Go North-East young man!

For all the years that I lived in Calcutta, Assam seemed right next-door and one never got down to going…

Republic of disasters

There is almost a level of indifference that seizes the country when it comes to either warning our own of…

The emotional quotient

In a world dominated by isms of many kinds, there is a need for advertising to reflect on the efficacy…

The age of co-optetiton

Many marketing pundits have opined that the future of marketing rests in brand alliances: where alliances are forged only to…

Go rural, young man

There is almost a paranoia that has seized the Indian marketer as far as penetrating the Indian rural market is…

Playing the insights game

I believe the time for Indian advertising agencies and clients alike, to invest in insight gathering, has come: not in…

The marketing of care

Of late, one has seen advertising for what I call care brands: from city hospitals to medical tourism as it…