Every time I read and begin to believe that creativity in Indian advertising is dead (or never existed?), I come across something like this: [via adverblog]
Immortal picture stories – or Amar Chitra Katha
I remember childhood Saturday afternoons with great happiness; my parents who worked in a bank would be back home by one and we could have lunch together. But that is not why I remember Saturdays; they would bring for me one Amar Chitra Katha comic each week. At one stroke, they had devised a way… Continue reading Immortal picture stories – or Amar Chitra Katha
Braille’s birthday
Of all that google has done so far, this I think is the best… Hover over the logo on google and it says Happy Birthday Louis Braille! And here is a small piece I found – on google of course – on Louis Braille…
Mousewives and email users
Came acorss this recent report from the Pew internet and American Life project… For what claims to be a ‘wide-ranging study’, the report seems to me full of stereotypes-exist-therefore-will-reinforce statements and worse, “findings” which really say nothing new… A wide-ranging look at the way American women and men use the internet shows that men continue… Continue reading Mousewives and email users
On the road in India
The travel back to Vishakapatnam for my return flight to Bombay was exciting – not the drive itself, but for the many mild adventures it presented… The first one hour was through crowded villages struggling to be small towns, much like small children wanting to grow up quickly and immediately; people out in their Sunday… Continue reading On the road in India
Numchucks and kubatons
My flight from Vishakapatnam to Bombay was delayed yesterday and since there is nothing much by way of entertainment at the Vizag airport, I spent time looking at the board which contains the list of banned items for passengers in hand baggage – and when I say I spent time, believe me, I mean it… Continue reading Numchucks and kubatons
Stories of aunts and mastodons
My mother in law has three sisters and they were all down here in Kakinada last week. And the house was resounding with the noise of aunt calling out to aunt like mastodons across the primeval swamp. I have many aunts myself, my mother’s and my father’s sisters. But never before have I had a… Continue reading Stories of aunts and mastodons
More on Aruna
Remember Aruna? She is now working in a small computer centre in Hyderabad. The salary from her first job, Rs.5000 per month is more than anyone in her family has ever earned… Her mother Sai cannot stop beaming… This time when I met Aruna at my in-laws’ place, there is a sense of confidence about… Continue reading More on Aruna
Software jobs and the marriage market
Visitors at home look at my husband with pity, oh, you are in Bombay? You are not in the US? Worse – you are not in software…? And smile that disbelieving, even patronizing smile when he says he never wanted to live in the US. (Yes, of course, sour grapes and non software jobs –… Continue reading Software jobs and the marriage market
Journey to Kakinada
I finally reached Vishakapatnam after a long and uncomfortable flight. The man whose seat in the front row I had requested for glaring at me as he passes by in the aisle. The man next to me reading “The Power of Now” all the way through – at the “entering the now” chapter, suddenly closing… Continue reading Journey to Kakinada