"Brand Nahi to Style Nahi"... Get a Life... VP of Mktg @ Zeiss

"Brand Nahi to Style Naahi"

So, the Indian society has hit another shallow low in trying to prepare hoards of 'Brand Bitches' eh ?

I have not had the Idiot box for the last few months since I moved into my new place, Marconi's invention which the Indians have adopted in a style that is mind numbing has kept me connected well enough with the circus called society around me.

Today on the evening of Diwali re-brushing on my lost skill of annoying the Idiot box to change its mind every few seconds, I came across an Ad from Ziess Opticals which can be called "Brand Nahi to Style Naahi". MAN WAS I ALL PUMPED UP IN A FIT OF RAGE AND DISAPPOINTMENT.

It comes to me as i put in more thought that the executives @ Zeiss who are paid all these fat corporate pay checks couldn't come up with anything more exciting and responsible than this super shallow Ad setting an even more pseudo standard that "no brand aint any style at all". And the Zeiss super bosses possibly with an overwhelming zeal to meet their sales targets, letting go of the last morsel of any respect or concern for the society at large approved this ad and the marketing agency who publicized this ad, again gave into the agenda.

Are we as citizens of this nation, so gracious & glorious, so apathetic and hopeless that the average by stander is so ignorant of facts of the actions or results that shape us and our psyche in bringing up and nurturing a coherent society.

I have already called the Zeiss offices and tried talking to their Mktg ppl with not much of an exciting response...Have also looked up the ACSI (Advertising Standards Council of India) website and the procedure to launch a concern in a formal manner.

Would request you netizes and citizens to please do your part in helping me help sensitize our society.

Indian youth are simply unemployable: Report (Click link 4 Article)

This comes as no wonder I guess, If the students are judged by one exam at the end of the year, and only in the subject that they are studying and no other courses to make them well rounded, the resultant output would be what the article has to say.

When fully grown students who are eligible for universal suffrage are disciplined 'like or worse' than kindergartens and not let to live up to their responsibilities I dont see why this article should come to us as a surprise.

Gene switch can alter sex orientation (Click link 4 Article)

When facts of science are proving stronger day after day that sexuality is a genetic factor, why don't we let the sexual minorities live their fundamental rights of expression and life?

By depriving them of their basic human rights, what are we trying to accomplish other than satisfying ourselves of an ego boost.

Keeping science aside, if equality is the grounding base for a democracy...can we call our democracy (India) a true democracy where minority rights aren't being protected?

Stay indoors if you feel threatened, HC tells politicians (Click the title for a link to the article)

I was LITERALLY Laughing my butt off...reading this article.

Seriously, why should peoples representatives be provided security unless they have an documented, open and unavoidable threat. Why should the tax payer take the burden of protecting a so called peoples representative (usually) with shady background?

To say anything more on this article would be an overkill...I think the high court said what was necessary. I just wish it went a little further giving a directive to the government stating that the comfort of the common man should be the utmost priority when planning security for these shady honchos.

Speed is the new mantra for Indian Railways (Click the title for a link to the article)

Is PATHETIC the word to be used for the speed record of the railways? Their track record of modernization, Meaning 'moving from Steam to Diesel' took them 50 yrs, lets see how many donkeys years they take to at least get the 150 Km/hr speed for trains to run on the existing tracks.

Bullet trains ?????? ;-))))))))))))))
I have nothing to say but drop my jaw and keep waiting for this miracle to happen and then pinch my self in disbelief if it is done in the next DECADE.

Who are you Kidding...Indian railways is probably THE MOST ANTIQUATED RAILWAY SYSTEM IN THE WORLD. Anything you say to me without practical substantiation in reality...I think I will let my judgment of their CRAPPY 60 YEARS OF TRACK RECORD DECIDE IT.

India sex workers demand rights (Click the title for a link to the article)

I see no reason why their profession should not be legalized. In a country of over a Billion people where every one of any age is expected to see nothing but PG-13 Moves and Programming and entertainment, I don't see a point in suppressing the only profession that meets the peoples human needs.

Although I am ALL FOR THESE SEX WORKERS RIGHTS, the only issue that bothers be is their health. I am not sure if they will be able to do the trade in a healthy and sound way. Most of the STD's and HIV cases arise cause of unsafe sex practices. I would put these workers on a pre-requisite health counseling and health practice course work before issuing any licenses and rights.

Baroda court summons Mallika (Click the title for a link to the article)

Don't these moral policing morons have a better job of doing nation-building rather than pointing fingers at what goes in a private party of consenting adults...and what the hell is the court up to...doesn't the jobless and hopeless judge have any thing to do other than admit farce cases like these???