Local flavour: How condom marketers are making their bidSome of their brand names are as colourful as their product range, but that’s not the only reason for the popularity of regional condom mar...
02 Jun, 2023, 04.24 PM IST
Cola-teral damage of the post-emergency return of DemocracyOkay, no, so let me start at the beginning. Growing up in the 1960s-70s, you had a small selection of soft drinks available in paan shops. ...
01 Apr, 2023, 08.52 PM IST
"Next you will demand condoms?": Bihar IAS officer mocks schoolgirl's question on sanitary padsThe student had asked Bamhrah that as the government is providing school dress, scholarship, bicycles and many other facilities to students...
29 Sep, 2022, 03.36 PM IST
Why this has got to be the worst IPL ever, advertisements-wiseWatching the cricket league on TV is like watching a maalgaadi (crash) of ads – without remembering the products being advertised – with of...
28 May, 2022, 11.01 PM IST
Sex sells everything, except safe sexThe curfew on condom ads has divided the advertisement industry with many believing that it is reminiscent of the 80s when sanitary napkin ...
17 Dec, 2017, 11.57 AM IST
Now you can file police complaint over racy condom adsThe only ads pre-screened are relating to cigarettes, tobacco and alcohol, other ads, whether in print or TV or cable, are a voluntary code...
01 Jul, 2016, 11.18 AM IST
Panel formed to rethink pricing of premium condomsThe Department of Pharmaceuticals has set up a panel to decide on the pricing of premium condoms after it fixed a cap of Rs6.50 a piece las...
27 Mar, 2014, 12.47 PM IST
Premium condom market in India may collapse as drug pricing authority sets price cap of Rs 6.50All men and women who like a bit of luxury where it counts may be forced to switch to economy class.Yes, a plain-vanilla, no-frills future ...
04 Feb, 2014, 08.11 AM IST
Self as signalAs a “frontier”, consciousness is without parallel. The scope and scale of its mystery is infinite, for it has the ability to create and to...
28 Aug, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
India's population: Demographic dividend or explosion?Economists have attributed India’s economic growth to its demographic dividend, but the state must ensure that the resources are distribute...
30 Jan, 2011, 12.42 AM IST