Like it or loathe it, advertisements play an integral part in every medium. Be it radio, TV, newspapers or magazines...advertisements have to be there. You need no high IQ to realize that every medium thrives on the revenue generated by ads. Today, I am going to enlist some of my favorite current and old classic TV ads that have remained my all-time favorites since I started watching TV. So watch the videos and enjoy!!!
(I just used to love that granny...a jolly good old lady and I would imitate her everytime after watching the ad)
(Justloved it for no apparent reason...it's just that the ad still remains fresh in my mind)
(I guess no one could capture the true picture of India and it's psyche the way Bajaj did)
(The old couple looked so cute...I especially liked the scene where the granny blushes when her abhi toh main jawaan hoon husband gifts her the diamond ring)
(Very witty...How I wish I could come up with such concepts)
(This ad captures the essence of one of India's recent revolution...the white revolution, just love the rustic feel of the song)
(This is my recent fav ad)
(good way of catching fishes naa?? Loved the expression of both the characters)
(I am still a complan girl :))
(Simply cute...I still say jalebee the way this kid does)
Note: Soon to come...my fav hoardings and print ads...
Friday, December 26, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
A random post...
Since I was doing nothing good, I browsed through some websites and chanced upon this voting thing on yahoo. Yahoo had chosen some 6 famous nominees for the 'person who has created maximum impact and won respect from the public'. Before opening the link, I thought there would be some really deserving person in the list but to my disappointment there was only one out of those six nominees who according to me really made an impact or won hearts of the public. The nominees were:
1) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
2) Rahul Gandhi
3) Ratan Tata
4) Katrina Kaif
5) P Chidambaram
6) Mayawati
I thought that Indian public would be intelligent enough to vote Tata as the ideal candidate coz he's such a gem of a man. Atleast I voted for him. But the results showed otherwise.
I have pasted the link of the result...u can have a look at it. You will realize that 75% of Indian public can't think of anything beyond cricket icons and bollywood heroines as role models or idols.
Here's the link: http://in.specials.yahoo.com/new-year-2009/nominations.php
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Me and recession
Note: I am not writing to gain any kind of sympathies or empathies. I am writing this coz...well coz at this moment I have nothing better to do.
Since two months, I have been reading a lot about recession in US and it's aftermath in India. I would read it as a matter of fact. I would just nod my head, swear the Americans and then get back to life. I was least worried (despite the fact that our clients were US based). My mother had even asked me zillion times the status of my job, but all that she heard from me was "I don't know". Life was going at it's own pace until 16th December 2008 arrived.
Cut to 16th December 2008: It was 5.00 in the evening. Happy after discovering that my canteenwala makes awesome adrakwali chai, I settled in my seat to work sincerely. Barely after 20 minutes, my TL came and announced that our boss has told us to assemble in the board room. Within 5 minutes we all quietly assembled in the boardroom awaiting some good news (there were rumours about we getting more projects). Everyone was speculating 'n' no of things (some good, some bad). In few moments my boss entered the room accompanied by the HR manager, VP and the Project Director. The speculations stopped, the board room was quiet (it was like a lull before the storm).
Glancing through all of us, the VP announced that our clients are not keen in renewing the contract and that they are terminating it within 2 months. This meant that we all were loosing our jobs within 2 months. He further added that the resources (its the term used for we human machines) will be kicked out in 3 phases. The baccha party (i.e. the new comers which included me) were the first to go and that we had just 15 days left. There was this uneasy silence around us. Everyone was shocked. I was calm but a quick glance across the room and I saw my bubbly friend hanging her head low coz she wished to pursue her higher studies and it seemed impossible as of now, my confident mentor had a worried expression on his face coz he was the sole earning member of his family, another colleague was shocked coz he has to pay his EMI and he may not have enough money to pay them now. All I could see was that chintamani expression. I could sense the anger, I could sense their restlessness. I felt bad not for myself ( i get easy roti, kapda and makaan) I felt bad for others (for the one's who have to strive hard for their roti, kapda and makaan). After the meeting all that we did was cry, crib, blame and plan our future. I told my family about this and thankfully they supported me fully.
It's been 3 days since this horrific incident took place. There are some who have got over it and are trying to get their life into the track by trying for other jobs and all that, there are some who are still shocked and there are some who are investing their time in speculations and playing blame games. There's too much happening out here. I am right now busy giving pep talks to my friends and making them feel strong. But despite my pep talks...there is still anger, still restlessness and lot of pessimism in the air. Things are not the same anymore...infact people from other teams are treating us like leprosy patients, kind of outcaste or antisocial individuals. Some even had the guts to ask us if there is any vacancy in our team. It feels horrible but then I simply choose to ignore their sadistic humour.
As I said, things are not the same anymore...except for my parents love, my friends support and ofcourse the canteenwala's adrak chai.
