Remember how it used to feel when summer vacations were about to end? I know I am very lucky there is still a phase at my work that feels like summer vacation. But I start teaching from Monday and still feel the same about summer vacations coming to an end, the way I used to…
Branding Wednesday- Gawker’s Take on HDFC Na Sir Jhuka Hai Kabhi …
Remember the HDFC Ad where a family is shown at the railway station where everyone refuses each-other’s help. Gawker at ‘A Goose Nest’ stretches it to its logical conclusion. The post is hilarious and I have cross posted it at the Ad Critics too. And if you can find a video of the Ad, please…
The Time is Almost Up, About Time I Got a New One!
It has been almost ten years, the passport has to be renewed. While any thought of dealing with the Indian bureaucracy sends a chill down the spine, what is to be done, is to be done. I have been such an infrequent traveler that even after ten years I do not remember my passport number!…
Off Topic- Who is Their Audience?
I was reading Mint online and clicked on ‘travel.’ Under it was something called style. Now I wonder if travel and style really mix apart from at some obscenely priced places that you will find regularly mentioned in such publications. I think many of us consider travel a time to live in jeans and shirts…
Lazy Sunday Photo- More People who Read Books Needed in This World?
More People with Books rather than Bombs are Needed in This World!
A Little Too Much!
Where is the rule of law? I mean 7 blasts in Bangalore and 12 in Ahmadabad! Words fail me.
The Oxford Story at Gonomad.com
Carfax Tower, Oxford, UK My Oxford Story is now up at the main Gonomad site. Have a look and tell me how do you find it. Here is a small piece from the article- Initially, due to my pathetic sense of direction I was quite scared to walk alone but I gradually realized that there…
Branding Wednesday- The Airtel Kids Playing Football at the Border Ad
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAISXd2jmVw&hl=en&fs=1] I thought I will try to write a branding/advertisement post once a week, maybe on Wednesday. Why Wednesday? Because by then I am squarely in the middle of the week and with a strong feeling that I have accomplished very little! The Ad posts, I have decided to write on the Ad Critics. So…
Just Like That!
On some days the mind refuses to pen coherent thoughts! So, here is a picture of your’s truly taken by Anita Bora at Coorg. I love her composition, the way she has isolated me among crowd (yes the place was quite crowded). And the bag is the one I mentioned in one of my branding…
Trek to Bagini Glacier- Guest Post
Here is a guest post by Seshadri of his trek to Bagini Glacier in June, just after I came back from UK and hence could not join him. So here he goes … Hi,I am seshadri, husband of Mridula. So it is not surprising that I am writing a post on her blog about my…