Thursday, February 18, 2010. One of those includes watching Doordarshan. Way before cable television made its presence felt in India. Aimed at promoting national integration and unity, it was written by one of my ad world heroes, Piyush Pandey.

Skinny models snorting blow off a mirror. Powdered cocaine on a credit card. Do we mention the very transparent black dress of the model on the left? All this to emanate the concept of a fashion junkie.

Thursday, April 22, 2010. Killing 80 of the Central Reserve Police Forces is usually a result achieved by militants in insurgency ridden Kashmir, doing it in the heart of the country is a completely different matter. Does that mean no military action? I disagree that this problem is one that can be solved with dialogue, and no matter how badly treated the Naxals feel they are, the Dantewada attack in the words of Chida.

How can you help? India has been a victim of poverty and homelessness for an excruciatingly long time. Despite being the fastest growing economy in the world, a huge population of India still lives below the poverty line and barely affords a meal a day. An overwhelming number of people in India are slum-dwellers, with no concrete roofs over their heads. Both non-profit organizations dedicated to eliminaing the issue of poverty housing.