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By: Karthik :+: Under: Retro Desi Ad of the week, Weekly ColumnsOn: ⋅ February 29, 2008 ⋅
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Back in the day before tree-huggers, before Madonna went desi and Britney went to a temple, Ayurveda was popular in India and here is proof.
For all the English viewers, sorry that the ad is in Hindi, but you should be able to get the point.
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[...] Ã?ber Desi wrote an interesting post today on Desi Retro Ad of the week: Vico Turmeric creamHere’s a quick excerpt Back in the day before tree-huggers, before Madonna went desi and Britney went to a temple, Ayurveda was popular in India and here is proof. For all the English viewers, sorry that the ad is in Hindi, but you should be able to get the point. [...]
LOL..good one. Nostalgic ads.. Do you have “Dabur Lal DandthManjan” ad? Where in school master asks one student ” Raju..Tumara dandth bhi moti jise chamak rahe hein”
aur aapka daant masterji…..???