With the festive occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi just around the corner, the artisans work round the clock to ensure that this festival is as perfect as it can get. However, with environmental concerns on the rise, there are a few exceptional artists who have gone out of their way toContinue Reading
Bandra Railway Station now has its own postal stamp in honor of completing 130 years, thus marking its heritage status. Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan did the honours at a special function, largely attended by invitees and thousands of others there specifically to see King Khan. The event took placeContinue Reading
Obit: 1947 – August 26, 2019 The first time I met Kanchan Bhattacharya, seven years ago, was something of a shock. I was expecting someone a bit tough, as befitted a woman famous for being the first woman IPS officer in UP (home of misogyny, patriarchy, feudalism, regression, take yourContinue Reading
The largest tropical forest that produces over 20% of the planet’s oxygen kept burning for three weeks and yet did not receive any mainstream media coverage. With the advancement in technology and growth of digital media, what is astounding is that an international crisis such as this went unnoticed forContinue Reading
In the wake of the #MeToo campaign on Social Media, Gillette back in January 2019, released a controversial commercial titled ‘We Believe: The Best Men Can Be’ addressing ‘toxic masculinity’ by portraying instances of bullying, sexual harassment, violence, mistreatment of women by men and mansplaining in its 1:48 length shortContinue Reading
George Remedios, an environment enthusiast and founder of The Turning Tide, a small environmental group in Mumbai, has made a major impact on the environment by building over 6 food forests across the city. We visited him at the very site where he’s created one of the food forests atContinue Reading
Welcome back to the #blastfromthepast series. Last time we saw how Johnson & Johnson handled the crisis of an ill-fated attack on their reputation. This time we will look at a story which literally blasted the reputation of a petroleum giant and such was the effect of this event thatContinue Reading
As we get ready to celebrate our 73rd Independence Day in a few hours, we have discovered that people are pretty clear about what they love about India – unity, diversity, a sense of community. Ironically, what they do not like stems from the same factors, lack of unity, intoleranceContinue Reading
Intro: Yesterday, Kunal Hariani, Samara Fernandes and Martina Bhoya went around asking people what the 73rd anniversary of India’s Independence meant to them and what made them happy about their country “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny”, said Jawaharlal Nehru in a speech at the Constituent AssemblyContinue Reading
It all began with a fresh coat of new paint for the website that Tata had first launched back in 2016. Vibrant colours from brights of yellow to soft eye-pleasing purples with also a touch of blues and greens! Tata Cliq came up with a great new DNA and brandContinue Reading