Category: Media Gallery

Clippings and coverage of my work over the last four decades

The Naked Truth

The article was carried in The Free Press Journal, Mumbai, on July 31, 2022. http://freepressjournal.in/weekend/ranveer-singhs-nude-photoshoot-what-drives-brands-to-use-nudity-in-ad-campaigns

Interview of the Week: Actor Naseeruddin Shah

“हजार मिटाने की कोशिश करें लेकिन मेरे ख्याल से उर्दू सलामत रहेगी।”

नसीरूद्दीन शाह 

What’s in a name?

छोटे-छोटे काम वाले लोग ऐसा कर सकते हैं। कोई बड़ी कंपनी ऐसा रिस्क नहीं ले सकती है। जिसका करोड़ो का बिजनेस है वह ऐसा काम नहीं करेगा। कोई बड़ी कंपनी कहे कि हम सबसे खराब नमक दे रहे हैं, खाकर तो देखें तो कोई खरीदेगा ? यह छोटे शहरों और छोटी जगहों पर चल सकता है। चला तो ठीक, नहीं चला तो दूसरा नाम रख लेंगे।

Jameel Gulrays
My thoughts on the negative product naming culture prevalent these days was published in Navbharat Times’ edition dated April 3, 2022.

Divided We Fall

My thoughts on maintaining a safe distance from politics and religion was carried in the article published in The Free Press Journal on November 21, 2021. https://www.freepressjournal.in/weekend/divided-we-fall-when-politics-strainspersonal-relationships

Veteran advertising professional and founder of Katha Kathan Jameel Gulrays has suitably amended Karl Marx’s statement to better fit our current context. He says, “Both religion and politics are the opiate of the people. Both work as drugs that can dumb the mind and make people believe that these two alone can guarantee the future vitality of our nation. They divide people, and yet, we still find ourselves taking the opium every day, hoping that somehow it can do wonders for us and the country.” In reality, Gulrays adds, how a combination of these two drugs is lethal and has the power to do more harm than the most powerful nuclear bombs. “In our country, it is this combination which could destroy us. I have a simple solution, I refuse to discuss these two topics,” he says, on dealing with people with political differences.

Why this furore over Jashn-e-Riwaaz?

दीवाली पर जश्न-ए-रिवाज कहने में क्या गुनाह है? भाजपा नेता तेजस्वी सूर्या की धमकी के बाद फैब इंडिया ने हटाया विज्ञापन। सफाई भी दी। लेकिन फैब इंडिया के बहाने किस पर निशाना लगा रहे हैं तेजस्वी? उर्दू क्या मुसलमानों की भाषा है? आलोक जोशी के साथ जमील गुलरेज़, शरत प्रधान, नवीन जोशी और हिमांशु बाजपेई।