I glanced around at first and my reaction was a little different than expected. I was not in awe of this great tall structure. It was more of a “hmmm”, until I shook myself and became fully aware. This is what happens when you’ve been on a regular dose of special effects movies. You start [...]
Tag Archives: Dubai
Cab-istan
June 3 08
As a little girl with an embarassing ‘foutain’ ponytail on top of my head, I remember the distant sound of a moped approaching. It used to be the sound of my grandfather coming home. The sound of dad’s car used to make me jump and scream the cliche “Papa aa gaye! Papa aa gaye” (learnt [...]
On goes Off goes On
May 31 08
Screaming out loud. This offline promotion inside the store leading you to an online desitnation is first of the kind I have seen in a fashion store in Dubai. The repeated “FaceBook” text demanded my immediate attention while paying at the counter. It made me search Facebook out of curosity, if nothing else. I know [...]
Stereotypes
May 11 08
Have you seen those ads of fairness creams where they give away free shade-cards for you to gauge the improvement in ur skin tone?
That’s not the change of the color of your skin you are measuring there. It’s the rise of your self-esteem and social status.
Staying in a city like this, feels like everybody has [...]