho (We two, ours two,…Continue Reading →
VK Krishna Menon’s ‘Nehru’s vision, Menon’s mission’ election poster from 1967
VK Krishna Menon was denied a Congress ticket in the 1967 Lok Sabha elections from the Bombay North East constituency.…
IIPM versus us: The story so far (as recorded by Cutting the Chai)
As IIPM makes headlines yet again for the wrong reasons, I skimmed through Cutting the Chai archives and my tweets…