Nearly every home in South India has TV, if you believe the broadcast industry’s measurement body, which necessarily has a vested interest in pumping up numbers like these. In the …
Check out our thumping new rap filled with the unexplored & much adored sounds & sights of Chennai, giving you a million reasons to flirt with this city.Step out, explore. …
The 2013 Indian Readership Survey left almost every newspaper publisher dissatisfied, and 18 groups joined hands to point fingers at the “shocking anomalies, which defy logic and commonsense“. But as …
The 180° metamorphosis of Narendra Modi‘s image—from the monster of 2002 to the messiah of 2014—was largely achieved through the undisguised cooption of mainstream media using standard mercantile methods. As advertising rupees flowed …
The BJP-led NDA government led by Narendra Damodardas Modi completes three wondrous years in office today. Happy anniversary, bhakton! As behoves an image-conscious government that has used advertisements, slogans (and a …
In the latest issue of Open magazine, Jatin Gandhi lays his hand on a “Request for Proposal” (RFP) document of the Gujarat government that shows how “almost every day, the …
KRISHNAKUMAR P. writes from Bombay: Is the Indian cricket fan so cheap? Do only cheap tricks appeal to the Indian cricket fan? When ESPNStar won the broadcast rights for India’s …
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has been called plenty of name by its baiters. Now, as if to live up to the label that it is but a circus—a carnival …
On paper, the media market in Karnataka is not the largest of the four southern States. The conventional wisdom is that unlike Andhra Pradesh, we do not have as many …
After watching Abhishek Bachchan in this priceless Idea 3G ad, you can only hope his baby takes after Aishwarya Rai (justice Markandey Katju please to note). And they are touting …
RAMYA KRISHNAMURTHY writes from Bangalore: Always never very stable, my blood pressure has been shooting up alarmingly over the last few months, and—surprise, surprise— poor Arnab Goswami is not even …
SHASHIKIRAN MULLUR writes from Bangalore: Big people are saying that the unimpeded march of the iPad has finally been met by able competition. “The march has met its match,” they …
The 401st Dasara is upon us. On the first day of the nine nights, U.B.Vasudev in Tampa, Florida, forwards a panoramic picture of the main Amba Vilas palace in Mysore, …
“Never believe anything until it is officially denied,” is an old, if cynical, saying. So, the media reported yesterday that B.S. Yediyurappa broke Venkaiah Naidu‘s laptop computer after he was …
The start of a big series is three days away; the 100th ever encounter between the Coloniser and the Colonised. But guess what India’s skipper and his premier spin bowler …
PRITAM SENGUPTA writes from New Delhi: On the former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi‘s 20th death anniversary today, different ministries of the Congress-led UPA government are falling over each other to …
Long years ago, shortly after India had won the World Cup for the first time, Kapil Dev promoted soft drinks. “Lucky consumers” who landed the right kind of bottle crowns …
When the “good doctor from the University of Southern California University” outsourced a cheer leading squad from the Washington Redskins for the first edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), …
Cricketers turned commentators, especially the Indian ones, are rarely renowning for turning their phrases. The former all-rounder turned politician, Kirti Azad, bowled a lovely doosra last night, describing Lasith Malinga‘s …
A 14th century empire as as seen by 21st century backpackers, Varun Shashi Rao and Ranjan Bhowmick, in a new television commercial for Karnataka Tourism. External reading: How the commercial …
In which the Sri Lankan all-rounder Tilakaratne Dilshan‘s famous Dilscoop™ turns into a Pallu Scoop at the expert hands of the actor Anjala Zaveri.
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Much of television is generally mind-numbing, but the latest TV commercial for the TVS two-wheeler, Wego, insults your intelligence like nothing else. When accidents are spiralling out …
How to play the upper cut? Virender Sehwag receives a four-step recipe from Ranbir Kapoor in the latest Pepsi TV commercial: Upar se aane ka, Neeche dabaane ka, Peeche uthaane …
Três dias após a leitura de um discurso feito para o ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros português, o nosso Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna torna-se um ajuste de caracteres para os desenhos …
“An Indian game accidentally discovered by the English,” was what the sociologist Ashis Nandy called cricket 20 years ago in his labour of love, The Tao of Cricket. Pepsi takes …