tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7829744145496216052024-03-15T01:06:25.942+05:30Dr.Anil - Marketing MusingsA marketing and advertising blog that carries the latest information about the current topics in the field of marketing. It is for people who always wanted to ask about specific topics but did not know where to ask them.Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.comBlogger736125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-66030116134756353772023-10-14T21:08:00.004+05:302023-10-14T21:09:56.305+05:30Not Done Make My Trip - Crass advertisement targets Pakistani cricket Supporters <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_w7OKiO1IKxhdeLOAE2KIzZ_BX1f_fiwUC3l4TfTVkBV_lYDBGax0IgZZDyQ7CM9cF3NT9w2P98S-pgUtiswn0pTlZ-y8poA9AgVGKt4mk9A8CWnK3ecUpkudGei48t7PgF7LhbGhPNvE8ugeeWe6cbl12zU-vVN46f2xg0RvPK4LVWhrKy71EmRymI/s674/make%20my%20trip.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="468" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_w7OKiO1IKxhdeLOAE2KIzZ_BX1f_fiwUC3l4TfTVkBV_lYDBGax0IgZZDyQ7CM9cF3NT9w2P98S-pgUtiswn0pTlZ-y8poA9AgVGKt4mk9A8CWnK3ecUpkudGei48t7PgF7LhbGhPNvE8ugeeWe6cbl12zU-vVN46f2xg0RvPK4LVWhrKy71EmRymI/s320/make%20my%20trip.jpg" width="222" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">This advertisement is in
extremely bad taste. What the heck was the Make My Trip team thinking? Don’t
tell me that your advertising team has not seen the proof. Maybe you thought it
was pure bar trawl that would go down well with a couple of pegs of whisky.
Common sense is not common. Coca-Cola or Pepsi would never commit such a Faux
Pas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Make My Trip is a professional
company, and it is releasing such advertisements, and that too on the front
page!!! Such a waste of money!!! It is not smart advertising; it is plain
stupidity or pure Hara-kiri. Don’t make fun of sportspersons and supporters.
Commiserate and say, “Hard luck mate”. Don’t gloat, remain humble and grounded.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Just for a second, let us assume
that Pakistani supporters really had booked rooms using the Make My Trip app.
Would they be thrilled if Pakistan gets thrashed and they get discounts as
promised by Make My Trip?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I bet my bottom dollar they
would not appreciate the so-called discount if it came at the cost of their
team’s loss. A team that they have spent so much money and effort to come to
India and watch an epic cricket month between the traditional rivals. If make
my trip was genuine it could have offered a quiet discount with a “we are
sorry” note and not made such a song and dance about the defeat. Make My Trip
has lost the loyalty of many Pakistani people with such crass promotion. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Many Pakistani YouTubers like
Sana Amjad and Sohaib Chaudhary are doing a better job than Make My Trip. Their
YouTube videos are quite objective and don’t take the official Pakistani view
of viewing India through Xenophobic glasses, Most of the Pakistanis featured in
the videos come across as well-mannered people grounded in the present
realities. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">End of the day, cricket is a
sport. Let us treat it as such. Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan and Neeraj Chopra are
great friends. In the world athletics Championships held in August Neeraj
Chopra won the gold and Nadeem got the Silver but unfortunately there was no
Pakistani flag available for Nadeem to drape around him and celebrate. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">It was the gracious Neeraj who
invited Nadeem to share the Indian flag, and both celebrated together. It
brought a lump of happiness to the crores of viewers throughout the world who
watched the drama unfold on live television. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I listen to Pakistani podcasts
on Spotify and find them interesting. The podcasters are quite knowledgeable,
and the Urdu is charming. The discourse about how Pakistan lost Bangladesh not
because of India but due to the ill-treatment of East Pakistan by the West was
quite an eye-opener. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">We need to avoid stereotyping.
If Pakistan is not doing well, it could mean big trouble for us. We need stable
borders. This advertisement will hurt sentiments. make my trip should eat
humble pie and say sorry. We are a hospitable country. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Let us respect our guests.
Remember we did not go to Pakistan, but they visited us. Let us understand that
it was the muscle of BCCI that made it possible. We don't need such advertisements.
Hyderabadis behaviour was much better. The crowd at Rajiv Gandhi International
Stadium supported both Sri Lanka and Pakistan. That is the way forward. Don’t
make fun of the vanquished. Let us learn to be graceful. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-8996985686278811562023-09-20T16:19:00.001+05:302023-09-20T16:19:42.569+05:30Vespa Scooter - Positioning Strategy <p> <b style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Vespa Scooter
The Ultimate in Positioning</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZNkxxKIXUWorCGGSKFF4AfgMAL7MPKRO6e_Hr3rbqNzLSN2xvcJwq5LoN_18UfL1tVcKD_oIQAy83fZ-2Ozc5ZzQ-R3epDXxapELOQDYACgiTZzksU_jA1XWWluJqX9d-B-fJrcs9XA5KHVxOLBBCK7mMJerSEvHqMEpmTF5nl1OK-TFsp0QQJsJBjw/s1390/v1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1390" data-original-width="874" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZNkxxKIXUWorCGGSKFF4AfgMAL7MPKRO6e_Hr3rbqNzLSN2xvcJwq5LoN_18UfL1tVcKD_oIQAy83fZ-2Ozc5ZzQ-R3epDXxapELOQDYACgiTZzksU_jA1XWWluJqX9d-B-fJrcs9XA5KHVxOLBBCK7mMJerSEvHqMEpmTF5nl1OK-TFsp0QQJsJBjw/s320/v1.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt;">What does Vespa mean in Italian?
Most students don’t give the correct answer. Vespa in Italian means a wasp. An
insect that can string and get away fast.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn--geTGmvecruAVpI09eWmqk6UsHxcmZGzarNCnJewWQuorKxVPQ89SOVOUmSbPHoeMP7Kn9NMX-rfFFaJKFgBkOKzH37z6eD5DxvfehylOqbHtYXLSvhTF7Mk8GC1mt_pR4rNXQvyUQlMXe4RUbNuOb6U544vBa8aVnNcZ_Mei6xCGs_tcYug4uIKyY/s673/V2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn--geTGmvecruAVpI09eWmqk6UsHxcmZGzarNCnJewWQuorKxVPQ89SOVOUmSbPHoeMP7Kn9NMX-rfFFaJKFgBkOKzH37z6eD5DxvfehylOqbHtYXLSvhTF7Mk8GC1mt_pR4rNXQvyUQlMXe4RUbNuOb6U544vBa8aVnNcZ_Mei6xCGs_tcYug4uIKyY/s320/V2.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">That was what the original Vespa
was, a nippy beast that aimed and ruled the world of scooters. Made by the
Iconic </span><em><b><span style="background: white; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 107%;">Piaggio</span></b></em><span style="background: white; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> & Company Vespa the scooter was elegant and designed
as a unisex transport option for men and women. The dead giveaway is the design
that allows women especially women who wear skirts and sarees to easily mount
the vehicle and drive it.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Da_fQy2LNOd_Koh7bJV8Qu5gGYDiOaDIDMVlglOfPSSH32IAKvo-FDSIZEEqJZdzqokz5zhUFPzqjtlKRvF12r_PE9AaAm7s9X7f1xqYNwfyZaBLT2ZnYnl9J6AWcXR_FePJbnDeC2wYYZdgMJliN1fdnnwRWWWrnSwZOgrPn0L1ZYW9Xr8ppakUA5E/s850/V4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="850" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Da_fQy2LNOd_Koh7bJV8Qu5gGYDiOaDIDMVlglOfPSSH32IAKvo-FDSIZEEqJZdzqokz5zhUFPzqjtlKRvF12r_PE9AaAm7s9X7f1xqYNwfyZaBLT2ZnYnl9J6AWcXR_FePJbnDeC2wYYZdgMJliN1fdnnwRWWWrnSwZOgrPn0L1ZYW9Xr8ppakUA5E/s320/V4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The brand started to
popularize itself as a style icon after Audrey Hepburn side saddled Gregory
Pecks Vespa in the movie Roman Holiday. This resulted in catapulting the sales
to over 1,00,000 in that year.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJLl36n1bOoMkoZVYX_P3NU-lJuxERfnM4mqBCBhk1Hfvuw9RuL6rSBliMI_jKo_THxnL0r3JlSoMfpyAxs6_DetCz2j8PrU0U8n5GBLKnQMQP46tjCQdTrvucO4sCDhgajUI9mLlmVDVdk45kjNjBiHkGYQWEPQnqnu3qqzDPWpVV7kFUdCZmqNaQsU/s845/audrey%20hepburn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJLl36n1bOoMkoZVYX_P3NU-lJuxERfnM4mqBCBhk1Hfvuw9RuL6rSBliMI_jKo_THxnL0r3JlSoMfpyAxs6_DetCz2j8PrU0U8n5GBLKnQMQP46tjCQdTrvucO4sCDhgajUI9mLlmVDVdk45kjNjBiHkGYQWEPQnqnu3qqzDPWpVV7kFUdCZmqNaQsU/s320/audrey%20hepburn.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt;">So, the initial ads had mostly
