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Talking Shop: Star-struck and obsessed
5 March 2023 5:14 PM ISTIt is great to celebrate, even revere those who achieve stardom and success in their chosen fields. But when that fascination borders on mania, it is...
Talking Shop: Quite the mockery
27 Feb 2023 9:47 AM ISTThe last week has been a mixed bag, with bad news coming in on most fronts. I trudged along and hoped that succour would come, but somehow, it just...
Talking Shop: (K)Notting (C)Hill
19 Feb 2023 3:36 PM ISTI watched this immortal movie for the nth time yesterday, only to bemoan all that I have not done in this life. What a total waste of what could have...
Talking Shop: Dumbfounded and fumbling
12 Feb 2023 5:10 PM ISTWe are thrust into mire that is beyond comprehension, grappling to figure out why the Himalayas are falling apart. Maybe, it is because we are...
Talking shop: Life was once simple
5 Feb 2023 5:00 PM ISTGrowing up was a fun affair, full of joy and excitement. Today, life is different. Let’s focus now on the many fronts where we are heading into a deep...
Talking Shop: Traipsing in diversity
29 Jan 2023 5:09 PM ISTI am a vexed breed, for I hail from the South but was bred in the North. This is a unique way of living a very befuddled life, much like millions of...
Talking Shop: Ugly side of sports
22 Jan 2023 5:08 PM ISTWhy should politics and its cronies enter the sports arena—only because some gentlemen have no other way of making an appearance or a manly statement?
Talking Shop: Promised succour
15 Jan 2023 5:23 PM ISTThe economy doesn’t seem to be on much of a visible bounce-back, but people in power are still claiming otherwise. Is redemption really around the...
Talking Shop: Freaking times
8 Jan 2023 7:24 PM ISTToo many topsy-and-turvy events are confronting us. In this second column of the year, let me enlighten you about what’s happening around us at this...
TALKING SHOP: Deleterious and deadly
1 Jan 2023 9:27 PM ISTMy mind was all made up to pen a ‘happy’ New Year column, till I learnt that our head-count is now simply running away from us. May the Lord bless us...
Talking Shop: Keep laughing at me
25 Dec 2022 7:47 PM ISTThe laughter has been happening for quite a while, but the guffaws are of late at a minimum. For the world is yet again getting near-panicky about...
Talking Shop: Lust for guns
18 Dec 2022 6:58 PM ISTMany of today’s nations have gun-toting fiends and vagrants, but the rampant misuse of the same now, particularly the killing of innocents, is cause...













