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What’s wrong with Facebook’s Free Basics? Joey, from Friends, explains it!
opinion 

What’s wrong with Facebook’s Free Basics? Joey, from Friends, explains it!

December 28, 2015 by Karthik S

So there are just 2 more days left, for you to write to TRAI, to save the internet. If you are still?despite all those helpful videos by folks like AIB, TVF etc.?wondering what the hullabaloo is all about and why should anyone…

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The (Twitter) world doesn’t revolve around Smriti Irani’s back
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The (Twitter) world doesn’t revolve around Smriti Irani’s back

December 23, 2015 by Karthik S

Note: The title is a play on Smriti Irani telling Sagarika Ghose, on Twitter, not to be a ‘coward’ and talk (tweet) behind her back, without tagging her handle. ___ You may have noticed a fine print in some television commercials (TVCs)…

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Community management lessons from the Lonely Planet Facebook brouhaha
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Community management lessons from the Lonely Planet Facebook brouhaha

December 16, 2015 by Karthik S

The sheer irony is that the photo that started it all looks so serene and peaceful! This is how it started and degenerated, for the record. I noticed Navdha Dhingra’s tweet last evening. This one: I was curious why Lonely Planet India deleted…

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Humans, aliens and dogs!
Random and pointless short takes 

Humans, aliens and dogs!

November 16, 2015 by Karthik S

Related, more recent read: Warning: This post has nothing to do with what I usually write – social media, digital marketing and communications – and is more about my other obsession: science fiction! While filling petrol yesterday morning, I noticed an interesting…

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When India was super excited to get a voicemail/vacation autoresponse from a superstar!
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When India was super excited to get a voicemail/vacation autoresponse from a superstar!

November 10, 2015 by Karthik S

Imagine you have Shah Rukh Khan’s phone number. Landline number of his office or home, or his mobile number. You call him excitedly and you hit a voicemail. It’d say, “You have reached the voicemail of Shah Rukh Khan. I’m not able…

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Xiaomi brand love, for just a Rupee!
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Xiaomi brand love, for just a Rupee!

November 4, 2015 by Karthik S

Noticed Xiaomi India head, Manu Kumar Jain, thanking people for the Diwali flash sale they conducted on November 3rd. This is what he said. Remembered that he had tweeted something similar earlier too. This. I’m genuinely intrigued. Can a mad rush and…

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Do All India Bakchod and The Viral Fever need to disclose material connection between themselves and advertisers?
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Do All India Bakchod and The Viral Fever need to disclose material connection between themselves and advertisers?

October 12, 2015 by Karthik S

All India Bakchod has the notable distinction of mainstreaming the otherwise foul Hindi/Urdu word ‘Chod’ (The F word in Hindi/Urdu slang), so much that propah print publications and TV channels have no qualms in saying/using ‘Bakchod’ these days, in India. Last week,…

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