Stay ahead with The Hindu

[saravananbabetin1]

when i read TOI at 1st time. i slept for an half hour and decided not to buy the paper in my future..... and felt bad on wasting rs 4. . . i love hindu

[arpraka]

lol !! Awesome !

[rheetam]

Pity TOI

LOL :D

[rheetam]

The Hindu: Boring but no bakwaas. I read The Hindu because I want to read what matters the masses. I want my newspaper to elaborate Farmers' death instead of Aish's pregnancy on it's front page.

I love The Hindu. Now it's become a part of my life. Reading it everyday makes me feel like "Yes. Read and learnt something substantial."

The Hindu, make us wiser on each passing day and wish your heyday lasts forever.

[MrRichardlobo]

Hindu give NEWS of National Importance ... Thats why I read it..

[MrChetan486]

everyone reads TOI.....as u can see by lipsing.....

[bhavaniCCTV]

This is a really a well thought out AD. AD's like these truly gets their points across.

[eventhorizon0122]

Archetypal TOI news topics in national news section : Shahrukhan's mannat, Aishwarya's baby , Hema malini leopard incident...ironically in a billion plus country where millions are starving to death due to hunger, poverty and many other reasons...

[99wildrock]

Hindu Newspaper itself sucks. TOI reports bollywood news only in Bangalore times or mirror. Hindu Newspaper itself is dumb to make this ad

[hemanthprabhu2000]

just check the two newspaper websites .... TOI full of bollywood and cricket news

[ishanr25]

i really think it dosen't have AS much to do with the newspaper. TOI's page 3 isn't about bollywood, papers like the mirror (mumbai, pune etc) or papers like bombay times, bangalore times etc focus more on that. TOI's gramatical errors are countless though, but i don't see what the major problem is with substance.

[bonneyjohn]

It is the music at the end that multiplies the effect.

[enigmaticsymmetry]

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[nagarajanaditya]

13 people who dislike the ad are Times of India editors.

[diljiitb]

@nagarajanaditya I don't think TOI is left with any editor. They all are managers.

[siddharthjoshi91]

I am not a huge fan of the Hindu, but I really love one of their other products- Sportstar.

[djavocard]

So this means most of the ppl do not read HINDU!! haha..

[archi451]

@djavocard Well we saw what they are reading hoohoohoo...

[djavocard]

@archi451 Doesn't matter. TOI is making huge profit then ;)

[filmsudit]

@abhimanyu325.... dude really...lololololol

[ankushraj16]

Guys.. the advt. is just superb n creative.. da thng z if ne1 hs da zeal to knw he cn knw evn if he reads a newspaper lyk The Telegraph.. coz i read dat 1.. n i knew all da ans.. m nt bragging showing dat newspaper hasnt got nethng to do wid gk.. The thing The Hindu z dat its captivating n really gd bt it doesnt mean all da odrs r foolss.. no hard feelings plz...

[43roshan]

@ankushraj16 HINDU IS ANTI HINDU ANTI NATIONAL PRO CINA PRO COMMUNIST PRO DMK PAPER....TOI IS NOT A GREAT PAPER BUT STILL BETTER WHEN COMPARED TO HINDU IN THAT RESPECT....I READ THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS(DIFFERENT FROM THE INDIAN EXPRESS IN NORTH INDIA OWNED BY BY SEEMA SOMETHING WHO IS THE WIFE OF YECHURY COMMUNIST LEADER

[ijaz2like]

Great questions ..

[superG245]

Omg! I know the last Answer.

[superG245]

Omg! I know the last Answer.

[AkInnocentKiller]

Money Terminator xD

you are fucking money terminator you asshole :P

[Karan40a]

ATM: Automatic Terminator Money! LOoooooooooOL

Its Automated Teller Machine

[asoka0101]

The Hindu is perhaps the best newspaper in India among the shit that floats around like TImes OF India...etc. Times of India and other shit Hindi newspapers like Dainik Jagran will produce this kind of dumb heads that are shown in the advt.

