New categories even in village haats

In the last decade we have seen many new categories capture the imagination of the Indian consumers Green Tea, Olive Oil, Oats....

The other day I saw an interesting product, stacked in a bag in a village haat ....

The category is Macaroni

Interesting hoarding

Saw this interesting board in the market yesterday.

Bamboo Cluster Village - Assam

Recently had the chance to visit a village which was into production of products out of Bamboo. Each house was specializing in some product. One has to see the skill level to actually appreciate it. A few photos from the visit..

Entrance to the Village

Sofa Sets being made

Bangles being made

Smaller Stools

Finished Smaller Stools

Appropriate Hoarding in Temple Town of Puri

Interesting Hoarding on the Road

Nokia feeling Nostalgic

Yesterday was the last day for the Nokia factory in Chennai and when I saw the article in et and the models shown in it ...

The significance of the factory in terms of the output is not known to many of us

Markets blooming during Diwali

If one wants to experience the festivities during Diwali one needs to move away from the Malls and shopping centers into the traditional markets. Went to two of the older markets in lucknow, sharing some photos from the visit. 

Candles being Sold by Kilos

People busy Buying

Diya's Being Sold

Brisk Sale of Pooja Items

Interesting full page ad

Saw an interesting print as so sharing

Season of full page Ads continue

A full page by mobile store talking about off line advantages

Season of full page ads 3

More full page advertisements, this time it is Big Bazaar, on flipkart sale.

Season of Full Page Ads - 2

Today the full page ads were even more interesting, especially the response by snap deal on flipkart's special sale day..

 And Snapdeal responding..

Season of Full Page Ads - 1

For the last few days I have been seeing full page ads , these were the ones which were put up for the Swachh Bharat Campaign

Product Innovation for Indian Markets - LG Evercool Refrigerator

Wanted to share this ad many months back,when I first saw the ad...

Another example of Innovation for Indian consumers. For most of the tier-II city residents in the country this feature "Longest Cooling During Power Cut" makes a lot of sense...  

Local Mela - Photos

Is there an opportunity in this complexity?

The number of charger in a average household...
This was when I was trying to find the charger for my mobile..

Interesting Gift Packs for Diwali

A Mela During Dussehra - Photo Blogging

Visited a Mela organized around Dussehra, photos to tell the story...