Why does Cadbury’s 5 Star sound like Bajrang Dal?
Cadbury’s 5 Star and Ogilvy can finally “Do nothing” in the name of a Valentine’s Day campaign in 2026! Phew!!
Category: creative
Which toothpaste did you use last night?
Have you wondered why none of the major toothpaste brands in the world have a separate variant for night brushing?
GenAI in advertising, done right!
The clear buzzword of 2024 was AI. And going by the way things are moving, AI may be dominating 2025 too. Besides all the use-cases of AI, one specific use-case that was also very visible was using Generative AI in advertising. We…
The 10 best Indian ads of 2024
I started compiling the 10 best Indian advertisements since 2021 and share the list on the first Monday of every year. 2025’s first Monday gave me a lot of time to work on my compilation since it falls on the 6th of…
Nike asks, “Am I a bad person?”
The new Nike ad (“Winning isn’t for everyone”, made by the agency Wieden+Kennedy) seems to stir a lot of reactions in anyone who sees it once. The full text of the voice-over in the video:“Am I a bad person?Tell me. Am I?I’m…
Kya baat kar rahe ho, OYO?
One of the most basic lessons I learnt in my PR days (across both client-side corporate communications and agency-side public relations) is ‘do not repeat the negative’. There is ample reason for this. And all those reasons lead to a simple human…
Not on the same boAt
No, I was not at all planning to write about the new boAt campaign that everyone seems to be sure that they must have an opinion about 🙂 But, after seeing enough butthurt fanboys tear the campaign down, it probably deserves some…