A Stingray Got Steve
Had taken a few days off from work and was lazing around at home. It was in the afternoon that a mail from Aquamarine made me aware of this. We…Continue Reading →
Vintage Indian Advertisements 2.12
All the four banks featured in this post were nationalised approximately four years after the publication of these ads. There…
Doubling
Doubling on a bicycle looks fun in the movies. Just enquire about the comfort level of the carrier/back rack or front bar/top tube rider.Continue Reading →
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…
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 the stuff as soon as my working hours allowed me,…Continue Reading →
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…
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 methyl isocyanate that engulfed the sleeping city on the midnight…Continue Reading →
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…
Toxic Texts
We usually are under the impression that our elected representatives are a bunch of sly uneducated sycophants. The first and…
