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Dilli Ki Sardi
24 Jan 2015 2:10 AM GMTIt’s been pouring incessantly in Delhi. The mercury has dipped to dizzying levels, and all of us are craving for dhoop like ‘Jaadoo’ – the alien in...
Je suis Charlie!
18 Jan 2015 2:12 AM GMTThis past week has been all about the Charlie Hebdo massacre. The entire world and all our leaders were up in arms against the inhuman slaughter of...
Oh, Bombayitis!
11 Jan 2015 10:46 PM GMTBombay (to me, it shall always remain so), the city of a million (if not more) dreams. Bombay, the city of a million screams. Bombay, the city of a...
Promises promises!
4 Jan 2015 1:39 AM GMT2015 is here. We’ve all, hopefully, recovered from our New Year’s Eve hangover, and realized nothing much has changed. The boss is as annoying as...
For Auld Lang Syne
28 Dec 2014 9:27 PM GMTThey say, all’s well that ends well. And, 2014 couldn’t have seen a worse end than it did. That pretty much sums up the year that we’re set to bid...
Children of hell
21 Dec 2014 10:01 PM GMTThis year has seen an unprecedented number of my friends pop out babies. It’s a little unsettling, to be honest. I’m in absolute denial about my...
No country for women
14 Dec 2014 10:11 PM GMTI’m not in a particularly good mood today. After a brief phase of minimal intervention, my mother has again started to discourage me from stepping out...
Our soldiers, our heroes
7 Dec 2014 10:43 PM GMTAs I write this, India celebrates its 43rd Navy Day. For the uninitiated, every year December 4 is celebrated as Navy Day to commemorate the start of...
American born confused American
29 Nov 2014 9:56 PM GMTThose familiar with Anurag Mathur’s novel The Inscrutable Americans will agree when I say the central character, Gopal- a goofy small-town boy who...
When ghosts make us who we are
23 Nov 2014 1:02 AM GMTSpoiler alert at the outset! Seldom have I spent hours studying a subject before watching a film that it is based on. I remember reading about the...
How ‘bout some Kim-o-therapy?
16 Nov 2014 9:17 PM GMTIt’s been a while since I’ve written about music. Which is a little unsettling considering the fact that this column was supposed to be, primarily,...
The sisterhood of shoplifters
9 Nov 2014 9:57 PM GMTLet’s admit it, most of us would love to get rich! I mean, just imagine - no need for a household budget, no savings account hassles, no EMIs on loans...