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…
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 Government Silk Weaving Factory, Mysore) Phillips Milk of Magnesia (Dey’s…Continue Reading →
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,…
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) Lipton’s – Yellow Label Tea and Green Label Tree Ads…Continue Reading →
The Shifting Castes of Indian Scribes
Was reading a old Times of India article (December 8, 1996) by Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar – one of the…
Vintage Indian Advertisements 2.06
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Two-and-a-half weddings, two divorces, one death and a broken bed
I might have watched hundreds of movies in scores of theatres across the country. From the ramshackle ones with silver screens which didn’t look silver – just dirty yellow with…Continue Reading →
Vintage Indian Advertisements 2.05
[Click on images for a bigger view] Amul Milk Food Pond’s Dreamflower Face Powder Prestige Pressure Cooker Boroline Cadbury’s Bournvita…
The I-Day Smile
The tricolour has unfurled for the sixtieth August 15 on the Red Fort. I am getting SMSs of all types,…
