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Growing up in non-metro Tamil Nadu (Trichy, Coimbatore and Salem), the Co-optex brand was a very familiar sight. Co-optex is Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers’ Cooperative Society, which, I believe, is the largest weavers’ co-operative society in India. The organization is 83 years…
I’m not a particularly big fan of young adult fiction, as in I do not pick them up consciously, but I do enjoy the occasional titles as well, like The Hunger Games. I had recently read a review of Gregory Scott Katsoulis’…
Before I get into the new campaign, Tata Steel advertising deserves (and demands) some historical context. Tata Steel has a rich history of advertising. Take a look at some of them, courtesy Tata Central Archives. Growing up in Doordarshan era, one advertising…
We had a side dish made of soya chunks last night. As vegetarians, we started with assuming that we may not like soya chunks (many years ago), given the association with soya chunks’ texture to chicken/meat, but have warmed up to it…
I loved the stay at Valparai’s Sinna Dorai Bungalow. We have been planning a trip to Valparai since 2013, but it finally materialized only now. It is a heritage bungalow, almost a century old and every piece of furniture and carefully collected…