women proclaiming their allegiance and singing paeons of glory about its ease
of usage. Later it slowly started showing both men and women using it with the positioning
tack being a twosome vehicle. Later on, it became a family vehicle.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ABe_YR45O48vbDXXV9qaHK-0YQogjaAt1R3Inng_TsuA-FulQtzxJgeaayFwDTo92Ap2iZ7BTL8SW-R7tNDdt03-GYmfnWUUjy2rwNyxZVd7jAiVrp0bXjOkIclZJzLb2Lfr7DjuxMHIw-n1voyTExerO49T6O1tihJw7alWqLb658hpSVHFdV4UHG8/s592/family%20vehicle%20Italy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ABe_YR45O48vbDXXV9qaHK-0YQogjaAt1R3Inng_TsuA-FulQtzxJgeaayFwDTo92Ap2iZ7BTL8SW-R7tNDdt03-GYmfnWUUjy2rwNyxZVd7jAiVrp0bXjOkIclZJzLb2Lfr7DjuxMHIw-n1voyTExerO49T6O1tihJw7alWqLb658hpSVHFdV4UHG8/s320/family%20vehicle%20Italy.jpg" width="305" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt;">When Vespa was
introduced in India Bajaj faced a peculiar problem. Not many women rode
scooters (in fact in the initial stages women were not driving any mechanical
contraption except the bicycle).</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9zyksGo3esMicrM_Cmnf7zFskxqjpWdCcj14VMkkChfdysJ29bte5L0zsRpPg8ROFELTACXwLsgxo-l2-h_AmlJp2AvY20GNiJwgxqqRBpa4NofVdUqQ_sT7_0TAAxT_GZx-UKqY01ExaxtGcHFHXbFd9cHefSrgQ0qiKYSQ6_N8r_taqhATp0FV94c/s720/V5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="720" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9zyksGo3esMicrM_Cmnf7zFskxqjpWdCcj14VMkkChfdysJ29bte5L0zsRpPg8ROFELTACXwLsgxo-l2-h_AmlJp2AvY20GNiJwgxqqRBpa4NofVdUqQ_sT7_0TAAxT_GZx-UKqY01ExaxtGcHFHXbFd9cHefSrgQ0qiKYSQ6_N8r_taqhATp0FV94c/s320/V5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bajaj quickly changed tracks
and projected Bajaj as the ultimate vehicle for the “Indian Man”. The
motorcycle was for the rugged Indian and the Bajaj Vespa was the sophisticated urban equivalent
driven by the man of the house and the wide and children demurely sat behind him.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2-YnkLPDvvmL-wXGWAdxa6IR6JEazCz4YuwXwK1YdMQjKIVdS6Fg7ERmHQLoKNBi61EmUIIjibMsyGmfyFFtP-kct3de5BIo9lMD00iI9-od1mchxE2iE_JN_AGsSMTiKPpIw_MWuEE83EcCxpxBYA4WFXuKpXjrPvLigXgNGAc2xVLqE39NID3r-0u0/s800/V6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="800" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2-YnkLPDvvmL-wXGWAdxa6IR6JEazCz4YuwXwK1YdMQjKIVdS6Fg7ERmHQLoKNBi61EmUIIjibMsyGmfyFFtP-kct3de5BIo9lMD00iI9-od1mchxE2iE_JN_AGsSMTiKPpIw_MWuEE83EcCxpxBYA4WFXuKpXjrPvLigXgNGAc2xVLqE39NID3r-0u0/s320/V6.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The promotion was so
spot on that Indian men took the persuasion seriously to the heart. And the
product supported their beliefs. Bajaj Vespa was heavy, quite cumbersome, had unwieldy
gears and it was not easy to master. And the master stroke. Bajaj scooter must
be bent and shaken vigorously everyday morning for it to start. Something that
only the akkada trained female wrestlers’ Indian women wrestlers could attempt.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF3aecxqWX4hOlZB9nTLdt2aptRvpDHSU37apwmAQG5KTSrhyNGM12PuMyS0KqzzwU_iGv6BFV1YNwbATrJQzeSGXjxCFQGHKlw6lfNZPc5UYgnjmEzzPjotYHONlKNclFf77kXNo9_qdLRb-Prmc1hjF7PMeiA7Va_PtJB5kCVmlTwHSWDdnYVA7gdIc/s900/V7%20family%20vehicle..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF3aecxqWX4hOlZB9nTLdt2aptRvpDHSU37apwmAQG5KTSrhyNGM12PuMyS0KqzzwU_iGv6BFV1YNwbATrJQzeSGXjxCFQGHKlw6lfNZPc5UYgnjmEzzPjotYHONlKNclFf77kXNo9_qdLRb-Prmc1hjF7PMeiA7Va_PtJB5kCVmlTwHSWDdnYVA7gdIc/s320/V7%20family%20vehicle..jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thus, the unisex positioning
was completely abandoned. First, it was Kinetic Honda that took the
position and in later years it was Hero Activa that completely dominated this
mind space. </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTmE8xPoyIrb9A_-bx8xalYAGWwnJOCLer-aISgUvMMePuxUuKOMFRCnfqYYfzlzmIYFBsV6cpFYBtJNkm4U28L4RrxdbdlRd1jfH5tNytYAwyKjKHGwfRAAidX4tZUWXzeYLPXWkN2UZS2nOIkskKtHX_KyvylDHXLC6uZSUzMi3VB8EaJD3oQaj0Prc/s900/Honda-Kinetic-DX.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="900" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTmE8xPoyIrb9A_-bx8xalYAGWwnJOCLer-aISgUvMMePuxUuKOMFRCnfqYYfzlzmIYFBsV6cpFYBtJNkm4U28L4RrxdbdlRd1jfH5tNytYAwyKjKHGwfRAAidX4tZUWXzeYLPXWkN2UZS2nOIkskKtHX_KyvylDHXLC6uZSUzMi3VB8EaJD3oQaj0Prc/s320/Honda-Kinetic-DX.webp" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlFQ0Ad8RHm3WLty51CUrdh7bAD0awiaKQhMLivlLtTIfeDeYVfliJLq3vWA4EyPz3t6jFQ8a3cCeR0U91lzuCO1AlmoBNK_H7XhQLPmKwO8dXdFGaubZbXeVHDeVGg_-4_jFlefZi5jd4NwR1YV9zEMghC0Ev7ESc7sH5HXFo3fae-h4Tdjh2G9xj4g/s1280/Activa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlFQ0Ad8RHm3WLty51CUrdh7bAD0awiaKQhMLivlLtTIfeDeYVfliJLq3vWA4EyPz3t6jFQ8a3cCeR0U91lzuCO1AlmoBNK_H7XhQLPmKwO8dXdFGaubZbXeVHDeVGg_-4_jFlefZi5jd4NwR1YV9zEMghC0Ev7ESc7sH5HXFo3fae-h4Tdjh2G9xj4g/s320/Activa.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Today the unisex choice for scooters is firmly the Hero Activa and
in that category, Bajaj has no product offering either in the male scooter
category or in the unisex category.</span><p></p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7z-Ruq-AzYGsCjjtLlvjwYgBpC4l-cALxwcX5M9Ecs8_KW4eoCUEOxPM5qF2ISNwMtoHQnsTOc2hHLA9dkXQZsMQJpKVRZGM8YXq7Es8l9u0oE5k12URyf9u9x51qONVyPYpJ86VCXX5E1cCkmnOfuZNcWj5wvlT8N0-SG6YOVaiVKGHpf8yxW0T5OVE/s872/electric%20scooter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="872" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7z-Ruq-AzYGsCjjtLlvjwYgBpC4l-cALxwcX5M9Ecs8_KW4eoCUEOxPM5qF2ISNwMtoHQnsTOc2hHLA9dkXQZsMQJpKVRZGM8YXq7Es8l9u0oE5k12URyf9u9x51qONVyPYpJ86VCXX5E1cCkmnOfuZNcWj5wvlT8N0-SG6YOVaiVKGHpf8yxW0T5OVE/s320/electric%20scooter.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Of course, Bajaj Chetak
is trying to come back in an electric version and it remains to see if its ploy succeeds. </span><p></p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-18220118483020044842023-09-20T08:43:00.004+05:302023-09-20T08:44:28.435+05:30Sad sad legacy for NTR in his centenary year<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZ_QBT1kyBrCaRy2L9D6-z1LMaR1HSUsPij8g0F8Q26DJPGU9u4hg_OlMw66fGRxBX6uoOZeNq0HclEcpqBnhEiEsLF5krhzs_D6S_tp8ATiWbPKdsuG239gwxJUBdt2LscQgQq3RKGVrkrFBQmY44wLs5TwJYl_G6ZNExLrKRQaRa6lYj2T7EBfeAu4/s1005/Screenshot_20230920_083426_Google.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1005" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZ_QBT1kyBrCaRy2L9D6-z1LMaR1HSUsPij8g0F8Q26DJPGU9u4hg_OlMw66fGRxBX6uoOZeNq0HclEcpqBnhEiEsLF5krhzs_D6S_tp8ATiWbPKdsuG239gwxJUBdt2LscQgQq3RKGVrkrFBQmY44wLs5TwJYl_G6ZNExLrKRQaRa6lYj2T7EBfeAu4/s320/Screenshot_20230920_083426_Google.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Feel very sad for NTR. Especially in his centenary year. <p></p><p>Sometimes I feel NTR committed a huge mistake by entering politics. May be if he did not enter politics his name and fame would not be sullied by his own family members and they are still at it even now. </p><p>We would remember NTR the same fond way as we remember SV Ranga Rao and Savithri. </p><p>But now things are different. His entry into politics, his first betrayal by Nadendla Bhaskar Rao, his trauma, his bewildered stay out of power, his neglect by his own sons and daughters, his return to power, marriage to Lakshmi Parvathi, his second betrayal by CBN and his own family members and his inglorious death leave a very bad taste in mouth.</p><p>But we don't even let our great actor rest in peace. We could not get him a Bharat Ratna. Every day he is in news Albeit for wrong reasons. Lakshmi Parvathi his legally wedded wife not being called for the release of the Rs 100 rupee coin kicked up a new controversy. </p><p>Not a day goes with out some one mentioning about his betrayal by CBN. And the bickerings in his family. His own sons have been sidelined, the one person who resembles him and could do some good for the party is sidelined and Nara Lokesh says he is the real grand son and that he has the voice and the appeal of NTR. Siva Siva. </p><p>Yesterday his daughter Purandeshwari admitted on television that NTR was indeed betrayed and backstabbed by his own family members including her husband. She too needs to accept the blame for what happened. </p><p>All in all a very sad legacy for NTR undoubtedly one of the best actors if not the best telugu actor ever. May your soul rest in peace NTR garu.