#December2025 #WiseEyedInnovations #25YearsOf21stCentury Hello folks. The last month of the year, December 2025, is here and it's time for me to share the December page from my blog's Wise-Eyed I...

#TwiningsTea #AdvertisingAndBrandCommunications #TeaBoardOfIndia Hello folks. Having worked on how to market Indian tea better both in India and overseas and shared my thoughts and ideas on my bl...

#WeekendPost #PRAgencyMeddling #ParkerPens #MeddlingWithMyLuggage The third of my weekend posts regarding unprofessional PR agency idiot bosses is to do with their meddling in my luggage, not j...

#AdvertisingAndBrandCommunications #PRAgencyMeddling #Automobiles #ColourCodedNonsense Since I have shared a weekend post already to do with unprofessional PR agency idiot bosses, I might a...

#WeekendPost #PRAgencyMeddling #MyBlog #AdvertisingAndBrandCommunications I suppose you could call this an early weekend post, since I am sharing it on a Friday. But this has to do with unpro...

#ColgateToothpaste #PromotionOffers #AdvertisingAndBrandCommunications I have been using Colgate toothpaste for almost all my life, and I must share this if only to show that sometimes even marke...

The year is ending with Trump doing a whistle-stop tour of several Asian countries – Southeast Asian and East Asian this time – signing several trade agreements along the way. Of course, the highlight at the ASEAN conference in Malaysia was the peace agreement between Cambodia and Thailand, one of Trump’s many showpiece peace treaties since taking over as US President in 2025 that he hopes will win him the Nobel Peace Prize.

What a huge fuss has been kicked up over Bihar’s 2025 assembly elections! This, when there was no new candidate, no major new party contesting the elections and so any big surprise or wild card was ruled out. Some might argue that Prashant Kishore’s Jan Suraj party was the big surprise element in this election, but more about this later. The fight was mainly between the two big alliances, NDA and the MGB – between national parties such as BJP and INC with regional parties, JDU and RJD respectively, that enjoy strong grassroot support in the state.

While reading Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and The Making of Modern Asia which my aged father gave me for my birthday this year, I was thinking that this is a book for international readers since the history of India’s partitions has been told many times. But through the first chapter itself, I was surprised to learn about the “Indian Empire”, which is how the British referred to the vast swathes of territory they controlled, from Aden and southern Arabia in the West, to Burma in the East.

#WeekendPost #PharmaceuticalsManufacturing #Branding #PRAgencyMischief This is my third weekend post today calling out unprofessional PR agency idiot bosses' meddling and nonsense! I notice ...

#2025InBrands #Innovation #BrandStrategy #BusinessAndBrands #AdvertisingAndBrandCommunications #WPP 2025 is coming to an end. How did I spend it, considering I am still unemployed? To start ...

It’s almost 20 years since I left New Delhi for my aged parents’ home in Chicalim, Vasco, Goa in October 2008. When I watch scenes of the smog-filled air in Delhi-NCR play out on English news channels at this time of the year, year after year, I count myself lucky to not be living or working in Delhi anymore. Though the city has been home to me for more than half my life, and my entire career in the advertising industry has been based there, save for a relocation to Chennai in 2003 to work with RK Swamy/BBDO about which, the less said, the better.

Sounds like a crazy statement to make about the world’s largest trading bloc, comprising 400 million people, you may think. But not if you consider the EU’s own aspirations and ambitions, captured in Mario Draghi’s voluminous report. The EU’s own predicament faced with the raging Ukranian conflict with Russia on the one hand, and with Trump’s tariffs on the other, makes it imperative that the European economy focuses on building its economic capacity.

#PRAgencyMeddling #WPP #Google I have been thinking that I must put down my thoughts on WPP and its brand strategy on my blog. I commented recently on their Q3 earnings post here on LinkedIn...

#PRAgencyMischief #WhatsApp #RBI #FinancialServices Unprofessional PR agency idiots are not only busy hacking into our WhatsApp and emails, and not only meddling with and through the government...

#Google #GoogleDrive #PRAgencyMeddling I have been sharing posts about PR agency idiot bosses meddling through technology companies for years, in my work and our lives, including on my aged f...

#November2025 #WiseEyedInnovations #25YearsOfThe21stCentury Hello folks. The penultimate month of 2025 has begun and I have to share the November page from my blog's Wise Eyed Innovations Calenda...

#DDBsFate #AgencyBrands #AgencyNetworks #PRAgencyNonsense When I first heard about the demise of DDB, I was hoping this wouldn't be the next in line of agency brands being killed to "simplify" ...

Very sad, WPP. I hate to say this again, but the earnings report also reeks of unprofessional PR agency idiot bosses meddling in my career and life, and with WPP and Ogilvy. In addition to some of t...

#AirIndia #AdvertisingAndBrandCommunications #PRAgencyMischief I don't know how many of you have seen this new advert for Air India, which I happened to see on CNBC. I wonder which advertising ...

It was too good to be true. China’s economic growth powered by its exports sector delivered annual rates of real growth between 10% and 14% for years together in the 1980s and 1990s. Something the world watched with awe and admiration, as the Middle Kingdom surged to become the world’s second largest economy in GDP terms. The recent travails of the Chinese economy since the 2008 Financial Crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic have put the brakes on its economic growth, and perhaps some of it could have been avoided.

What a remarkable turn of events in the Middle East this past week. From constant shelling and the killing of innocent civilians – many even as they lined up for food – to the cessation of hostilities and the exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. So far, so good. At least as far as what is being described as the First Phase is concerned.

I agree, this is awful. But the entire advertising industry is facing an existential crisis, as I have been writing on my blog. Any wonder, WPP and Dentsu are the worst performing? Both have been hug...

#FathersHealth #RoutineMedicalTests #PRAgencyMeddling My aged father who is 93 years old had to undergo his routine blood and medical tests and it was Apollo Diagnostics yet again who operate ...

#MonkeyNonsense #PRAgencyMeddling #WaterSupply #AmazonIndia Unprofessional PR agency idiot bosses couldn't leave us alone and in peace even on Diwali, yesterday. The water supply continues to b...