Two pieces of information got me thinking about censorship in India — Niranjana’s post on banned books and news that the Government of India (GOI) was taking action against Neo Sports.
Let me restate - my Neo Sports post on their advertisements on the West Indies tour stated that I personally found the ads tasteless and […]
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This is hilarious!
Cartoon via: Michael
Original cartoon from Russell’s Teapot
Shashi does a nice job. It takes him a couple of moments to settle down, but then he throws out a couple of zingers. Ah, Shashi, it would have been good to have you as the Secretary General!
And, no, I don’t know Shashi… but I still choose to refer to him by his first name. […]
I read this hilarious article in the NY Times today. The author talks about how much she abhorred her Home Ec classes in high school -
…of being in that last wave of girls, in the ’70s, who were expected to master the domestic arts in school.
Seventies? What about the mid to late eighties? When I […]
Freezing tundra, a.k.a. New York City
Published by January 31st, 2007 in India, New York and Personal.If I had been here in early Jan and slowly been introduced to the bone-chilling cold, a few degrees at a time, it might have been bearable.
But spending day x in glorious 85 degree weather in Madras and day x+1 in 25 degree weather in New York? That’s not so great. I spent the past […]
I’ve been in India watching the cricket live on TV, which is much better than on my computer! But one of the downsides is having to watch the advertisements.
The India vs. West Indies series is being shown on Neo Sports which brands itself as “The home of Indian cricket”. A lot of the ads on […]
Inside an elevator (lift) in Madras.
First post from Madras. So, it is apt that this video of a little pre-schooler who is quizzed by his dad, in Tamil, on the state capitals. The funniest part is when the dad mistakenly asks him for the capital of Alabama for the second time and kid says “I’ve already said that one!”
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This is so funny, it is worth watching.
For background, India won a test match in South Africa for the first time ever (since South Africa was re-admitted into world sports). It was truly a blowout performance, especially after how they were whitewashed 4-0 in the one-dayers. The funniest moment though was from the Man of […]
This award winning ad is a little old, but I just saw it. Powerfully communicated message.
The text at the end says -
Imagine the world today
if he could have communicated like this.
Yes, indeed.
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