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-8224288506038984442023-09-19T11:49:00.005+05:302023-09-19T11:49:52.136+05:30Crazy Pre-wedding Shoots!<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Originally published on 03-08-2023</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This is supposed to be a pre-wedding shoot. They are lying down in a burial pit. This gets the gold medal, the silver goes to the couple who got themselves smeared with mud and the bronze goes to the couple who had their shoot in the Chettha kuppa (dump yard).</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht1thQ4JUA2MevxjoUv5Ap56z2m0JuYE9aZMYy1hYyyayGyldceiOI47QEepEbSBoeAtru5SjMT2sV1E13ygAakApYbun8h3KN5cdaB3ohMQQbrTahPENcZSkLjMTCK-9v2ZUMXmsvkOYqFSci10JpChEbl9JZIuWr35gRb4Nrb9pn3YSVBbdx5GSWTqg/s1080/lying%20dead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="1080" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht1thQ4JUA2MevxjoUv5Ap56z2m0JuYE9aZMYy1hYyyayGyldceiOI47QEepEbSBoeAtru5SjMT2sV1E13ygAakApYbun8h3KN5cdaB3ohMQQbrTahPENcZSkLjMTCK-9v2ZUMXmsvkOYqFSci10JpChEbl9JZIuWr35gRb4Nrb9pn3YSVBbdx5GSWTqg/s320/lying%20dead.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gold Medal </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1dLnoLWXZ4W__qyE4Z6xsn4tCGaepgYNScQr7AKKLIgHTFaYTuVW2Yan4_JZSIyQEMDekapRSSo2oaUgxlpdIavN0AXJJ7EooWJFK7nUBCBUTF7Ws2Y0-ivuW9frFEo8f6pj0SAnG7c1OoHVY0xo49_Tc5GHVMbvj6IGMNbs7QZfQWhemPJQi29idHSo/s956/mud%20pre%20wedding%20shoot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="956" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1dLnoLWXZ4W__qyE4Z6xsn4tCGaepgYNScQr7AKKLIgHTFaYTuVW2Yan4_JZSIyQEMDekapRSSo2oaUgxlpdIavN0AXJJ7EooWJFK7nUBCBUTF7Ws2Y0-ivuW9frFEo8f6pj0SAnG7c1OoHVY0xo49_Tc5GHVMbvj6IGMNbs7QZfQWhemPJQi29idHSo/s320/mud%20pre%20wedding%20shoot.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Silver Medal </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNUQ2JKyF2Jo6vBv4sNy5KsyC8GggKomw3ci1hWu82uXoZhh_rExfh_Q1YeeKeVh3E4hwrJKwWLHPjSLDA3t5XmEAYgPcidMAg6ApDSnRd-24l5mzAgz0mcFotUjeHDn5EOwnxgPUXPtzCGaNW70zk4M1_9ipeTn5Js95snSbtlSELXVtrKUSbxMyrksU/s1024/dump%20yard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="1024" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNUQ2JKyF2Jo6vBv4sNy5KsyC8GggKomw3ci1hWu82uXoZhh_rExfh_Q1YeeKeVh3E4hwrJKwWLHPjSLDA3t5XmEAYgPcidMAg6ApDSnRd-24l5mzAgz0mcFotUjeHDn5EOwnxgPUXPtzCGaNW70zk4M1_9ipeTn5Js95snSbtlSELXVtrKUSbxMyrksU/s320/dump%20yard.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bronze Medal </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-91537489556181012982023-09-13T16:49:00.003+05:302023-09-13T16:50:04.785+05:308 of my books get published. <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It is a fulfillment of a task that I had thought about for years, "To bring out all my articles in book form". </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Even though it took time, It finally fructified today. Thanks are due to my family members who have always stood by me and supported my endeavour. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Thanks are also due to Zarar Sir, Ritu Madam, Jitender Govindani sir, and all my colleagues at ICBM-SBE for their continued support. Thanks are also due to Aziz and Govind who tirelessly supported me in this mammoth exercise. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Finally, I want to thank all my friends and readers for constructive feedback.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Y.Srinivas Rao of Any Design, Bhanu of SS Digitals, and Krishna Rao the binder also were very helpful in bringing out this set of eight books.</span></p><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="x1n2onr6" id=":r1ng:" style="font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="x1n2onr6" style="font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="x1n2onr6" style="font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="x1n2onr6" style="font-family: inherit; padding-top: 500.017px; position: relative;"><div class="x6ikm8r x10wlt62 x10l6tqk" style="font-family: inherit; inset: calc(0% + 0px) calc(33.3333% + 1.01px) calc(0% + 0px) calc(0% + 0px); 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font-family: inherit; margin-left: -100px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x1e558r4" style="font-family: inherit; padding-left: 4px;">Vasundhara Nanjappa, Krishna Panyam and 43 others</span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x1e558r4" style="font-family: inherit; padding-left: 4px;"><br /></span></span></div></div></span></div></div><div class="x9f619 x1n2onr6 x1ja2u2z x78zum5 x2lah0s x1qughib x1qjc9v5 xozqiw3 x1q0g3np xykv574 xbmpl8g x4cne27 xifccgj" style="align-items: stretch; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #65676b; display: flex; flex-flow: row; flex-shrink: 0; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; justify-content: space-between; margin: -6px; position: relative; z-index: 0;"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-52592332931864589842023-09-13T16:45:00.002+05:302023-09-13T16:46:07.088+05:30MARKETING IN ACTION - PVR Cinemas watch 10 movies for 600 rupees<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPGbgP2ldK6PM95EKlrasQbGzWBhGYitQhHd8TgIA3P79xq-aoLIp_KrpDZd3OZ-pmTw7iWaS5vyG0OzrrHQV8krVy3IsIrDM47rbNkRLUefMOv4ymqNdmh-VTMQUrEBNo_is5bcFATeZuR5bW1MY5BbnuIXtUWAjukWD5PamKLKtNY8kmXkxYxTURHNk/s1019/pvr%20cinema.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1019" data-original-width="950" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPGbgP2ldK6PM95EKlrasQbGzWBhGYitQhHd8TgIA3P79xq-aoLIp_KrpDZd3OZ-pmTw7iWaS5vyG0OzrrHQV8krVy3IsIrDM47rbNkRLUefMOv4ymqNdmh-VTMQUrEBNo_is5bcFATeZuR5bW1MY5BbnuIXtUWAjukWD5PamKLKtNY8kmXkxYxTURHNk/s320/pvr%20cinema.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I would say a wonderful innovation. Many like me feel that Rs 200/- for a movie is too much of a cost. This innovation would bring people back to the big screen. </span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #050505;"><div style="font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Right now available only in Kanpur, Lucknow, Ludhiana. Kolkata, Gauhati, Pune, and Ahmedabad. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span></span><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">How does it work? You pay in advance. Most people will buy 2 tickets at least. That is Rs 1200/-. Weekdays only. So no problem with footfalls on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. </span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Most will not be able to watch 10 movies in a month. So they will watch maybe 5 or 6. So that would be Rs 100/- per movie. The concept is akin to loss leader pricing. </span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #050505;">The crowds will be more and money can be made on food and soft drink sales. If the crowds come in WOMBAT might trigger more people to come in on Saturdays and Sundays.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-7943472481362173312023-09-13T16:39:00.005+05:302023-09-13T16:39:43.188+05:30Puzzling Behaviour - why do American kids cry when presented with a new Pet! is it an acquired habit <p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Why do American girls cry, when presented with a new puppy?". It is a common thread in all the videos. Is it Cultural or learned behavior, just like all the newly crowned Miss World and Miss Universes </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">covering their mouths and bursting into tears the minute their win is announced.