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No, I’m not referring to the number of years completed by Kotak Mahindra Bank….that IS mighty impressive. Today’s The Times of India’s false-front page ad has this milestone from Kotak. The back page talks of an interesting caption contest where people are…
Came across this banner ad. by Unicef in many pages online. I didn’t have audio on in my PC till I landed on the IMDb page for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (it’s a banner ad on top – since it may…
Yes, I do understand that he said ‘world famous’, not just ‘famous’, but consider the following! Yesterday was a hectic day on Twitter, thanks to the OPEN-tapes brouhaha. Some of the people involved have influential and popular media vehicles (like TV shows…
Have you seen this video at least by now? I’m sure you would have – it is one heck of an angry mob, at Delhi’s new swanky T3, also featuring a couple of completely clueless, lost, scared looking Air India staff. I’m…
Update on this post…added in the end. There are hardly ever any communication-related jobs in Times of India’s Ascent, but I check it nevertheless, every week. Perhaps a connection from my past life, as a corporate communication guy, in the client side….
The latest OPEN magazine has a piece, ‘Review of Reviewers‘, by Madhavankutty Pillai and Pratibha Singh that makes for very interesting reading. It talks of how Indian film makers and actors react to reviews and even says that there are just 7-8…
Can I talk positively online about my employer/brand that I work for? I have always pondered over this question – after all, why not? I can have a personal opinion that is removed from my relationship with my employer/brand, right? This post…