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Maggi Spicy tells critics “No Burn Here”
Nestlé India’s bold new campaign lets Gen Z own their choices with cheeky confidence.
MUMBAI: Spice up your life and your comeback game because Maggi Spicy is serving attitude hotter than its own noodles. Nestlé India has launched a sassy new digital campaign that flips the script on anyone dishing out judgement, arming young Indians with the ultimate mic-drop line,“Mujhe Mirch Nahi Lagti”.
At its core, the campaign is a love letter to Gen Z’s unshakeable self-belief. Whether it’s chasing an offbeat career, a quirky passion, or just picking the road less travelled, the message is clear, back your choices without apology. Maggi Spicy steps in as the perfect sidekick fiery on the plate, cool under pressure using spice not just as flavour, but as a cheeky metaphor for owning who you are.
Nestlé India, director of foods Rupali Rattan nailed the vibe, “We are celebrating a generation that is confident in its choices and unafraid to express themselves. This campaign reflects our belief that great taste goes hand in hand with strong individuality, and that young people today are redefining what success and self-expression look like on their own terms.”
The Spicy range isn’t riding the usual “extra hot” wave alone. Alongside the signature kick, it packs crowd-pleasing twists Cheesy, Garlic, and Manchurian that have already won over Maggi loyalists craving flavour with personality, not just scorch.
Rolling out across social media, the campaign keeps things punchy and relatable, inviting young fans to declare their loyalty with a simple, swagger-filled “I Love Maggi Spicy, Mujhe Mirch Nahi Lagti.” In a world quick to criticise unconventional picks, Maggi Spicy quietly hands Gen Z the perfect reply, no explanation needed, just enjoy the heat and the confidence that comes with it.
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YES Bank appoints S Anantharaman as chief risk officer
Former Jio Financial Services group chief risk officer takes charge of enterprise-wide risk at the embattled private lender
MUMBAI: YES Bank is not taking chances with risk anymore. The private lender has appointed S Anantharaman as its chief risk officer, a hire that signals the bank’s continued effort to rebuild credibility and tighten the controls that once famously slipped.
Anantharaman arrives from Jio Financial Services, where he served as group chief risk officer and built a risk management architecture spanning lending, payments, insurance broking and asset management from the ground up. Before that, he held the chief risk officer role at Bank of Baroda and senior leadership positions at HDFC Bank and L&T Finance Holdings. Three decades in banking and financial services, in other words, with scars and qualifications to match. He is a chartered accountant and a CFA charterholder.
At YES Bank, his brief is considerable. Anantharaman will oversee the bank’s entire enterprise-wide risk framework, covering credit policy, market risk, operational risk, information security, data governance, analytics, model governance and data privacy. It is, in short, every lever that matters when a bank is trying to prove it has grown up.
YES Bank’s turbulent past needs little rehearsing. What it needs now is exactly what Anantharaman has spent thirty years building: the kind of risk culture that stops problems before they become headlines. The appointment suggests the bank knows it.
