Against Terror. In all Forms
It’s November 26. Said to be the day we commemorate what is often called India’s 9/11. The date-month order may be transposed, but even after that bloody (and live) 72…Continue Reading →
By the way, Shillong is in Sikkim
…or at least some people at The Indian Express think so. I wouldn’t have otherwise posted about this ‘oversight’, but…
Hindustan Times: Hitting the paper on the head
Hindustan Times seems to have a thing for makeovers. I remember seeing at least four different avatars of the newspaper.…
List of Indian eMagazines
No one that I know got a raise this year and costs keep increasing. My landlord raised the rent, though I managed to bargain a bit with a little recession…Continue Reading →
Review: Open magazine
[Readers who have not yet read the first issue the new weekly magazine Open, might not relate to some portions…
The Best Men’s Magazines in India
Everyday’s an endless stream Of cigarettes and magazines… [Homeward Bound, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel] On cigarettes, I’ve posted before…
Wanted: Debonair Girls
The ‘Debonair’ here is not to be confused with the adult blog, but the once ‘revered’ monthly men’s magazine. This advertisement from the November 1987 issue invites girls to pose…Continue Reading →
TOI Story on e-Ticketing: A Distorted Perspective
Yesterday, The Union Minister for Railways Lalu Prasad Yadav tabled a populist Railway Budget for the next financial year in…
My Latest Adventures with Tintin
Tintin and his loveable whisky-loving and faithful fox terrier friend Snowy kept me in adventurous company during many a rainy…
A Day in the Life of The Times of India - in 1987
On my usual ad hunting endeavour I happened to discover this 1987 piece by Mohan Sivanand (accompanied by RK Laxman’s illustrations). It gives us a peek into the world of…Continue Reading →
