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Anant Rangaswami

The iPhone 5 in India: Because ’tis the season to be giving

On November 13th, India will celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, which marks the return of the Hindu God, Lord Rama, after his 14 years in exile and his victory over the demon-king Ravana. It’s a time of celebration and house-cleaning, ringing out the old and ringing in the new. To Hindu businessmen, it’s a [...]

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Tags: Apple, India, iPad, iPhone, iPhone5

Tablets hold the promise of a measurable India

In September 2007, Haymarket Media launched the Indian edition of their advertising, marketing and media magazine, Campaign, of which I was the founding editor. For the first issue, I had requested Ogilvy’s Miles Young (now worldwide chairman and chief executive of Ogilvy & Mather) to write a guest editorial, given that he was “global”, yet [...]

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Tags: Apple, India, iPad, smartphones, tablets