Advertising Opinion
Campaign India Team
Jan 25, 2010

Anant’s blog: DAVP – the disaster that was waiting to happen

I’ve been following the brouhaha (what a wonderful word) over the ad released by the Ministry of State for Women and Child Development that featured a photo of ex-Pakistan Air Force chief Tanvir Ahmed.How did this happen? How on earth did no one notice this super disaster as the communication was being created?No time needs to be spent worrying about this. We all know the answers; this was a disaster waiting to happen.

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