And finally…

…an ad campaign that made me feel good!
There are lots of goodies in there: check out the Evolution film, the true colours campaign for the self-esteem fund, and the pro-age commerical, among other things.
Wikipedia has information about the commercial, and a warning that Unilever’s quite the hypocrite. A much better critique of the campaign is at [...]

Domestic violence goes colourful*

Apology/Update: Turns out it wasn’t Benetton (see Jill’s comment below). The ads were never sanctioned by them. So you could replace this post with a “someone’s so sick they think this is a practical joke”.
 Blr Bytes again points me to something thought-provoking: a Benetton ad(?) “issued in public interest”, part of a series called ‘Colours of [...]

Legal History in the making?

This has to be the first time an Indian court hasn’t accepted “but she was my girlfriend!” as an excuse for rape.
Go, Mr. Garg!

Of clothes, culture and comfort

I heard an interesting tidbit yesterday about one reaction to an exchange student who wears shorts to the Acad Block: that it raised “public morality” issues. I burst out laughing, till I realised the person saying it was serious. If he’d said it in front of me, I’d have pointed out to him that [...]