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Thanks to interactive web technologies like flash, advertisers and marketers now have a powerful medium to engage consumers and deliver clear and memorable messages. I am trying to find the tvc of the annoying ‘anti-marie bureau’ ad and landed up in magindia. Even though I couldnt find the ad I needed, I found this really […]

Looks like companies are bitten by the rebranding bug. First there was Intel changing its logo. Then there is Kodak following the suit. Now we hear one of the most famous campaigns of ad world, Absolut vodka – bottle campaign is being shelved. The absolut ads have always been one of my most favorite print […]

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Last night while switching the channels I stopped quite sometime at the TVC/Tele-shopping infomercials in some channels. I thought to myself, why not do some research on this type of marketing. The result is this post. What is tele-shopping all about?In the words of Mehesh Panna, a country manager at TeleBrands, “The basic concept of […]

The mood isnt clearly upbeat, with less than 50 of those beautiful sunsets left for me before I graduate and move to the next step in life. Cherishing every moment. 🙂

To all the readers of PHD

My date with a mall Indorians suddenly found a new hobby, “mall hopping”, thanks largely to the new mall ‘Treasure Island’. After hearing rave reviews from several of my classmates I went there a couple of days back, my experiences… Park here, not there:Since the mall has very limited capacity of 2/4 wheelers parking, we […]

Check out this pocket calendar released by Kotak Life Insurance. Its simple and effective. Remember those trick watches we used to play with when we were kids that have only 2 times and when you tilt the watch you get to see the other time. The calendar is based on that funda shows “bulls you […]

There are brands, and then there are brands, which make us look like the dumbest asses possible. The case in point – MTR foods Their latest television ads about MTR Upma make you feel like you have the IQ of a paper napkin. One of the ads go like this. There will be a bunch […]

Take the dilbert quiz I have been toying with the idea of making a quiz like this for quite sometime, finally did it.

Let me warn you, this is not a tag post. Now that you are relaxing let me take you through some of the most memorable things about 2005. The year started with a weeklong wonderful time spent with my fiancee. Its one of the best vacations we ever had. I got my Canon A75 Powershot. […]

All the best to everyone waiting for the CAT 2005 Results Links for 2006-08 GD/PI Shortlists[IIM A, IIM B, IIM C, IIM I, IIM K, IIM L] My earlier post on GD/PI preparation.

Happy New Year to Everyone

Sorry for the slight delay in uploading the mela. I am stuck up with some submissions in the school :), without further delay. Nation Round-up: The most horrible and shocking news of the week is the terror attacks in IISc – Bangalore. Read more about the incident on youth curry. Exactly a year ago the […]

Blogmela will be posted by 10pm – 30th December. Thanks for all the nominations. Even though I am sad to see very few of them I can understand the festival mood in the bloggers and blog-readers. I am also reading several blogs these days and added some links to my bookmarks so that I can […]