</span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eKR0YkWdfco" width="320" youtube-src-id="eKR0YkWdfco"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-42991588871287134582023-09-13T16:33:00.001+05:302023-09-13T16:33:18.720+05:30Throw back advertising at its best - Red Label Tea. <p style="text-align: justify;">What a lovely ad. It warms the heart. It is a "throwback ad". </p><p style="text-align: justify;">It is a yearning to go back to the age that we are forgetting. An age where we interacted in person and with a heart. Now we interact with heart symbols but with no heart. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The takeaway - Red label is cleverly juxtapositioning itself as the ideal companion when we are "gorging" on social media.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In spite of what the ad says, the message is, "I am an add on, and enjoy me when you are on social media or with friends". A very clever ad indeed. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UPv5XPTL0uU" width="320" youtube-src-id="UPv5XPTL0uU"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-13975588875524607102022-10-08T15:05:00.004+05:302022-10-08T15:07:49.165+05:30layer Shot Ad Banned - Common Sense is not Common - Worst Indian Advertisement <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ddcCmlyXuqY" width="320" youtube-src-id="ddcCmlyXuqY"></iframe></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Ministry of Information and broadcasting, govt of India has rightly banned the controversial "Layer shot" advertisement. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The two ten-second advertisements are truly disgusting. One shows four young adults (teenagers) ogling a girl and a boy seated on a bed. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkFPvv1BdZmIxiFajA0ooNj4IZWjSAKloRW0n3gXaXjjasP-hYJFn9ve16Fr8-SgiXGu_1iL_BRefcw28S32P5IDqQHhMiQuN8ewUEQCaeNRsC4ENRihPgCXbvTvT5TjMjguDO0JvH6r6JF0sw8ez3b1V4wzrN_6xz04CtPq7jjRaUjgFHUBbi3I3/s707/layer1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="707" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkFPvv1BdZmIxiFajA0ooNj4IZWjSAKloRW0n3gXaXjjasP-hYJFn9ve16Fr8-SgiXGu_1iL_BRefcw28S32P5IDqQHhMiQuN8ewUEQCaeNRsC4ENRihPgCXbvTvT5TjMjguDO0JvH6r6JF0sw8ez3b1V4wzrN_6xz04CtPq7jjRaUjgFHUBbi3I3/s320/layer1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">One of the four boys says, "shot maara kya (have you taken the shot) and the boy sitting on the bed says, "ha liya (yes, I have taken) and the other boy says, "Ab hamarey bari (now our turn)". The guy sitting on the bed suggestively turns his head around. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlmJkDFWUp8Jb0dYVw7Xy3O6vnjG2z4KC86L4GUhSIe_VburVCrSs_gymFB6DzlwX7pxgXjN8q4X1IyoU2DwQfs_DS_r47RX_Es4Mp6uxU35YQhYml9ROzF7d8bfeVTg5bSb_jmzzAhhcMU0jyPmKIxpoi15rvPERR9UL-hNgKn6tgTvT-ry-9eXk/s706/layer2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="706" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlmJkDFWUp8Jb0dYVw7Xy3O6vnjG2z4KC86L4GUhSIe_VburVCrSs_gymFB6DzlwX7pxgXjN8q4X1IyoU2DwQfs_DS_r47RX_Es4Mp6uxU35YQhYml9ROzF7d8bfeVTg5bSb_jmzzAhhcMU0jyPmKIxpoi15rvPERR9UL-hNgKn6tgTvT-ry-9eXk/s320/layer2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">The girl on the bed recoils in horror. The camera moves to the perfume bottle. The boy picks up the perfume bottle and says, "shot tho banta hai (shot is imperative/compulsory" and the voice-over says, "Layer's shot".</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUIyrXSjX2rFvOfvXJ4bi0sMQegmkZTejBIERdeTSQbEW4ScslG0hhrgMxrGFDAsn9KRYSdJL_KSBEg86HDXZvsmnvQ1cjX99X-V_8BfKQw4nOvY2mK0JjX7QL7ODAIySyYWcS0fW2y5z-LOklWMKombdMDnswf8FpKklXez4CJkr2RSZH8qyfhJ4U/s712/layer3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="712" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUIyrXSjX2rFvOfvXJ4bi0sMQegmkZTejBIERdeTSQbEW4ScslG0hhrgMxrGFDAsn9KRYSdJL_KSBEg86HDXZvsmnvQ1cjX99X-V_8BfKQw4nOvY2mK0JjX7QL7ODAIySyYWcS0fW2y5z-LOklWMKombdMDnswf8FpKklXez4CJkr2RSZH8qyfhJ4U/s320/layer3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">The second advertisement is even worse, a girl is shopping, and she is bending and trying to pick up something. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The same four idiots (young men) ogle her back and one of them says, "hum char aur yeh sirf ek, (she is one, and we are four, how tacky). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The second boy says, "tho shot Kaun lega? (so who will take the shot?). The girl is shocked, but then noticed a single, 'layer's Shot" bottle on the shelf. One of the boys picks up the bottle and says, "shot tho banta hai (shot is imperative/compulsory".</p><p style="text-align: justify;">How ridiculous. The ad is banned, but the damage is already done. What was the advertising agency thinking? That the advertisements are funny? </p><p style="text-align: justify;">What do they want to convey?. That women <span style="text-align: left;">are objects and can be had for fun?. And the company's management. How did they accept such crap? Don't they have any social responsibility?.</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">But maybe we are trying to close the stable door after the horse has bolted. The advertisements had become viral and may be the advertisements has served their purpose. The campaign has created the buzz and got noticed. Any publicity, including bad publicity is PUBLICITY! Bring it on, crassness seems to be ruling the roost.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-75843151432003202712022-10-08T14:51:00.004+05:302022-10-08T14:51:37.816+05:30Food Binging - binge eat - Baahubali Thali - Hogging or feasting like pigs!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZZfmqFw5GE4EPuNeNJFSRN6qeUU2deshpDjHIdt_JeLtjy9aKZ7Nk2shQ2BWXsOAFRNlasEB4bi71M0lrzKLuaclouuapC2IMtuVEkj9qwiHjpby3afR4lNYzzcWDYoDxorH9ErG3fiM40WKp1xOxNCS3gZjv9UakBhsXxRi43gombHq7PVipFbA/s711/food1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="711" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZZfmqFw5GE4EPuNeNJFSRN6qeUU2deshpDjHIdt_JeLtjy9aKZ7Nk2shQ2BWXsOAFRNlasEB4bi71M0lrzKLuaclouuapC2IMtuVEkj9qwiHjpby3afR4lNYzzcWDYoDxorH9ErG3fiM40WKp1xOxNCS3gZjv9UakBhsXxRi43gombHq7PVipFbA/s320/food1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">I like good food and enjoy food-eating videos but things have gone overboard. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Now a days there are lots of videos of food binging and of Bahubaali thalis. There seems to be fasination to over eat and binge eat.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRTiOeGuHGIzdhJmy_cNpeAnGrAKsI1e881zw9d2ImgtmuupanaAIuYe4ysbOVK30mbFaUg7vuE1nqe1jCt7Ojak8g182UhxVfspYOwRJU9MXm5GOUtQ0bEpUtPVCVOpdHUOe0_u1V11tjNtmG6B-H3Pal__RLKUkqCSHWkZIJuY1f88hW1lEs4bm/s712/food2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="712" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRTiOeGuHGIzdhJmy_cNpeAnGrAKsI1e881zw9d2ImgtmuupanaAIuYe4ysbOVK30mbFaUg7vuE1nqe1jCt7Ojak8g182UhxVfspYOwRJU9MXm5GOUtQ0bEpUtPVCVOpdHUOe0_u1V11tjNtmG6B-H3Pal__RLKUkqCSHWkZIJuY1f88hW1lEs4bm/s320/food2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Subsequently lots of food is wasted and that is a colossal waste for a poor country. Why should we encourage over eating. Why can't people eat frugally?</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This Mukbang craze is totally unhealthy and needs to be curbed. Also the fascination for calorie rich, oily, butterly and ghee filled food is nauseating! And YouTubers will definitely do anything for views and subscribers. Down with Baahubali thalis.</p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-74236047578554981072022-10-08T14:18:00.003+05:302022-10-08T14:20:12.789+05:30Rishabh Pant wants to buy cheap luxury Watches - A typical Middle class Mentality <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXawsCHAOhemvoOz_TnkGd5ePty72ebtgD7-QBuHm6uHVuScSK4R-BHSTX1ie8QmbqLEiklJ87eBUchkfnAL1qLqolFmvcCrJP3xD-nztnown7uODC2Gbkg-ZpSkhleRKfoZp8R5OmjyK58TwJ3mrEQRxMW9UMUMs3g0IK3ZcmDl_SgpIHOg79QDx_/s1080/cheap%20watches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXawsCHAOhemvoOz_TnkGd5ePty72ebtgD7-QBuHm6uHVuScSK4R-BHSTX1ie8QmbqLEiklJ87eBUchkfnAL1qLqolFmvcCrJP3xD-nztnown7uODC2Gbkg-ZpSkhleRKfoZp8R5OmjyK58TwJ3mrEQRxMW9UMUMs3g0IK3ZcmDl_SgpIHOg79QDx_/s320/cheap%20watches.jpg" width="213" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #050505;"><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Quite humourous to note. Rishabh Pant too has a "Middle-Class Mentality" like us. He wanted to buy "very cheap Luxury watches" and believed a con man to deliver him such "essential items" and lost Rs 1.63 crores! Fail to understand how luxury watches can be very cheap. That sounds like an Oxymoron!.