In the 2015 episode of Walk The Talk, cricketer, tea-taster, singer, advertising big boss Piyush Pandey talks of what makes an ad sticky—like Fevicol ka jod.
Piyush was about celebration—of life, of people, of stories. He believed that what we create can shape popular culture, can make people feel proud of who they are.
Pandey’s 1994 ad for Cadbury was a zeitgeist in itself, helping Cadbury transition from a product made for kids to a staple for the young, romantic, and carefree adult.
He coined ‘Ab Ki Baar Modi Sarkaar,’ a catchy slogan in 2013, which helped the then Gujarat Chief Minister mount a memorable campaign for the Indian parliament.
In the last couple of decades, there have been many debates about the role of advertising and the ethics in advertising. Does advertising manipulate...
Contrary to naysayers, the RSS practices what it preaches. It is closer to the Gandhian teaching of improving the individual morally and spiritually to change the external environment.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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