Maneka Gandhi: A model citizen

She is the holy grail of protecting the mute creatures i.e. animals. Animal lovers and activists around the globe and in India especially respect this woman for her bold stand in support of our four-legged friends. So what does an ad with Maneka Gandhi promoting a bathing towel in 1973 make you say? Apparently this beauty, before she became the Union Minister […]

Survival Of The Fairest

It’s not surprising when you read a news piece about an African model finding it difficult to get work in India because of her skin colour is it? Haven’t we been dealing with the issue of colour from the time we were colonised by the British? Back then it was an outside country deciding what was beautiful and “brown” wasn’t considered […]

Mummy Mummy Bhook Lagi Hai

Countless number of commercials are made each year and at least a chunk of these are centered around families. A slice of these around parents and a section from that are based on our relationships with our mothers. We all love our moms. They are always there for us, never stop loving us and we can never ever get tired […]

Happy Diwali!

Lights, diyas, firecrackers, sweets, family, friends, holiday, childhood memories these are all things we associate with Diwali. Among South Indians, the mother gives their kids a hot oil bath-drag them out of bed and give them a bath. It’s all par of the tradition. We picked a few videos to wish all our readers a very Happy Diwali!   [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8L5-EZFQXU]   […]

"My music is self-expression, it allows me to say the words I otherwise can't say" – Mariah Jas

Her voice will make you feel electric. Her songs will reveal the person she is. Her talent won’t go unnoticed. Mariah Jas emotes her heart and soul through her music. Indian Ad Divas talk to this beauty-model, singer and globetrotter to get a peek into her musical life and dreams   What’s the one perpetual feeling you get when you sing? […]

Going Home

“Going home” may have different connotations to different people. Travellers go home after their sojourn and the familiar wind in their faces makes them feel at home, nomads feel the familiar wind wherever they go, every place is home for them.  We won’t be completely off the mark when we say for Indians, coming home means “Maa ke haath ka […]

Model Henna Maria Kennedy's Foray Into Politics

Models are all looks and no brains- this is a  statement we have heard before; read it in magazines, heard it said in sitcoms and watched it in the movies. News like the one we are writing about breaks those stereotypes. Henna Maria Kennedy, a twenty two-year old model and an engineering pass out in Electronics and Communication, is making history […]