</span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">He should have simply bought them. He can definitely afford them. Similar is the case of Kunal Pandya who tried to smuggle luxury watches into India without paying duty. Our cricket gods just like the reel heroes have feet of clay!</span></div><p></p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-35288838313329684572022-05-17T09:58:00.003+05:302022-05-17T09:58:43.267+05:30Vishwak Sen controversy - Telugu TV News shows - Much ado about nothing - Fixed TV shows - Media not having Ethics! - Publicity Rocks! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQaT5SarbNOoG0VJ9SUmpzkEcIcziQWW0WamH2VjrEXCXP0OoomSevk07FSAAE1APJUw-krxGlXp0jdOdsY1i3CdG3jhqOW_M5NouAVeS07K5sYiB19SKS08Htvcp_Fiw1Y__TIcW3jNYxWlQMnAk0VuPQzunTo67L9MzAiSbo8xdlhFaJ7YR0vYh/s708/v.sen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="708" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQaT5SarbNOoG0VJ9SUmpzkEcIcziQWW0WamH2VjrEXCXP0OoomSevk07FSAAE1APJUw-krxGlXp0jdOdsY1i3CdG3jhqOW_M5NouAVeS07K5sYiB19SKS08Htvcp_Fiw1Y__TIcW3jNYxWlQMnAk0VuPQzunTo67L9MzAiSbo8xdlhFaJ7YR0vYh/s320/v.sen.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">03-05-2022</p><div><span style="text-align: justify;">All ado about nothing! </span></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Telugu televison shows have become a joke. They only crave for sensationalism and for TRP. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Most of them never touch upon serious issues and always delve on non-serious, lighter topics. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Yesterday's "SERIOUS" discussion between the anchor and Vishwak Sen smacks of match-fixing and a very low level of journalism. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The channel claims that the actor gatecrashed the show. So, stop him from entering the debate!!! No, the actor gate crashed and is allowed to talk. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Then on cue, the actor and the anchor clash, and the anchor asks the actor to "get out". </p><p style="text-align: justify;">To say the least the anchor proved to be a better actor than Vishwak Sen, who walked out happily. The deal done and the movie got the publicity that it craved for! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">End of the day, lot of masala on the social media and enormous free publicity for the movie!</p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-7123681851918757912022-05-17T09:52:00.005+05:302022-05-17T09:52:45.741+05:30Acharya Distributors demand money to be paid off - You cant have the cake and Eat it too!<p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZEYss5MKH8GuhMtZiL-LMxaFcHeWJ2iSsg7_Ds7uuSjlX1s49zpKLh9XAJO2QyObHBlDs-4fPwt4h2uwPg_fSZqFd8-8L09WUWjXYl_SarjJWRc9YJ2nXznjeVjOKh2jwqGtp7M-6QUb-Tto2BpKg0hF62JzGoJF740KQ0idCF_Y4kRZD7ePDmlT/s675/cake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="675" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZEYss5MKH8GuhMtZiL-LMxaFcHeWJ2iSsg7_Ds7uuSjlX1s49zpKLh9XAJO2QyObHBlDs-4fPwt4h2uwPg_fSZqFd8-8L09WUWjXYl_SarjJWRc9YJ2nXznjeVjOKh2jwqGtp7M-6QUb-Tto2BpKg0hF62JzGoJF740KQ0idCF_Y4kRZD7ePDmlT/s320/cake.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">05-05-2022</p><p style="text-align: justify;">You can't have the cake and eat it too!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Acharya distributors demanding money to be paid back as they have incurred losses is very strange. It was a business risk that they took and the risk did not pay off. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">They need to be more careful next time. If they had made a profit would they have shared it with the producer, director, or with Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan? I don't think so!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This is similar to people who cry foul when chit fund and other money laundering companies cheat them. They entered the schemes knowing that such hefty interest rates are not feasible. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">If they get good returns it is their business acumen, but if they get a loss it is the governments who are responsible to recoup the losses. Real-world does not work that way!</p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-37110314359354300522022-05-17T09:46:00.004+05:302022-05-17T09:46:52.038+05:30Split Pricing and Price Anchoring Concepts!<p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">11-05-2022</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtnPLDCKJsSLOmDancywBfDGHoGBethACYiuQaVP93FS1paovkbaUNhYeagRcafe9P7GBgOUkS4N5p9sVOtAtHcuT3_W_PqIX291l_vnS8jKozUXM-PYyllPmNL-hwiYaCyg3vGNl4AzHkTsxW9tSh2K2bXqt6FaV_OJWUnD56tpi50zf-YhaIJZjk/s253/price1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="199" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtnPLDCKJsSLOmDancywBfDGHoGBethACYiuQaVP93FS1paovkbaUNhYeagRcafe9P7GBgOUkS4N5p9sVOtAtHcuT3_W_PqIX291l_vnS8jKozUXM-PYyllPmNL-hwiYaCyg3vGNl4AzHkTsxW9tSh2K2bXqt6FaV_OJWUnD56tpi50zf-YhaIJZjk/s1600/price1.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><b>Split pricing: </b>Lower price always attracts consumers. One can make a Rs 6000 item appears cheaper when priced at Rs1500 per month. The Rs 1500 tag looks cheaper than the Rs 6000 price.<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIph79GxXHtshGS3tLvV1wMDF_iWYMYGC84jIhp_rZaYIEuE6tyd8s0GhitLKFI1fyTzh-FwawSIexHtwdhsgJDdZqJCjqW7PevkFo5Pzbci34DB7oLa_yY_ihjLLwonTBDHSfvAljJ-bn3_uCe5VwDqANGsigEhrMZ1_vX4Qe5Bvw2X-E4bW0O_YM/s1024/price2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="1024" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIph79GxXHtshGS3tLvV1wMDF_iWYMYGC84jIhp_rZaYIEuE6tyd8s0GhitLKFI1fyTzh-FwawSIexHtwdhsgJDdZqJCjqW7PevkFo5Pzbci34DB7oLa_yY_ihjLLwonTBDHSfvAljJ-bn3_uCe5VwDqANGsigEhrMZ1_vX4Qe5Bvw2X-E4bW0O_YM/s320/price2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Price anchoring: </b>If we want to sell a watch having a price of Rs 2000, place it right next to a Rs 5000 watch. A common mind has the habit of comparing things and the product with less price has more chance to be sold.<p></p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-91212736978264669082022-05-17T09:39:00.002+05:302022-05-17T09:39:57.781+05:30Volvo's New ad - The world's safest Car - No longer the USP? - Compares itself with a Smart Phone <p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dMebMkXdyyM" width="320" youtube-src-id="dMebMkXdyyM"></iframe></div><p style="text-align: justify;">07-04-2022</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Don't know what to make of the new Volvo ad "Just like your phone only bigger". </p><p style="text-align: justify;">For a car that is synonymous with safety is Volvo moving away from its core values and USP?</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The world's safest car and the TOM (Top Of the Mind) brand was Volvo. So "just like your phone only bigger" makes no sense. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Is Volvo comparing Oranges with Apples, Oops Eatable Apples and not Apple computers.</p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-27115861550762635002022-05-17T09:21:00.001+05:302022-05-17T09:21:03.420+05:30IPL and National Duty - who will bell the Cat! <p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1YxAURrR7mfYcI4cjqB--rgoX0MROPG4KxAWA-ajlLNUXevHpM1kqSxO9SjcCrI4bF_0CF_VO_WI0WRELi_1pqRZPoLU2urOh6hfUIRP4ZUVKkC5dSC_ridb-OV4QmKGQaArFZMLUXnkD6X90M__W20ZDGavxMe8vJRN4f5DvIRdFTAxZkyHH2b90/s843/foot%20in%20mouth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="693" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1YxAURrR7mfYcI4cjqB--rgoX0MROPG4KxAWA-ajlLNUXevHpM1kqSxO9SjcCrI4bF_0CF_VO_WI0WRELi_1pqRZPoLU2urOh6hfUIRP4ZUVKkC5dSC_ridb-OV4QmKGQaArFZMLUXnkD6X90M__W20ZDGavxMe8vJRN4f5DvIRdFTAxZkyHH2b90/s320/foot%20in%20mouth.