Psst: I just hope I get a good job soon coz I dont have enough money to buy my cousin a shaadi kaa gift (if anyone wants to donate money to me, they are free to do so ;-)
Since two months, I have been reading a lot about recession in US and it's aftermath in India. I would read it as a matter of fact. I would just nod my head, swear the Americans and then get back to life. I was least worried (despite the fact that our clients were US based). My mother had even asked me zillion times the status of my job, but all that she heard from me was "I don't know". Life was going at it's own pace until 16th December 2008 arrived.
Cut to 16th December 2008: It was 5.00 in the evening. Happy after discovering that my canteenwala makes awesome adrakwali chai, I settled in my seat to work sincerely. Barely after 20 minutes, my TL came and announced that our boss has told us to assemble in the board room. Within 5 minutes we all quietly assembled in the boardroom awaiting some good news (there were rumours about we getting more projects). Everyone was speculating 'n' no of things (some good, some bad). In few moments my boss entered the room accompanied by the HR manager, VP and the Project Director. The speculations stopped, the board room was quiet (it was like a lull before the storm).
Glancing through all of us, the VP announced that our clients are not keen in renewing the contract and that they are terminating it within 2 months. This meant that we all were loosing our jobs within 2 months. He further added that the resources (its the term used for we human machines) will be kicked out in 3 phases. The baccha party (i.e. the new comers which included me) were the first to go and that we had just 15 days left. There was this uneasy silence around us. Everyone was shocked. I was calm but a quick glance across the room and I saw my bubbly friend hanging her head low coz she wished to pursue her higher studies and it seemed impossible as of now, my confident mentor had a worried expression on his face coz he was the sole earning member of his family, another colleague was shocked coz he has to pay his EMI and he may not have enough money to pay them now. All I could see was that chintamani expression. I could sense the anger, I could sense their restlessness. I felt bad not for myself ( i get easy roti, kapda and makaan) I felt bad for others (for the one's who have to strive hard for their roti, kapda and makaan). After the meeting all that we did was cry, crib, blame and plan our future. I told my family about this and thankfully they supported me fully.
It's been 3 days since this horrific incident took place. There are some who have got over it and are trying to get their life into the track by trying for other jobs and all that, there are some who are still shocked and there are some who are investing their time in speculations and playing blame games. There's too much happening out here. I am right now busy giving pep talks to my friends and making them feel strong. But despite my pep talks...there is still anger, still restlessness and lot of pessimism in the air. Things are not the same anymore...infact people from other teams are treating us like leprosy patients, kind of outcaste or antisocial individuals. Some even had the guts to ask us if there is any vacancy in our team. It feels horrible but then I simply choose to ignore their sadistic humour.
As I said, things are not the same anymore...except for my parents love, my friends support and ofcourse the canteenwala's adrak chai.
Psst: I just hope I get a good job soon coz I dont have enough money to buy my cousin a shaadi kaa gift (if anyone wants to donate money to me, they are free to do so ;-)
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Shaadi aur Main?? Abhi nahi...
It was 3 PM, I was busy yawning and typing some crap when suddenly my cell phone farted ( a term used by my ex-office colleagues for phone vibrating). It was a message from one of long lost college friend. The message read that she is getting married in two months and that she wishes to invite me for her wedding. How exciting... I thought, yet another free dinner for me :)
Since past two months, I have been getting atleast 2-3 such 'I am getting married' messages. I have already attended 3 weddings back to back. Almost everyone is of my age (one of my school friend toh has already given birth to a girl). Such news makes me happy. But often I wonder about the pace at which time passes. I mean these are the same girls with whom I used to go to school, wear two ponies and play gudda-guddi, crib about maths and history and giggle and chatter about our never-ending list of crushes ;-)
Today those same girls talk about their daily household chores, giggle about something which their husband told them and crib about their mother-in-laws. And me?? I just nod like a dumb. I don't quite relate to anything that they tell me. It sounds too gibberish and rubbish to me. The same girls who would tell me to look into my books and not boys now tell me to look beyond work and see some guy. They so badly want me to get hitched that they have taken upon them the responsibility of match-making for me (and must tell you...it's scary). But I sweetly give them my 'Thank you, but career is my priority right now' excuses (actually the truth is that I feel marrying at the age of 23 is equivalent to child marriage).
I want to remain spinster for a while. See, the benefits are many: i can get up late and rush to office without the guilt that I did not do my duty towards my husband and in-laws, I can come home late without the guilt that I neglected them, I can afford to take and leave jobs without the guilt that I am affecting someone back home, I can look at that handsome hunk in my office lift daily shamelessly, Best atleast I can afford to burn my toast and roll out srilanka map type rotis without the guilt that I am subjecting my husband to such worse tortures. List is endless...and every point convinces me that I have made a wise decision to remain single for some more time.
