It grieves me to see full-page, front-page advertisements in the newspapers, boasting about the rankings of students in the IIT JEE, or NEET, if the particular coaching class course is paid for and taken. What has our education come to ( Read more... )

Every product ad wants to link itself to the present situation. I think my personal favourite is the "anti-viral, anti-bacterial" suiting material being advertised on TV right now!

The ads from Indianoil Corporation (or, to be precise, Indane) about the new composite cooking gas cylinder (It's the cylinder which is now made of composite material, not the cooking gas/LPG.) A great example of how customer-unfriendly points can be made to sound customer-friendly ( Read more... )

I got this from Dinesh...

it's not only our hides, but the colour we are "inside"...

When will we learn to accept ourselve as we are?

I got this leaflet with the newspaper a day or two ago (I think the reason why newspapers are delivered late is because the newsagents need time to insert all the various leaflets into each copy!)


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Insertion of pamphlets in newspapers

is rather an irritant for me, but I guess they are effective...

idahoswede has been looking at sarees on the Internet, and sent me a few links, and I loved thi description ( Read more... )

The

guy who wants a cycle is still looking for one ( Read more... )

...and sent this ( Read more... )

I still cannot understand why there was not a rush for this counter at Walmart yesterday...


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