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">13-04-2022</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Dean Elgar, the captain of the South African cricket team shooting off his mouth about SA cricket players, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Marco Jansen, Aiden Markram, and Rassie van der Dussen not being allowed to play for the country in the future, is shooting off from the mouth without thinking.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Dear Dean Elgar, there were as many as 33 SA players in the IPL auctions 2022 including Keshav Maharaj. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1XJUKVpbkWIH9venamRkyE_-GpkG3zwzcQP5aPUW3mDKH8SZiILjpaw6SIRqhgtg7uRLPm27qFoz6OeoKFURwgQ1AuXOGx0IgTjoxOZO_RSM1PbED051aVDCNtp5WFiQMZqXcnOxsjxaYxwGwpngzkc-H3vQ2IrukE_jGqBRTB1cqlfsTwfRXnkLP/s707/bull.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="707" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1XJUKVpbkWIH9venamRkyE_-GpkG3zwzcQP5aPUW3mDKH8SZiILjpaw6SIRqhgtg7uRLPm27qFoz6OeoKFURwgQ1AuXOGx0IgTjoxOZO_RSM1PbED051aVDCNtp5WFiQMZqXcnOxsjxaYxwGwpngzkc-H3vQ2IrukE_jGqBRTB1cqlfsTwfRXnkLP/s320/bull.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Count yourselves lucky that no franchisee bought Keshav. If he was bought your series win against Bangladesh would have been in a jeopardy. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">No SA cricketer who was bought in the auction has refused the deal and played for the country. That is the fact of the matter.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Questioning their loyalty to the country and calling it a litmus test is churlish and downright insulting. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Cricketers have a short shelf life and there is nothing wrong in them trying to secure their future financial security as quickly as possible. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">CSA had an agreement and it had to honour it. The players in IPL are critical for the SA campaign for the 2022 T20 world cup and their players are getting valuable real-time match practice. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Instead of blaming the individual players, it is better that ICC manages its calendar better and allows the smooth marriage between honouring the commitment to play for the country and playing franchise cricket. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">ICC can take a leaf out of FIFA where when the country-specific matches are played no club matches are allowed. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Of course in football national duty is very rare, maybe 10-15 days in a year. In cricket, ICC will face a challenge where it is exactly the reverse, national duty 70% and franchisee cricket 30%.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This "bull in the China Shop" attitude of CSA will not result in any concrete results. On the contrary, CSA might head the West Indies way. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">West Indies national team is boring (all formats, tests, ODI, and T20I) and their best players peddle their talent in various franchisee T20 leagues throughout the world without representing the West Indies National team. Such a waste of talent!. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Cricket South Africa (CSA) had an agreement with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) whereby it makes its players available for the IPL. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">This was also heavily weighed this time as the BCCI not only ensured their India A team stayed back in South Africa when the Omicron variant of COVID-19 virus was discovered in the country but also sent the India senior side for the ODIs and Test series, bringing in much-needed revenue for the CSA. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">So it was Quid Pro Quo, In layman's terms "you Scratch my back and I will scratch yours"</p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-89452416395885999202022-05-16T08:12:00.003+05:302022-05-16T08:12:29.206+05:30Selling Nothing for One Pound on Valentine day!<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88CoSd6oCxspmRg2r5EvsUXrXWWcxg999auYDE7HgcS5eczVXMLf0d6hHbA1PSuxTqrJ1XuPoKzSKJ8rA9JYS63_BQKtyAvGptbubC7PPvCWm7cW46duEJCdxnanFr__x4Te2bju0u9E6euWWTkNKS2JQ3hFkRnuml5GrOH03tAVtqcalDV-zM3x8/s1080/nothing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88CoSd6oCxspmRg2r5EvsUXrXWWcxg999auYDE7HgcS5eczVXMLf0d6hHbA1PSuxTqrJ1XuPoKzSKJ8rA9JYS63_BQKtyAvGptbubC7PPvCWm7cW46duEJCdxnanFr__x4Te2bju0u9E6euWWTkNKS2JQ3hFkRnuml5GrOH03tAVtqcalDV-zM3x8/s320/nothing.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p><span style="text-align: justify;">24-01-2019</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Absolute brain fade. Bombazzled by the audacity. Making money by selling nothing. So nothing becomes something and the promise of delivery is nothing. So where is customer satisfaction? Something out of nothing, </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-3329375817025329972022-05-14T23:18:00.000+05:302022-05-14T23:18:05.668+05:30Road side Fast Food Joints - Management or Mis-Management <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRWTzm7VC6MjyuWTC7UMa60Yl0NpFuu7uCurJ_hvhhbcAgLWUGC8qNIRT1zNmL5Bn-lZ0jcTPgOdOriPbBbB_mqc1cDNObR3OoRBUpZjz3zJzIxJpCtF5Ph62DkeNBgEPnm1Rs0AfGVxJkzCBqyCcV8MSktyBT0lulk6LrzczOCRtwXz02MWVr-T67/s2015/fastfood%20joint.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1511" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRWTzm7VC6MjyuWTC7UMa60Yl0NpFuu7uCurJ_hvhhbcAgLWUGC8qNIRT1zNmL5Bn-lZ0jcTPgOdOriPbBbB_mqc1cDNObR3OoRBUpZjz3zJzIxJpCtF5Ph62DkeNBgEPnm1Rs0AfGVxJkzCBqyCcV8MSktyBT0lulk6LrzczOCRtwXz02MWVr-T67/s320/fastfood%20joint.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">10-11-2021</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Just had some fast food at this fast food joint. The fried rice was quite nice but what struck me was the lopsided HR resource usage. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The most important person at this fast food joint was the master (the chef, inevitably from Bengal nowadays). Bengali chefs dominate the fast food industry! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The owner was an oldish man who did not do anything except sit at the Galla (cash counter). He would not even serve the customers. He had a helper to serve the dishes and take away the dirty plates. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I did some out-of-hand calculations Rs 10,000/- rental for the shop, Rs 5,000/- electricity, Rs 5,000/- minimum for the helper, and at least Rs 30,000/- for the master (chef). So the fixed expenditure is at least Rs 50,000/- </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The owner is completely dependent on the whims and fancies of the master and the fast food joint has to make a sale of at least Rs 3,000/- per day even to break even and earn himself a small salary. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">So what is the option? A small bandi, and owners who multi-tasks and does all the jobs including serving and taking care of the cleaning too. Gone are the days of owners sitting on the Galla and overseeing operations. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">A person on the cash counter makes sense when there are large number of transactions and the kitchen has to be free to concentrate on dish preparation. When the business is small, keep it as lean as possible.</p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-83817203258083023902022-05-14T23:07:00.001+05:302022-05-14T23:07:43.261+05:30super crassness on the net - last of battery life 5% to be used for the most unimaginable emergency, watching YouTube videos!<p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-6HUwrO8IumAEqAwvF3G0iX88U4aBgMAc6lwwZpFyYvOpVL9PS71yLE-1GsGVtCUZaG1kpz_v6TUzuY0u9dEJfmzRlkjiAF_fawYrn6UmMdLP7p1Hj0wS1zp5f82Tl2aJP7Ma6M9G4kH3vnLqfi3W2y9jZIkQPVMA8mGMsOXTocRmmRf9QVuaA8sB/s699/crassness.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="699" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-6HUwrO8IumAEqAwvF3G0iX88U4aBgMAc6lwwZpFyYvOpVL9PS71yLE-1GsGVtCUZaG1kpz_v6TUzuY0u9dEJfmzRlkjiAF_fawYrn6UmMdLP7p1Hj0wS1zp5f82Tl2aJP7Ma6M9G4kH3vnLqfi3W2y9jZIkQPVMA8mGMsOXTocRmmRf9QVuaA8sB/s320/crassness.