tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post6701732049861598496..comments2023-12-06T14:39:25.446+05:30Comments on of this and that: Branded for Lifedipalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-85488948779614669972008-04-18T16:39:00.000+05:302008-04-18T16:39:00.000+05:30:)these days i would buy whatever fits me!! period...:)<BR/><BR/>these days i would buy whatever fits me!! period!! even then the choice is less!!<BR/><BR/>i mean did i get bigger or even small got smaller! :(<BR/><BR/>but i am indeed fond of certain brands simply because i have had good experience with them! if not i give up on em! for the kid of money they charge, first impression is INDEED the last impression! <BR/><BR/>apart from that, i guess its an ge when you get carried away by these things and eventually they stop mattering so much!!<BR/><BR/>i do love looking at atrociously priced designer clothes and shoes and watches!! <BR/><BR/>i dont mind a watch saying Guggi pretending to be gucci!! i seriously got gifted one of those!! :D<BR/><BR/>cheers!Mama - Miahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06330103540647472728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-37282812895147679892008-03-30T09:22:00.000+05:302008-03-30T09:22:00.000+05:30Exactly Madam !!Hope I made senseExactly Madam !!Hope I made senseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-54851289365340767752008-03-29T22:29:00.000+05:302008-03-29T22:29:00.000+05:30@mishra: got it! Being with female friend/sister/p...@mishra: got it! Being with female friend/sister/partner apparently grants respectability to young men, rendering them 'harmless'!dipalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-23213678922969675872008-03-29T15:04:00.000+05:302008-03-29T15:04:00.000+05:30Thats right !! Observant is the word I was looking...Thats right !! Observant is the word I was looking for.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I do know that being married is not a 'property'-with the definition of the term intact! Rather, in context of your blog-<I>which I interpreted as talking about brand/price-getting-bigger-than-the-qualities </I><BR/>thing -- "being married" somehow has much the same <B>brand</B> value now-a-days.Being married now is,to a great extent, synonymous to being sensible and worth respect- which ofcourse is illogical/irrational.You might believe me that travelling all <I>alone</I> in Sleeper class (Indian railways) was difficult as every family around thought I was after their daughter/sister/( in some case Mother too !! ).And the same people would as me to join then for dinner with my sister around( thinking her to be my better half )..I hope I am making sense.I am glad you replied to my review.Pleasure listening to your ideas !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-33047381394562094332008-03-28T12:55:00.000+05:302008-03-28T12:55:00.000+05:30@sur: I had to ask my husband- Lacoste is the croc...@sur: I had to ask my husband- Lacoste is the crocodile-wala brand!<BR/>@space bar: exactly!<BR/>@choxbox: will they leave anything alone, I wonder!<BR/>@indian home maker: if only our kids believed us and not the advertisers:)<BR/>@space bar: I get even more irritated by the strange mix of Hindi and English in so many ads.<BR/>@usha: 'you still use it only for writing'! Ha ha ha:) My husband was given a Mont Blanc at some company shindig, and I used it to write a letter. It was so damn heavy that I gave up and put it in its box. None of our kids want it either. ( Though I did love my father's Parker pen, which I sadly lost).<BR/>@sundar narayan: You are inspiring a post. My husband insisted on buying a Bose Wave thingummy, which announces that most of our discs are not playable. And of course they play perfectly well on the other, less snooty system.<BR/>@eve's lungs: Some people do care- the guys the advertisers are after- not sensible people like us:)<BR/>@candyfloss:that's the ultimate, isn't it- having fake brands which you can't distinguish from the original!<BR/>@suki: Tailors- Bah. They never listen, do they?<BR/>@chandni, utbtkids: Thunkoo muchly.<BR/>@mishra: Glad to know you don't think of me as another AIWEI blogger, though I really don't think that being married or not has anything to do with being sensible or not! I do know wonderfully sensible people who have never married. The word you were looking for was 'observant'.<BR/>@jawahara: exactly, dude.<BR/>@2b's mom: Thanks!dipalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-82465599400902503782008-03-28T07:27:00.000+05:302008-03-28T07:27:00.000+05:30totally agree with you.totally agree with you.Indian in NZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11775633461738007949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-2794028964156524162008-03-26T22:15:00.000+05:302008-03-26T22:15:00.000+05:30I found myself agreeing with everhything in this o...I found myself agreeing with everhything in this one. These large displays of brands is one reason I find some of the more trendy and hip new Bollywood fare really annoying. Dude! I don't need to know who made your shirt.<BR/><BR/>Also...the tag is finally done.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14934380378741960230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-9258089540599024902008-03-26T20:40:00.000+05:302008-03-26T20:40:00.000+05:30Hello Ma'm.To be honest, I wondered how could you ...Hello Ma'm.To be honest, I wondered how could you be one of those AIWEI( I heard an exaggerated use of this word staying in UP ) bloggers around till i read the second paragraph of your post ( the one which says you are married !! ).You see being "married"- rightly or unrightly does give a room for expectation of a little sense,which many a times is not so obvious/rational ( much like the explicit mention of brands on items give a room for the not-so-cheap pricing of the item ).This is probably the most wonderful write-up by a highly observative ( i do not know if the word exists ) mind around.Awesome work !! will blogroll you, if you do not mind educating the kids ( =us) around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-78306428111513410462008-03-26T17:56:00.000+05:302008-03-26T17:56:00.000+05:30Amen to your thoughts, very well written.Amen to your thoughts, very well written.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-87576984584059255102008-03-26T10:13:00.000+05:302008-03-26T10:13:00.000+05:30well said!well said!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-73157389456451902572008-03-25T18:51:00.000+05:302008-03-25T18:51:00.000+05:30Oooh, I must be a 21st century dinosaur then. I ho...Oooh, I must be a 21st century dinosaur then. I home right in on the shop I know, and I don't know what brand my favourite pair of jeans is. It says "B-bell", as I just checked. What is that anyway?