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Since buying my first ever mobile phone in 1999 (Siemens C25!) in Delhi (when I started working), I have bought and sold a lot of mobile and smart phones. After that Siemens, I was a steady Nokia fan for quite a few…
My other avatar as a music curator is perhaps known to you. I have been writing on music plagiarism since 1999 (on | on Filmcompanion) and reviewing new music across languages since 2005. Given my interest in music, I have been tracking…
Back in June 2019, Lotto New Zealand released an ad on TV, about a woman who wins the Lotto lottery but loses her ticket in an accident. And then… watch the ad to find out what happens next 🙂 It’s a simple,…
This is NOT the CEO of BigBasket, Hari Menon. Why am I so confident? One, because Hari Shenoy quote-tweets on that tweet. This is Hari Shenoy and has nothing to do with BigBasket or Hari Menon. Wait, he does have something to…
When I saw what AdventHealth is, it did make me queasy. The ‘About Us’ says, “At AdventHealth, Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ is our mission. It calls us to be His hands and feet in helping people feel whole”. Anyway, the…
Let me start with a disclosure, first. I have 2 Saregama Carvaan players – a Carvaan Mini Legends and a Carvaan Go. I got both as gifts and while I did listen to the former a bit, I haven’t even opened the…
Hero and Honda advertised last Sunday across multiple editions of The Times of India, for their 2-wheelers. Here are the Honda ads, across 5 regional editions (click on the image to see it in full size). And here are the Hero ads,…