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">23-11-2021</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Found this super crassness on the net. You would think that the last 5% of battery storage would be saved for emergency calls! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">My foot that 5% has to be used for the most unimaginable emergency, watching YouTube videos! Hey Bhagwan, talk about instant gratification. Taken from the Reliance Digital site for Realme C11 smartphone specifications.</p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-55326252229458981432022-05-14T23:03:00.004+05:302022-05-14T23:03:42.026+05:30National Family Health survey asks a question, "in your opinion is a husband justified in hitting or beating a wife?". <p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFQNHyzthKfOt1KOzLJyIOXcgGMEuh1q0aecKh2EiW5nb6kia3z9xFWAQfACKhHEsW3V_9tkOgj9a0RFz3fM0cLav8hiR4FVV2pm-CBktZ5bbl8U_K5-SLMsqxchKU4pqsmYDz2shMtou9VhMqpVzixSPELHgZWPMyOwlZB61EOTnzvN5kURCHZrl/s808/survey1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFQNHyzthKfOt1KOzLJyIOXcgGMEuh1q0aecKh2EiW5nb6kia3z9xFWAQfACKhHEsW3V_9tkOgj9a0RFz3fM0cLav8hiR4FVV2pm-CBktZ5bbl8U_K5-SLMsqxchKU4pqsmYDz2shMtou9VhMqpVzixSPELHgZWPMyOwlZB61EOTnzvN5kURCHZrl/s320/survey1.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">27-11-2021</p><p style="text-align: justify;">What sort of a survey is this? Who sanctioned it? National Family Health survey asks a question, "in your opinion is a husband justified in hitting or beating a wife?". </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqRj7QgteVWhb8ozcPaMpDxDwTHB8UEeUJ8rk0dNejZX5rMu3IYVWvuzCaR4PRF88hPKeUJ4d8epROqzs5A0JlQ9coZiqxrRUyFgOksT9mGP9jBfb7BugMMPT65UXtaar_OPnKsRe7mWvTRRBd56_nBzyusGlt5Jm0BNoSlyro0Pyh_JzdNq9Va7to/s866/survey2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="713" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqRj7QgteVWhb8ozcPaMpDxDwTHB8UEeUJ8rk0dNejZX5rMu3IYVWvuzCaR4PRF88hPKeUJ4d8epROqzs5A0JlQ9coZiqxrRUyFgOksT9mGP9jBfb7BugMMPT65UXtaar_OPnKsRe7mWvTRRBd56_nBzyusGlt5Jm0BNoSlyro0Pyh_JzdNq9Va7to/s320/survey2.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">In research, we call this sort of question a loaded question. It almost legitimizes the action. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">What is the sample, what is the sample size, and who are the respondents? Can the results be generalized?. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">And the results are published and given publicity. And 84% of men and 70% of women from Telangana answered in affirmative. Wife beating is justified! We get the surveys we deserve.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">"Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."</p><p style="text-align: justify;">DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER, THIS QUOTE IS BY MARK TWAIN! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">- Autobiographical dictation April 1904. "Notes on 'Innocents Abroad.'" Published in Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 (University of California Press, 2010).</p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-80627903540832963702022-05-14T19:11:00.003+05:302022-05-14T19:11:32.112+05:30OTT and The interesting web series about Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi - Breakpoint!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RAoN4n0wYn6P6a9oZBcDRxbH0ElKH1vsa0hXIz_O5uOq6XkO7eE7j6_ehsG4boSFh-GWNF8enykdktmXmSl2jCtXjqJfAVfoSxagUTkSV-BXLTvsa1iwhQaIsxLmgcrDxZCSpZvEWFRXFnFN7tMRnqmYZOR5R66eDKiwfp26UQHU6CIS0slEmoX_/s1024/breakpoint.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RAoN4n0wYn6P6a9oZBcDRxbH0ElKH1vsa0hXIz_O5uOq6XkO7eE7j6_ehsG4boSFh-GWNF8enykdktmXmSl2jCtXjqJfAVfoSxagUTkSV-BXLTvsa1iwhQaIsxLmgcrDxZCSpZvEWFRXFnFN7tMRnqmYZOR5R66eDKiwfp26UQHU6CIS0slEmoX_/s320/breakpoint.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">02-10-2021 </p><p style="text-align: justify;">OTT is both a blessing and a curse. It gives us more choice and at the same time, most of the choice is crass and trashy. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">We trash at least 50% of the shows and movies within the first half an hour or stop watching after the first episode. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Most shows are unbearably boring. At least with OTT, there is no dissonance as we don't pay anything upright. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">"Murder in the building" a much-hyped series was so boring that it can be the best medicine for insomniacs.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So with much trepidation, I started watching Breakpoint the web series on Zee 5 and it was a refreshing watch. The series is about "what could have been but what it had become". </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The web series tells the tragic partnership story of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi the famed Indian Express Duo. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The web series though lengthy is candid enough for us to understand the fragilities of super athletes. It graphically their mental insecurities!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Torn apart by petty bickering, inflated egos, jealousies, meddling parents, and interfering coaches the web series illustrates the derailing of Indian Express. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Feared by every team including the games Woodies, the Indian express could only win 3 grand slam titles together! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">And to think that the Bryan brothers who came in later finished their careers with 16 grand slams! What a waste of prodigious talent. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Leander ended his career with 18 grand slam titles and Mahesh with 12! If only they had buried their differences it could have been 25 for Leander and 18 for Mahesh! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">A must-watch series. The only thing left out was the sordid deal in the 2012 Olympics where Sania Mirza was used as a bargaining chip to appease the sulking Leander! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I am sure that the makers wanted to get that part in too but maybe Sania did not want any of it. Or even better Zee 5 can plan another series with Sania the other superstar of Indian tennis.</p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-39687066100068101872022-05-14T19:06:00.000+05:302022-05-14T19:06:00.872+05:30CoinDCX ad - Too much to digest <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jlhHus8GXvE" width="320" youtube-src-id="jlhHus8GXvE"></iframe></div><p style="text-align: justify;">05-10-2021</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I might be old-fashioned and straitjacketed but some advertisements irritate me to no end. In this advertisement, the flippant child is asked why he wants so many chocolates. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">His reply "These chocolates are for new dad if mummy leaves you and these are for the new mummy if you can leave momma" the voice-over says, "smart kid knows the value of diversified investments". </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I know that the advertisement is supposed to be humourous but making fun of a family and that too about breakups and new mummy and new Daddy by the kid is a little too much to digest.</p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-82857811721331430212022-05-14T18:48:00.002+05:302022-05-14T18:48:40.210+05:30Ayesha Family Restaurant - Hindu or Muslim! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjszyBBlQ_RIHmyB9nWGIshgrc7u0sqnHmGLd7KiKWv8HY95C12TaV75jpaH8OFguLOQbI-y5N6zMAScGLwteuRrlHXaLoG2GrGW8KFkAqxP16nkC56DAhsmHqzENWywg7mh2vnZzEq_dd7QLwD7qMmoyY-V607stQqycOQ_075ueVoNSl0NJkI8Ct/s2015/Ayesha.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1972" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjszyBBlQ_RIHmyB9nWGIshgrc7u0sqnHmGLd7KiKWv8HY95C12TaV75jpaH8OFguLOQbI-y5N6zMAScGLwteuRrlHXaLoG2GrGW8KFkAqxP16nkC56DAhsmHqzENWywg7mh2vnZzEq_dd7QLwD7qMmoyY-V607stQqycOQ_075ueVoNSl0NJkI8Ct/s320/Ayesha.