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Author: Karthik S

Karthik S

Moody Hues, featuring Surya Roshni and Crompton

Moody Hues, featuring Surya Roshni and Crompton

October 27, 2021 by Karthik S

Two Indian lighting brands have launched new campaigns with identical themes at the same time! They have been created by two different agencies, obviously. Surya Roshni’s campaign, by Ogilvy, has the theme, ‘Sabko Mood Mein Le Aaye’. It features Shankar Mahadevan who…

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Coke does a Pepsi

Coke does a Pepsi

October 26, 2021 by Karthik S

Back in 2017, Pepsi launched a new ad featuring Kendall Jenner. The ad had Jenner come out of a photoshoot to see a demonstration happening on the road, joining that crowd, pick up a chilled can of Pepsi from a well-stocked cooler,…

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The bindi factor in Indian advertising

The bindi factor in Indian advertising

October 25, 2021 by Karthik S

There is a lot of buzz around the bindi, or the lack of it, recently. Before I explain the current buzz, I should add that I have been conscripted into a ‘bindi-related’ misinformation campaign last year. Here is that issue: Do not…

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Better humaning

Better humaning

October 22, 2021 by Karthik S

Back in October 2019, Wieden + Kennedy Shanghai launched the first campaign for HP’s Omen range of gaming PCs. The core thought behind the campaign was that gaming is good for your brain! This was intended to tackle societal belief in China…

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Using social media mobs to  boycott/cancel brands

Using social media mobs to boycott/cancel brands

October 21, 2021 by Karthik S

How did we talk to brands before social media? We called them via telephones – this seems quaint now!We emailed them – this seems slow now!We chatted with them via online chat tools – I still do this, with Amazon. What happens…

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Occupation, preoccupation, and a filter to see the world through

Occupation, preoccupation, and a filter to see the world through

October 20, 2021 by Karthik S

We usually let our occupation define us to the outside world. ‘I’m a project manager’.‘I’m a vice president’.‘I’m a chartered accountant. How do we define ourselves inside us? Could we let our preoccupation define us internally? Let me explain. Owing to my…

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First-day-first-show experience, but on a TV/mobile screen

First-day-first-show experience, but on a TV/mobile screen

October 19, 2021 by Karthik S

Back in July, as I was looking for something else on YouTube, I stumbled on one of the recommended videos on the right-hand side that said that a new song from the Hindi film Mimi, , was going to premiere at 12…

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