Ranjan Kapur: End of an era at O&M

An astute advertising professional, he took Ogilvy & Mather India to the number one position after coming on board as managing director in 1994 Ranjan Kapur was not only among the doyens of Indian......

'I am here for a long time. I'm here to give them grief!'

Piyush Pandey retiring?! 'I'm not going anywhere,' says O&M's South Asia executive chairman. IMAGE: Sonal Dabral, chairman, left, and creative officer of DDB Mudra Group with Piyush Pandey, the......

How Hindustan Unilever plans to fight toxic ads

By toxic, the reference is to material that whips up hatred, is discriminatory in nature and has explicit sexual and pornographic content. The country’s largest advertiser,  (HUL), is......

What makes Big B the Shahenshah of brands

While Hindi movies got their next change in theme -- from romantic movies to crime and thrillers -- with Zanjeer (1973), when Bachchan distilled the angst of his generation as the Angry Young Man,......

How Dalmiya revolutionised sports broadcast in India

IMAGE: Jagmohan Dalmiya changed BCCI’s face forever. Photograph: PTI The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the richest cricket governing body in the world, but there was a time......