Tag Archives: consumerism
The Zomato ad and India’s hustle since 1947
In contemporary India, corporate branding has often aligned itself with nationalist sentiment, adopting imagery such as the tricolour, Sanskrit slogans or references to ancient achievements to evoke cultural pride. Marketing narratives frequently frame consumption as a patriotic act, linking the … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Culture
Tagged consumerism, corporate branding, Independence Day, India After Gandhi, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ramachandra Guha, The Times of India, Winston Churchill, Zomato
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Streaming now: the 24/7 human centipede
Have you heard of ‘Bigg Boss Ultimate’? Continue reading
Posted in Culture
Tagged Big Brother franchise, Bigg Boss franchise, Bigg Boss Ultimate, celebrity culture, consumerism, The Human Centipede, Tom Six, voyeurism
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Pseudoscientific materials and thermoeconomics
The Shycocan Corp. took out a full-page jacket ad in the Times of India on June 22 – the same day The Telegraph (UK) had a story about GBP 2,900 handbags by Gucci that exist only online, in some videogame. The Shycocan product’s science is … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Science
Tagged capitalism, consumerism, eco-economic decoupling, flygskam, Greta Thunberg, Gucci, infinite growth, Michael Liebrich, nationalism, negative entropy, NFT, non-fungible tokens, pseudoscience, Shycocan, thermoeconomics
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Ocean-safe consumption
Just spotted this ad on the website of The Better India, a journalism website that focuses on “positive stories”: India’s nationwide lockdown has many important lessons – including the fact that it wasn’t useful in slowing the spread of the … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Scicomm
Tagged biodegradable, bioplastic, consumerism, consumption, coronavirus lockdown, Ganga river, surface cleaners, The Better India, toxicity
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Friends no more
Growing up, watching Friends was a source of much amusement and happiness. Now, as a grownup, I can’t watch a single episode without deeply resenting how the show caricatures all science as avoidable and all scientists as boring. The way … Continue reading
Posted in Op-eds
Tagged anti-intellectualism, astrology, Bapstein-King comet, consumerism, Facebook, Friends, March for Science, Ross Geller, science communication, science journalism, TV show, Twitter
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