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Xeni Jardin at 10:23 am Sat, Mar 19, 2005

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Boing Boing reader Avi Solomon sez:
Amul is a brand butter of butter made in India. As kids we used to dip Amul buttered bread in hot milk chai. But the Amul Utterly Butterly Girl is an icon of middle class India from the 60s to now. The eagerly awaited Amul ads combine scathing social commentary on the scandal du jour and shine light on little known middle class aspirations that make India a very special place. For example see these Ads made during the 1976-7 emergency: Link.
Link to Amul Butter home page.

In related creamy buttery news, Boing Boing reader MontrealBob sez:

This story describes a recent ruling by Canada's Supreme Court that the Quebec law banning yellow margarine should be upheld. This law is ostensibly to protect unsuspecting consumers who might otherwise be fooled into eating margarine in place of butter. And so, Quebeckers continue to eat white margarine.
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