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How Coke came to be known as Thanda and will now be synonymous with Ilaiyaraaja

Legendary music composer Ilaiyaraaja is all set for his ad world debut with a jingle for the beverage giant.

This ad wants women to take care of their health, but not everyone is buying it

An advertisement raising awareness on anaemia in women drew some flak for the visual focus on the women and their clothing.

When ’90s kids were getting drawn to cola, this Doodh ad made drinking milk cool again

When children wanted soft drinks & adults thought they didn't need milk, 'Doodh Doodh Doodh Doodh' jingle reminded them milk was still important, & fun.

Bizarre United Colours of Benetton ad on Delhi voting has social media split

United Colours of Benetton video ad features leaders saying things like 'I will build a masjid' and 'I will build a temple', with the camera focused on their mouths.

Gillette has it right, advertisers can’t just celebrate masculinity & ignore #MeToo

No advertising campaign challenging stereotypes about girls and women has ever been this controversial.

Liril and Lalitaji: A tale of two ads and how they captured India’s attention

The two ads created by Alyque Padamsee showed India at the cusp of change.

A recent Bisleri ad and Ayodhya TV debates have much in common

TV news channels delivered a narrative that said Ram Mandir march was a make-or-break situation for parties.

Murphy Radio and a bonny baby are what pre-TV Indian memories are made of

Murphy Radio and the child on its ads are what Indian memories are made of.

Campa Cola was India’s answer to Coca-Cola and was the perfect fit

Campa Cola promised ‘the great Indian taste’ and was young India’s drink of choice.

Modi govt’s move deepens crisis for Indian newspapers as newsprint prices also peak

A finance ministry office memorandum has ordered that only online advertisements of tenders will be allowed.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.