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  • Aaj Tak brings back ‘Agenda Aaj Tak: The Biggest Platform’ of the Hindi heartland

    Aaj Tak brings back ‘Agenda Aaj Tak: The Biggest Platform’ of the Hindi heartland

    MUMBAI: The ‘Hindi Jagat Ka Maha Manch’ is getting bigger every year, as Aaj Tak the Nation’s News Leader presents the 3rd Edition of the award winning annual event ‘Agenda Aaj Tak – Kitna Badal Gaya Hindustan’, with a theme that is reflective of the changing times in the National landscape. The 2 day conclave scheduled for the 12th and 13th of December is expected to raise the benchmarks of a News event, as the most powerful voices will debate on issues dominating the Indian mindspace.

     With an impressive line-up of the most distinguished stalwarts coming together, the two day conclave will prove to be defining in more ways than one.

    The greatest minds and leaders across various fields will set the mood for the sessions. The Game Changer and modern day Chanakya – Amit Shah, The Master strategist – Arun Jaitley and The defence minister – Manohar Parikkar, The railway minister – Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, these most powerful personalities from the new political order will share their vision and plan. The Kingmakers of coalition politics Sharad Yadav and Laloo Prasad Yadav are expected to bring fireworks in the session ‘Modi Ke Khilaf Morchabandi’. While the living legend of Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan will pay tribute to his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan.

    ‘Dilli Ke Dil Main Kya Hai’ will be debated in the race to the Delhi Elections by Arvind Kejriwal, Former CM – Delhi, Satish Upadhyay, President – Delhi BJP and Arvinder Singh Lovely, DPCC Chief.

     Sports, music and entertainment too are part of the agenda, with the superstars of cricket, Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar, Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir debating on the chances of Team India to lift the World Cup again. Musicians Sukhwinder Singh, Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani will add some melody to sessions by reflecting on the rapidly changing music industry and more.

     The Singham of bollywood, Ajay Devgn will bring in his share of action by sharing his views and experience while the young brigade led by the most promising young diva Shraddha Kappoor, dashing star  Arjun Kapoor and the Dabangg girl Sonakshi Sinha will talk about the young spirit and on being role models for the youth.

    The first time MPs, Manoj Tiwari – BJP, Babul Supriyo – BJP and Chirag Paswan – LJP will talk about the responsibilities on their new role.

    Chief Ministers – Devendra Fadnavis, CM – Maharashtra, Harish Rawat, CM – Uttarakhand and Manohar Lal Khattar, CM – Haryana will lay emphasis on the importance of Centre – State relationship in the session aptly titled – Tera Mera Saath Rahe.

     Religious and Spiritual Leaders – Asaduddin Owaisi, President  AIMIM, Swami Ramdev, Yoga Guru and Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati, Hindu Spiritual Leader will share their opinions on the lines of religion and spirituality.

     Through the two days well know comedian Raju Srivastav will be sprinkling humour in between the sessions to balance the heated debates with some laughter

     Agenda Aaj Tak is the flagship Hindi News event from the TV Today Network Ltd that has seen the most illustrious and eminent personalities coming together under one roof. The success of the first two editions has clearly established, Agenda Aaj Tak as the definitive News Event in the National Language. The event in its 3rd year will focus on the changing Nation, right from politics, social issues, industry initiatives, culture and more, thus setting the stage for the most crucial national decisions.

     

  • Amuls tasteless take on Tehelka

    Amuls tasteless take on Tehelka

    MUMBAI: For a brand as big as Amul, its ads too have come to be an iconic part of the country’s social-scape.

     

    From IPL spot fixing to the allegations of corruption that once swirled around Jagmohan Dalmiya, from Laloo Prasad Yadav’s arrest in the fodder scam to Raj Babbar’s atrocious comments with respect to Rs 12 meals; Amul ads have taken an unflinching stance, driving home the point cheekily, yet responsibly while almost always leaving the reader with a smile.

     

    This time round however, even Amul’s li’l moppet, of the polka dot fame, has been unable to save the day.

     

    The latest ad – a take on the Tehelka scandal – shows a Tarun Tejpal-like figure being pecked by crows (incidentally the crow is Tehelka’s mascot) while sitting on a stool inside what looks like an elevator, while the Amul girl stands outside with her bread and butter sandwich. The tagline reads: “Kya Se Kya Kho Gaya! Tehelka Macha De!”

     

    Tejpal, the editor of Tehelka, who has made a career out of his in-your-face brand of journalism, has been in the news for allegedly sexually assaulting a junior colleague, a friend of his daughter at that, in an elevator at a fest organised by the magazine earlier this month in Goa.

     

    The Amul poster, which takes a very obvious swipe at Tejpal, hasn’t gone down well with people and social media is abuzz with comments trashing the ad for its tastelessness.

     

    Writes columnist and writer Aseem Chhabra: “I find this Amul ad outrageous and offensive! Where is the humor in a rape case?” Tweets The Oddfather @TheOddfather1014h: “Sorry guys, just my personal opinion…I don’t think it’s very smart or creative using a molestation case in your ad #justsaying”. Posts Vijay @ohVijayJoshi3h wrote: “like idiots u came up to make fun of a sensitive topic can u do a fun ad on 26/11 & Arushi as well.. U r selling butter? Pathetic”.

     

    Clearly, the ad hasn’t cut ice with a majority of people unlike its previous ones. Whether they think it trivializes a serious issue or is just not witty enough or whether rape is a matter that just doesn’t lend itself to jokes; one can’t really point out.

     

    All said, adman Rahul Dacunha, the man behind all those witty Amul posters since 1993 is disappointed with people’s reaction.   “Am disappointed that you see this as a joke – it’s a satirical comment about the fall from grace of a man,” he tweeted.

     

    Ironically, Dacunha is the same guy who, in a column in Tehelka on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Amul in 2009 wrote: “Today is Tuesday morning. Actor Shiney Ahuja makes the headlines – he may have just raped his maid. The question before the Amul creative team at Dacunha Communications is: Should Amul walk away or comment? And if we do, what angle do we take? What tone of voice? This is the dilemma we often face with Amul.”

     

    If this is what Dacunha thought four years ago, we wonder what made him change his mind this time round…