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">17-10-2021</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Clicked this interesting board at Piduguralla, Guntur district yesterday. The board says Ayesha Family Dhaba Garden and Restaurant but in the center is a Ganapathi statue. Is it a feeling of secularism? No chance! This is pure business! Cash in on customers from both religions.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Footnote: Anyhow they don't serve non-veg. They serve NONE - VEG!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Comments: </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Niketa Nigam: </b>Ayesha is a Hindu name too</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Raghavender Matam: </b>Niketa Nigam according to?</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Niketa Nigam: </b>Raghavender Matam according to all the Ayeshas around the world who are Hindu</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Raghavender Matam: </b>Niketa Nigam so you don't have any academic source?</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Niketa Nigam: </b>Raghavender Matam how a name on hoarding is a source enough to assume it' is a Muslim person? Haven't you come across Ayesha or Aisha who is a Hindu? History says its origin was Muslim but is that ur only 'deciding factor'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Anil Ramesh: </b>Let me come in here. Ayesha here is a Muslim name and inside there was enough indication that this is a Muslim establishment!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Niketa Nigam: </b>Anil Ramesh if there are other things that state it is owned by a Muslim Person that would be a different situation altogether but just going by this picture and the name, it would be wrong to conclude that just because it is named as 'Ayesha' it is a Muslim establishment. Ayesha is a very common Hindi name as well. In north India, you would come across way many Ayesha's, even brahmin girls named Ayesha. It has a very positive meaning in Hindi.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Anil Ramesh: Okay, Niketa Nigam.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Raghavender Matam:</b> Niketa Nigam that is the problem with today's India. Even Brahmins forgot Sanskrit and are naming children Islamic names. Tell me what's the meaning of Ayesha?</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Niketa Nigam: </b>Raghavender Matam the problem with people who bring religion into everything is that they cannot understand anything without bringing a religious debate into it. Irrespective of whose name Ayesha was in history it has its meaning which is " happy living". The point here was simply that " Hindus also use this name ( its the personal choice and cannot be questioned) so there is a possibility it is not a Muslim establishment". However, you will read it only in the light of religious tension.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Sri Nivas: </b>For all the discussion that happened. Thank you very much. That was a disguise of religion... for business survival... right? wrong? subject to perspective and prerogative...</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Anil Ramesh:</b> Very well said Srinivas</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Syed Shad Ali:</b> Anil Ramesh sir, what’s your view about this marketing strategy? Good or bad?</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Anil Ramesh:</b> Very good question Syed Shad Ali. I posted it because it was unusual and it triggered a thought process. In my view, names should be neutral so that they do not lead to any sort of reservations at any point in time. Here it seems to be a congruence of cultures and apparently, everyone is happy with the status quo.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">End of the day the proof of the pudding is in the eating. If the food, ambiance, and price are right, customers would flock, otherwise, they would give it a royal miss. In my view only a good title does not guarantee a movie's success, content too has to be good.</p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-34437187170085733332022-05-14T18:34:00.005+05:302022-05-14T18:34:52.768+05:30Cadbury's Unique Customized Ads featuring Shah Rukh Khan!<p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVu4-Grlm0HSHkNTE5Tl9H5STCSj54-Omckzqa3SCJDZVYy_pBMUGloY9qCKnyUGS0dcdYTOBVJD-xjqMpON-Gh51GW00Yk0li-o2btg2Y8aLcHcV89LgkL5IIpaUs8lxlajl99plp8ZGtLB5nSg_1MptCAboAabfwmZpT7XAVf_KEZediro0iG4i8/s940/Shah%20Rukh%20Khan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="940" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVu4-Grlm0HSHkNTE5Tl9H5STCSj54-Omckzqa3SCJDZVYy_pBMUGloY9qCKnyUGS0dcdYTOBVJD-xjqMpON-Gh51GW00Yk0li-o2btg2Y8aLcHcV89LgkL5IIpaUs8lxlajl99plp8ZGtLB5nSg_1MptCAboAabfwmZpT7XAVf_KEZediro0iG4i8/s320/Shah%20Rukh%20Khan.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>25-10-2021</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Great idea Cadbury! Personalizing the advertisement is the need of the day in the era where everything is personalized. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">These personalized advertisements can be used on websites, local media, cable networks and in social media like Facebook, Whatsapp, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram. It is a wonderful innovation, marrying personalization with Technology.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>According to Hans India: </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Cadbury is allowing customers to create an ad for their local stores for free with Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan on it. The ad, which is in the form of a video, stars the actor, who promotes the local store (it could be Kirana, footwear, and electronics) by directly naming the store. The ad is part of the company's "NotJustACadburyAd" campaign that aims to promote local stores. Through a series of videos on its social media channels, Cadbury explains that the company wants to help local stores in India that were heavily impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">https://bit.ly/3EcoBJA</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782974414549621605.post-72133159258453666362022-05-14T11:14:00.002+05:302022-05-14T11:14:29.825+05:30Balakrishna at it again - Puts feet in his own mouth! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQxmrrIhLXOOZLYCk8Xl5lPZbGnTY2p_nCW5lwCPycCRLHE9YBj8u3BWvw4R1rvgMHQIFgJzNG19GT-DMaw_7LEqQos9SuyWtr5ikeA1QJtdGpDIEyi3il7a3MHyTGQiW2E6ruNwUkkehXCoMsK-y5C1B_Q_u76DSrYRpVm-ZJkvBzlSJwwL7twHp/s1080/balakrishna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQxmrrIhLXOOZLYCk8Xl5lPZbGnTY2p_nCW5lwCPycCRLHE9YBj8u3BWvw4R1rvgMHQIFgJzNG19GT-DMaw_7LEqQos9SuyWtr5ikeA1QJtdGpDIEyi3il7a3MHyTGQiW2E6ruNwUkkehXCoMsK-y5C1B_Q_u76DSrYRpVm-ZJkvBzlSJwwL7twHp/s320/balakrishna.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">22-07-2021 </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Whenever Telugu actor Balakrishna opens his mouth he inevitably puts his foot inside it. His blabbering on stage is well-known and his speeches are the butt of many jokes and memes. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">His completely funny Telugu-influenced Hyderabadi Urdu/Hindi speech where he went hammer and tongs at PM Narendra Modi should be watched on Youtube! He was better than Mr.Bean himself. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">And his "Gul huva hamaara Sitara" goof-up was very prophetic when the TDP was routed in GHMC elections. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Now it looks like he is taking his wrath out on A.R.Rahman. To say that he does not know who Rehman is is absolute nonsense. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Yes, all Telugus feel that NTR deserves the Dadasaheb Phalke award and maybe the Bharat Ratna but to say that the Bharat Ratna is equal to NTR's toenail is stretching it too much. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The legendary actress of India Savitri never got a Padmasri and Keerthi Suresh who essayed Savitri's role in Mahanati got the best actress award! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Does that make Keerthi Suresh a better actress than Savitri? No way, grow up Balakrishna!</p>Dr. M. Anil Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236264669475422052noreply@blogger.com0