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After Basics Life, today’s center-spread in The Times of India, for India’s largest mall, Mantri Square carries Twitter and Facebook mentions. Unfortunately, these are not links but just blurbs which claim, ‘Catch us on Twitter and Facebook for exciting updates and offers’….
That does sound funny – one would expect the Hindi film composers featured in MTV India to be accused of plagiarism; but in this case, MTV India itself is being accused of plagiarism. Rightfully so. Ashish Shakya (aka @stupidusmaximus) tweeted early this…
I recently had a caustic comment about Indian film star (well, superstar!) Shah Rukh Khan endorsing a brand of DTH satellite TV (Dish TV) on a television spot, along with his obviously fake wife and daughter. In response, a fellow tweeter agreed…
No seriously – it could even be, ‘where Jake Gyllenhal, T.Rajendar, Jagapati Babu and Uday Chopra co-exist’! Should they? Can they? The point is this – with social media tools, we’re supposedly, truly global. We discuss things far beyond our country’s scope,…
It is fascinating to see mainstream media making ‘news’ out of tweets and Facebook updates. Take for instance, this news piece on The Times of India, that quotes Shah Rukh Khan, from his tweet, on his stand about the pathetic state of…
Now that the whole world knows a lot more about ladies undergarment colors… I don’t need to explain it again. Here’s a good gist. Without getting into whether it was worth it or if it really helped raise awareness of breast cancer…let…
So, we have more stuff to droll over…other than the iTablet from Apple, which, at this point, merely sounds like a bad medicine. Nexus One went official sometime ago. But, as with many other drool-worthy things, there’s that caveat…this darn thing is…