[insearch21]

the hindu grows on you......and once uve been bitten by it.....u just cant take up any other newspaper..i started with toi n moved on to hindu and since then find it hard to take articles in other newspaper balanced and hence, serious. plus praveen swamy's articles are just awesome, the depth n detail........its amazing

[apdoshi70]

I only read the TOI and I can still answer the first 3 questions. There' a difference between reading the Bollywood Times and Times of India( although both are published by the same company). Only people who don't read any newspaper can't answer any of the questions asked (yes, including the last one). This advertisement is quiet similar to washing powder ads or shampoo ads( if you get the comparison).

[coolgal1929]

nice retort!

[heartbreaker9099]

Awesome ad. If you take a look at the webpage of TOI you are likely to see the headings 'Good positions to have sex', 'XXXXX actress item number video', 'How to break up with your girlfriend', 'Best lip locks of 2011'. In your face ToI ... :D

[Heyyyamweird]

this video is bit exaggerated..and actors are not natural in performance..it should better if this a real candid video

[Heyyyamweird]

On Your Face TOI

[ankit16kittu]

hindu always rocks....

[harishjnvn2007]

ToI aka toilet paper.

[letsgetitstarted]

the doors? THE FUCKIN DOORS?!!?!?

@_UE@)*(HF@(UR)# ALLLMYYYHATE

[Quickfireflame]

This ad is the exact opposite of dna after hrs.Still....quite funny though.

[ishimou21]

Once upon a time TOI was a news paper, now its just a publicity stunt.

[dindikanna]

brilliant



[Sam87791]

hahaha.... I luv this video

Sincerely

TOI Reader

[2011wee1]

truly brilliant ad campaign..hats off.. :)

[prakashrnair]

"U shud b knowing this" :D

[saintmaster4u]

I knew all the answers but I still don't read a newspaper !!!

[MultiCnick]

@saintmaster4u : Fantastic.. I like this answer. And moreover, I dont know any of the answers... and I dont think I need any of these answers.. LIFE doesnt ask who was author of Harry Potter or who is associated with Size Zero..........................­................ And if at all I need these answers, I will look it up in Google.. Who cares... Knowledge is Googlable....

[mohansteed]

@MultiCnick : Knowledge is not googlable :) ... Information is googlable. Knowledge is something beyond mere information !!

[srinu567]

JK Rowling

The Beatles

Automated Teller Machine

Kareena Kapoor

Times of India

[vetrifor1]

A Bigger Nose Cut for TOI : I Support Hindu

[CGDeba]

2 person read 'The Times Of India' .........XD

[uniqueash10]

Lol. It was all so fake. :D

Everyone has different interests.

Sour grapes, The Hindu. Better luck next time.

:)

[theroqu]

@uniqueash10 fake ?..Its an ad for christs sake.ofcourse it would be made up...and I take that you are a TOIlet paper reader...

[hradvice]

Brilliant Ad from HINDU- It's actually true - content HINDU vs TOI

[abhimanyu325]

the girl at @0:15 is ishant sharma's sister.pakka!!!!!!!

[shatekar]

dho dala!

[shashi10ka]

you shud know : look on the guys face .. classic ad

[raikrahul]

ATM question was ambiguous :

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

[omsankarsahu]

no public nonsence !

[lordoftherings2210]

Epic fail! People like those shown in the ad don't read any newspaper. If they did they would know the answer.

[Quickfireflame]

Check this ad with the DNA ad.

[ArnoldandPereira]

And it is Sir Paul Mccartney

[theabhilash1993]

@avikhorana1- oh, my bad. thanks! guess i am an idiot too :P

[harig074]

Score: The Hindu: 1 , TOI : 0 .. I can't stop laughing BTW...

[maximus0455]

Awesome ads. The Hindu will always be the Hindu!

[noamorwell]

This is way better than the other ad- much more realistic and better actors too

[jinsonpalex]

Something that the fans of The Hindu would thank for the initiative to awaken India!! Jago Grahak Jago

[hotncool008]

i wanna marry the girl who answered Julius Caesar

[noamorwell]

@hotncool008 You mean you wanna make whoppee with her, coz marriage may spawn real dumb kids

[bhanwar04]

superb :-)

[utee123]

I gave all the answers, and I read Dainik Bhaskar.. lol xD

[alienkishorekumar]

Morons..you all imitate Americans..get a fucking life! Read some shit or watch the goddamn news..not masala stories and watch stupid ass movies

[binoyrakesh]

Answers:

1. JK Rowling

2. The Beatles

3. Automated Teller Machine

4. they said it anyways, so ..

