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Victim in virtual world
14 Jan 2013 10:18 PM GMT‘Will you be my fuck buddy?’ The bold message on my laptop screen had me at a loss for words. No, I wasn’t unsure whether to accept or reject the...
Delhi, will you let me be? Ever!
28 Dec 2012 11:03 PM GMTI moved to Delhi about eight months back, after 12 years in Calcutta. Where I lived before that is not of much consequence, since it was such an...
Solidarity, online
21 Dec 2012 2:58 AM GMT‘I feel sad when people say that rapists are like animals. Sad for the animals. As far as I know, animals don’t rape – however wild and strident their...
If wishes were horses, Delhi would Bond with best
6 Dec 2012 12:56 AM GMTThirty-five-year-old Deepak Singh had just parked his BMW at the GK I M-Block market, and was reluctantly preparing to follow his wife on one of her...
For investors, all that glitters is gold!
13 Nov 2012 1:40 AM GMTAmit Jain, a small-time trader, bought gold coins or guineas worth Rs 60,000 from a Kalkaji shop on Sunday. ‘It is investment,’ he says. The price of...
Durga puja shines in Olympic glory
16 Oct 2012 10:08 PM GMTAmitabh Bachchan will run with the Olympic flame again, Mary Kom box, Gagan Narang and Vijay Kumar shoot and Sushil Kumar wrestle to win silver and...
Falling off the map, into bliss
12 Oct 2012 11:22 PM GMTFor those lured by the ‘limitless’ potential of the unexplored horizons, the confines of urban comforts and boardroom success hold no charm. Apurv is...
Slices of lives served with a Malabar twist
6 Oct 2012 12:00 AM GMTKith and Kin–Chronicles of A Clan by Sheila Kumar begins with a call from Suvarna to her childhood friend, and possible love, Sumant, with an offer...
Acid attack victim rises in hope while justice eludes
21 Sep 2012 1:43 AM GMT'I require multiple surgeries. I have had just the first one in the series of six to seven reconstructive surgeries that will be carried out over a...
Pak national gets fresh lease of life in Delhi hospital
15 Sep 2012 12:35 AM GMTIt was a simple fever. Or so 36-year-old Abdul Samad thought in January 2011, while going to the doctor. A few tests, however, had doctors confused...
Bringing about a change
14 Sep 2012 10:18 PM GMTRita Menon believes in leading by example. The chairman and managing director of India Trade Promotion Organisation [ITPO] has already managed to...
Book sales go up, but fairs lose to ecommerce
7 Sep 2012 2:00 AM GMTThe twenty-four-year-old Kaveri Singh, a BTech graduate, was at the Delhi Book fair to look for study material that would help her prepare for the...