<BR/><BR/>I loved tailored salwar kameezes, until I realized that you can get only 4 salwars done from the same tailor. After that, the tailor decides your size is "readymade and average", regardless of measurements and instructions. <BR/><BR/>So now I'm a slave to high prices, because the only places that come with trial rooms and can alter something to fit are branded pricey ones. Heh. <BR/><BR/>Someone show me a moderately priced, good tailor already!Sukhalokahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839282055547314024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-63005863415549017672008-03-25T11:09:00.000+05:302008-03-25T11:09:00.000+05:30In Beijing, there's this fascinating fakes market ...In Beijing, there's this fascinating fakes market - you can buy all sorts of designer stuff - and for a small fee, they'll fix whatever brand logo you want on it :-DMaggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07112924346592375925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-4490974407311575362008-03-24T22:04:00.000+05:302008-03-24T22:04:00.000+05:30@ spacebar - i think it was something like 'doodh ...@ spacebar - i think it was something like 'doodh doodh, doodh doodh, har pal hai something something, har pal ki maang hai doodh' or some such. basically everyone and their cousin glugging down glassfuls and leaving a milky moushtache.<BR/>rings a bell?Choxboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741540918529448553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-70236891426056699962008-03-24T21:19:00.000+05:302008-03-24T21:19:00.000+05:30You're so right as usual wise one ! What's with br...You're so right as usual wise one ! What's with brands ? Whether there's a croc on your shirt or a little crown or arrow hardly matters . And as for my kurtas - I have yet to find a good branded one that fits me .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14157665564024320442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-68552937063136626372008-03-24T11:06:00.000+05:302008-03-24T11:06:00.000+05:30let me take some of your comment space and rant.. ...let me take some of your comment space and rant.. sorry..<BR/><BR/>talk of branding in clothes.. how about consumer electronics.<BR/><BR/>you buy a DVD player from Sony which costs you $99.99 (108 including tax) and the damn thing doesnt play half the CD /DVD types or discs that are slightly scratched or have stickers saying "public library" on the front! <BR/><BR/>then you go buy this cheap chinese brand APEX for $29 and it plays everything.. even the scratched up CD!! go figure..<BR/><BR/>:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00322876905912345804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-44755607471085909232008-03-24T10:40:00.000+05:302008-03-24T10:40:00.000+05:30Completely, entirely, totally echoes my views. And...Completely, entirely, totally echoes my views. <BR/>And it seems that we are paying this whole difference in price for that one brand name.What about those $ 5k purses and $10k shoes? <BR/>Once I wanted a pen to sign something and a colleague gave me his mont blanc mentioning it and I was confused and asked him "you still use it only for writing right?" and I think he stopped talking to me after that. <BR/>Luckily I don't have the kind of money to throw after labels - sometimes it seems obscene to me.Ushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179239922869639391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-7106716689176577752008-03-24T08:26:00.000+05:302008-03-24T08:26:00.000+05:30choxbox: :D that's the doodh hai wonderful, pee sa...choxbox: :D that's the doodh hai wonderful, pee sakte hain roz glassful one, no? very irritating ad.Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-90946737153279985792008-03-24T08:15:00.000+05:302008-03-24T08:15:00.000+05:30I always tell my children, if you have confidence ...I always tell my children, if you have confidence in your own taste and judgment you will wear what you like, and not what the marketing guys want you to. We do buy ready made clothes (too lazy/busy for tailors, and its difficult to find good tailors!)but I am as happy buying what I like from Linking road as from a showroom, provided I like what is bought. And the less I pay the better. <BR/>I also agree with you regarding the quality of Indian made branded products (franchisee), I have bought something, more than once, from one of these that looked good and turned out to be mediocre.Indian Home Makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649133480442907582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-2589325409247990112008-03-23T22:47:00.000+05:302008-03-23T22:47:00.000+05:30LOL! real stuff doesnt need mktg and ads - that fu...LOL! real stuff doesnt need mktg and ads - that funda reminds me of the time when my mom would say to my lil sis while referring to milk as my sis wasnt a big fan of said liquid. guess what - they started advertising it too on the telly! (the jingle was rather catchy, cant remember it properly now).Choxboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741540918529448553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-47792604949314283142008-03-23T18:17:00.000+05:302008-03-23T18:17:00.000+05:30yes! i see no reason to pay some ridiculous amount...yes! i see no reason to pay some ridiculous amount of money for the privilege of being branded.Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-70722709242832339762008-03-23T15:52:00.000+05:302008-03-23T15:52:00.000+05:30oh you are wonderful! trying to remember what the ...oh you are wonderful! trying to remember what the crocodile brand is, etc etc. i still cant get the coke and pepsi colours right- forget brands. i am the marketing person's worse nightmare come true. i remember the ad but never the product/brand.<BR/><BR/>: )SUR NOTEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08928284426760382839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-16335530841466186372008-03-22T22:37:00.000+05:302008-03-22T22:37:00.000+05:30I actually love wearing ready made clothes! But no...I actually love wearing ready made clothes! But not of having the world peer at my front to see what brand I'm wearing:)dipalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089956061483501286.post-29613955389539908742008-03-22T20:08:00.000+05:302008-03-22T20:08:00.000+05:30So you're a fan of bespoke suits and tailored salw...So you're a fan of bespoke suits and tailored salwar-kameezes, ja?<BR/><BR/>So'm I. :)<BR/><BR/>You know what this post reminded me of? The first chapter of 'The Little Prince' where the author talks of how grownups will only value a house if they know the price.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10819608939555247317noreply@blogger.com