[saimadhusudanan]

julius ceasar? author of harry potter?

OMG i dont wanna live in this planet anymore...:O

[premjit31]

i read the hindu, and i use the ToI for making kites; but i have to say this ad is dumb silly and very ToI-istic. you don't need to read the Hindu to know who the author of the harry potter series is, or who the beatles are- ToI's there to take care of them. talk chomsky, talk krugman, talk monbiot, talk sainath, and we'll see.

[Ramanean86]

1.Why the heck I should know about the author of a foreign book when I am in India?

2.How 'Paul' is important to me? When we have A.R.Rahman

3.I am only worried about taking money..I don't want to know how it works! or it's expansion

4.Knowing or not knowing it won't make difference

5.Hindu,TOI,Rediff,Deccan Chronicle,NewYork Times :D

Stop the competition and concentrate on content!!

[madhavtipu96]

@Ramanean86 why the hell should you know about the author of a foreign book?

why the hell do you read the new york times then?

[srennathdevayani]

@Ramanean86  wen u r in india if u dun know wats happening around world..one day u go outside ur car stops..u go petrol pump..they say petrol over u go ministry they say americans bought all oil from gulf no more oils.n u say u r in india???

[sumeshrbhat]

"The Hindu".........Rocks

[arunprasadq]

cooll...:D



[abhinav9499]

superb ad ..TOI deserves it ...its a shame on Indian people to support such newspapers. TOI has such large circulation because of its deeper penetration in the country compared to THE HINDU.

HINDU is largely there in south India only.The Hindu should make its presence stronger in states like U.P., Bihar , North-East also.

[shekhargupta]

1-J K Rowling

2-Beatles

3-Automated Teller Machine

4-I am ashamed to know !

5-Times of India

You can still have good general knowledge if you can filter the information regardless of what you read !

[benicv]

i do read times of india but i ain't all that dumb in fact i knew 3/4 except the last one but these kinda news is been put only in the supplementary stuffs not in the main paper like chennai times :/

[abhinav9499]

@benicv hey..r u scared of speaking against the TOI..its bcoz of u cowards our nation is becoming a dumb ass...dare to speak the truth. ! Jai Hind

[aknnath]

The ad is as dumb as the newspaper it's meant to promote!

[theabhilash1993]

paul mccartney was part of which band?

broadband.

FUCKING IDIOT!

[avikhorana1]

@theabhilash1993 he said "rockband" not broadband

[aravindjnrdhn84]

@theabhilash1993 cool...lmao

[tejasbhosale89]

come on..i know those answers n i don't even read any damn newspaper..there is so called 'Internet' to stay updated crackpots

[samarkarl]

@Chaitanya8eenz: There are a lot of readers who subscribe to The Times of India, Hindustan Times etc. to read their silly supplements - e.g. Delhi Times, HT City etc. That's where their knowledge of the size zero Kareena etc. come from.

[kunibaki]

thank god I know 3/4 !! I'm genius. xD

[Chaitanya8eenz]

well frankly i think none of those ppl actually even read any newspaper! SO DUMB!

[mohanmojo07]

"The Beatles" and "Automatic Transaction Machine"

[binoyrakesh]

@mohanmojo07 its actually "automated teller machine" a teller is the guy in banks who directly deals with end client tasks involving monetary transactions. (we call them "cashiers" in india)

[mohanmojo07]

@binoyrakesh Oh thanks..

[abhinav9499]

@mohanmojo07 automated teller machine

[mohanmojo07]

@abhinav9499 LOL..Right, my bad

[mohanmojo07]

Love the ad.

And for dumb people who doesnt know?

(Shouting out LOUD) "It's JK Rowling"

[ashuneha18]

loved it!! loved it, loved it!! Nice incoming Siddhartha V. :)

[ashwincashwin]

Super dooper return ad !! Awesome and so true!!! The Hindu Rocks

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