How to speak on the telephone, the right way
It was an altogether different age, when having a telephone at home was a status symbol. And the waiting list for a new phone connection was sometimes years long. It…Continue Reading →
WikiLeaks-inspired Pakistani Butterfly Sanitary Napkin Ad
RG Blue Communications, a Pakistani advertising agency has created a humourous ad for Butterfly Sanitary Napkins with WikiLeaks as the…
Femina Kamasutra Mehndi Cheat Sheet [NSFW]
Suhagraat. The legendary Indian tradition where the newly-weds are left alone in a room for the first time, to do…
Sunil and Rohan Gavaskar’s Brush with Forhan’s
Abhishek Bachchan delivered a string of 17 flops before his first hit and then gradually rose up the ladder to be amongst the reigning stars of Bollywood. But cricket isn’t…Continue Reading →
An Ad for Ayodhya
A public service advertisement from Purple Focus.
Dissecting the Volkswagen Vento Talking Print Ad
The advertisement that got everyone talking: in the office, at home, on Twitter, on Facebook, on blogs and even on…
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (in an Ambassador)
Bollywood’s best loved love story Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge released in 1995. This advertisement for Hindustan Motors Ambassador car is from late 1998. The yellow mustard fields never fail to…Continue Reading →
20-Year-Old Lisa Ray Wrapped in a Bombay Dyeing Towel
Lisa Ray, one of the prettiest faces around, was a teenage crush (I had a number of them). Easily the…
Sharmila Tagore in 1966 Murphy Radio Ad
The language was Bangla, but the accent and the stories, distinguishably Chinese. An avid radio listener, my father tried to…
Old Old Monk Ad from 1969
Old Monk, as all Old Monk bacchantes will agree, is not just a rum, it’s an institution. You don’t drink Old Monk, you experience it. I discovered the buddha sadhu…Continue Reading →
Salman Khan, Sangeeta Bijlani in Graviera Suitings Ad
This advertisement for Grasim's Graviera Suitings is one of the rare occasions when Salman and Sangeeta appeared together professionally.
The Aroma of Zeenat Aman
If it is named after Zeenat Aman, it has to smell good. An advertisement for a perfume named after Zeenat…
