The Adyar Cancer Institute: A Labour of Love

Three-year-old Akhila clutched the water bottle close to her chest and giggled. She rolled on the bed and giggled some more when the flash bulb went off. She opened and closed her little palms and......

Why Brand Jet collapsed after 25 years

A mix of financial and strategic mistakes combined with poor expectations of the management are the reasons for the downfall of Indian airlines.For Jet, the deathly potion was even more toxic on......

Exit Vodafone pug, enter network engineer

The latest ad, done by O&M again, Vodafone’s ad agency, shows two engineers tinkering away in a dimly-lit highway tunnel. A year ago, telecom operator Vodafone had brought its mascot, the......

Pandey brothers, 1st Asians to receive Cannes lifetime award

The brothers, who began their ad journey a decade apart from each other, Piyush in 1979 and Prasoon in 1989, will be the eighth recipient of the award. Their collective experience in Indian......

Balki: An extraordinary adman

He didn't think much of advertising awards, and yet as he moves on from Mullen Lowe Lintas, he leaves the agency at its strongest ever, says Alokananda Chakraborty.For many, advertising is Don......

Lunch with R Balakrishnan

The last time we invited R Balakrishnan (Balki) for lunch, soon after he'd made his debut as a director with Cheeni Kum, he had all the time in the world. And so, we had indulged ourselves in this......

Mutham: Kiss of the future

As movies go, Mutham (The Kiss) has little to commend it. A bunch of youngsters head off to a resort, intent on exploring their nascentsexuality. And then people begin to die. Whodunit, why, how--......