Since past two months, I have been getting atleast 2-3 such 'I am getting married' messages. I have already attended 3 weddings back to back. Almost everyone is of my age (one of my school friend toh has already given birth to a girl). Such news makes me happy. But often I wonder about the pace at which time passes. I mean these are the same girls with whom I used to go to school, wear two ponies and play gudda-guddi, crib about maths and history and giggle and chatter about our never-ending list of crushes ;-)
Today those same girls talk about their daily household chores, giggle about something which their husband told them and crib about their mother-in-laws. And me?? I just nod like a dumb. I don't quite relate to anything that they tell me. It sounds too gibberish and rubbish to me. The same girls who would tell me to look into my books and not boys now tell me to look beyond work and see some guy. They so badly want me to get hitched that they have taken upon them the responsibility of match-making for me (and must tell you...it's scary). But I sweetly give them my 'Thank you, but career is my priority right now' excuses (actually the truth is that I feel marrying at the age of 23 is equivalent to child marriage).
I want to remain spinster for a while. See, the benefits are many: i can get up late and rush to office without the guilt that I did not do my duty towards my husband and in-laws, I can come home late without the guilt that I neglected them, I can afford to take and leave jobs without the guilt that I am affecting someone back home, I can look at that handsome hunk in my office lift daily shamelessly, Best atleast I can afford to burn my toast and roll out srilanka map type rotis without the guilt that I am subjecting my husband to such worse tortures. List is endless...and every point convinces me that I have made a wise decision to remain single for some more time.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Who do I wish to see in power the next year??
I remember 5 years back I had just turned 18 and I voted for a candidate (wont name him) for the first time in my life. I felt so proud of myself that I just could not stop myself from showing off the black ink on my index finger. When the results were declared, I was happy...Congress had won FINALLY. Atleast there shall not be some old men ranting about Hinduism, there would be no Godhara riots, no babri masjid or rath yatra bullshit happening. I was even more excited when I learnt that our PM would be Manmohan Singh ( one of the best economists we have) , I was happy to learn that PC Chidambaram will be our Finance Minister (daddy said he's the best). I thought that the Golden era for India has arrived!!! I thought indeed Congress ka haath hoga aam aadmi ke saath!!!
Four years and seven months have passed, it's time for next elections. In these four odd years India has witnessed many sad incidents. I just do not wish to enlist it coz there's too much to be listed and I have no energy to do so. Manmohan and his cabinet ministers despite being highly educated and all have not delivered much. We all are angry, especially now after the recent Mumbai terror attacks. All of us want a dynamic leader to take charge of our nation. Expectations have increased more after US Presidential elections announced Barack Obama as the next US president. I am still hoping that there would be someone really dynamic coming into power. Here is a list of people who I actually wish to see in power (for some departments I have no choices):
PM: Ratan Tata or Narayan Murthi
Finance Minister: Amartya Sen
Home minister: Kiran Bedi
Defence Minister: I donno probably someone who has been in the defence system (someone who is morally upright and knows the nitty-gritties of the defence force) would be the ideal candidate.
I&B ministry: Can't think of any ideal candidate as of now. But someone as dynamic as Prannoy Roy would do for me.
Railway ministry: I dont want Lalu Prasad Yadav to go coz he has done some good things for railways. I kind of like him.
Health ministry: I have never had issues with Ramadoss so I am ok with him.
HRD: This department needs someone who is fair in making decisions and takes Human Resource (which actually is high in India) seriously. I pray no one like Arjun Singh should get the post.
There are still loads of portfolios to be discussed and I shall keep updating it as and when I can think of suitable candidates for suitable portfolios. Till then it's Tata, bye-bye from me.
Psst: by chance anybody is reading this post wishes to suggest some good candidate for any portfolio...u r free to do so :)
Four years and seven months have passed, it's time for next elections. In these four odd years India has witnessed many sad incidents. I just do not wish to enlist it coz there's too much to be listed and I have no energy to do so. Manmohan and his cabinet ministers despite being highly educated and all have not delivered much. We all are angry, especially now after the recent Mumbai terror attacks. All of us want a dynamic leader to take charge of our nation. Expectations have increased more after US Presidential elections announced Barack Obama as the next US president. I am still hoping that there would be someone really dynamic coming into power. Here is a list of people who I actually wish to see in power (for some departments I have no choices):
PM: Ratan Tata or Narayan Murthi
Finance Minister: Amartya Sen
Home minister: Kiran Bedi
Defence Minister: I donno probably someone who has been in the defence system (someone who is morally upright and knows the nitty-gritties of the defence force) would be the ideal candidate.
I&B ministry: Can't think of any ideal candidate as of now. But someone as dynamic as Prannoy Roy would do for me.
Railway ministry: I dont want Lalu Prasad Yadav to go coz he has done some good things for railways. I kind of like him.
Health ministry: I have never had issues with Ramadoss so I am ok with him.
HRD: This department needs someone who is fair in making decisions and takes Human Resource (which actually is high in India) seriously. I pray no one like Arjun Singh should get the post.
There are still loads of portfolios to be discussed and I shall keep updating it as and when I can think of suitable candidates for suitable portfolios. Till then it's Tata, bye-bye from me.
Psst: by chance anybody is reading this post wishes to suggest some good candidate for any portfolio...u r free to do so :)
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