{"id":8,"date":"2005-06-24T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-24T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rishikdhar.com\/neoriz-musings\/?p=5"},"modified":"2005-06-24T13:50:00","modified_gmt":"2005-06-24T13:50:00","slug":"riding-the-brand-wagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rishikdhar.com\/blog\/riding-the-brand-wagon\/","title":{"rendered":"Riding the &quot;BRAND&quot; Wagon."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have always maintained that I am my own brand. It&#8217;s me who defines myself and not the brands that I wear, or use in any other consumer sense. For example, does my wearing Armani make me a better me, than my wearing a local Tailor-made suit, that has a fabric of my choice and body fit that highlights(or hides) the parts my physique in an appropriate manner?<br \/>Likewise, do I gain a social status if I shop at Shopper&#8217;s Stop instead of some local readymade garment shop where I get better variety and my taste.<\/p>\n<p>Why is the current generation so crazy after brands, irrespective of the quality of service and customization provided by them.<\/p>\n<p>I fear, this brand dependence is going to make our younger generations slaves of these brand mongers. And eventually loose their true identity, and the concept of individualism.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Neoriz.<br \/>&#8220;Victory of Mind over Matter.&#8221; Will newer generations ever achieve it?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-2469677305393094\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 728;\ngoogle_ad_height = 90;\ngoogle_ad_format = \"728x90_as\";\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\ngoogle_ad_channel =\"\";\ngoogle_color_border = \"FDEFD2\";\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FDEFD2\";\ngoogle_color_link = \"0000CC\";\ngoogle_color_url = \"008000\";\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\n\/\/--><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have always maintained that I am my own brand. It&#8217;s me who defines myself and not the brands that I wear, or use in any other consumer sense. For example, does my wearing Armani make me a better me, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rishikdhar.com\/blog\/riding-the-brand-wagon\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rishikdhar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rishikdhar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rishikdhar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rishikdhar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rishikdhar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rishikdhar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rishikdhar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rishikdhar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rishikdhar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}