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February 23, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
âI am thrilledâ was the statutory gush of beauty queens just before they launched into their burning desire to remove world poverty. Now, from uncrowned heads downwards itâs all about being âtrilledâ over the imminenceâŠ
February 23, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
February 20, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
For all those who are Michelangelo and Picasso with lettuce and olives, taking salad and its dressing to art gallery orbit, itâs routine to sniff a carrot and break down its ancestry and sexual orientationâŠ.
February 20, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
February 17, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
Should Gautam Adani take a business tip from Vallabh, an amiable young man who owns and runs a small eatery in Panjim, Goa? In 1988 Gautam Adani founded Adani Enterprises which, in the span ofâŠ
February 17, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
February 15, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
Though the Animal Welfare Board of India withdrew its earlier appeal to celebrate Valentineâs Day as Cow Hug Day, inspired by the initiative, many across the country enthusiastically embraced the idea. The concept of givingâŠ
February 15, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
February 14, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
I never liked Valentineâs Day, and that was because I had no one to celebrate it with. So while some people around me of my age would gift or be gifted with mix tapes, ArchiesâŠ
February 14, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
February 13, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
There is this competition with a trip for two to a week in Paris as the first prize. You need to give an anecdotal example of Loveâs Labourâs Lost. So I have written this. ThereâŠ
February 13, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
February 9, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
The documentary raking up the 2002 riots triggered the Hamletian dilemma of âTo b or not to b.â Till overtaken by the A factor, it provided a new bee in the bonnet for the waspishâŠ
February 9, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
February 8, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
How do you transform a below-average movie into a bonanza at the box office? By hoping that those who lurk in the back alleys of social media, on the constant lookout for someone or somethingâŠ
February 8, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
January 26, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
Itâs strange, but I water my community roots not at the Mumbai font, but at a tiny stream a subcontinentâs breadth away. Maybe not so strange. After all, Calcutta was where I was born asâŠ
January 26, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
January 12, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
We are a uri-nation with pissiparous tendencies. Ask any wall in any public space. But airspace and the lap of co-passengers should be more sacrosanct. No surprise then at the incontinent indignation over the indiscretionâŠ
January 12, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
January 10, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
I recently had my birthday. Or to use the more apposite Indian-English, my âhappy birthdayâ. Itâs this âhappyâ thing I find difficult internalising as a middle-aged man. To explain, I will refer to one ofâŠ
January 10, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
January 9, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
 Is the bro code in danger of going woke on us? Not on our watch, say Indians! While the jaws of the world went slack upon reading leaked snatches from Prince Harryâs forthcoming memoir baldlyâŠ
January 9, 2023, 2:05 AM IST
December 22, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
Hark the pricey Front Page sings Ad-ver-tising deluxe things. Soaring price, cash payment mu-ust. Buyers scalped, and ground to dust. Marble lobby, golf course lu-ush Potties with Italian flush. Villas, pools and towers so h-ighâŠ
December 22, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
December 21, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
Despite the hiccups in Delhi and Himachal Pradesh, BJPâs landslide win in Gujarat has, once again, shown that Narendra Modi is to the ballot box what Amitabh Bachchan is to the box office: a guarantorâŠ
December 21, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
December 20, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
Not so long ago members of a family would descend like migrating geese on a wedding home two weeks before the event and it was a sort of carnival time. Aunts would shell peas andâŠ
December 20, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
December 19, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
There are a group of people that cause immense heartburn to Indian football fans: Those who donât follow the game at any other time but suddenly crop up with opinions during the Fifa World CupâŠ.
December 19, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
December 15, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
Make in India has extended to global summits, now that we have taken over the presidency of G20. As proud host of the first development group meeting, Mumbai is in a full show-sha welcome mode,âŠ
December 15, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
November 28, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
There was an article in the Washington Post recently about the long-running feud between Argentina and Brazil fans in Bangladesh. This apparently amuses and befuddles their readers, as it would if they came to knowâŠ
November 28, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
November 10, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
When LK Advaniâs rath yatra rolled through his Gandhinagar constituency, Ahmedabad was declared âthe experimental theatre of Hindutvaâ. However, in its 40+ years as my town-in-law, it has proved that it is actually the experimentalâŠ
November 10, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
November 3, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
The Great Disruptor has set up more ventures than even the number of characters permitted in a tweet. This record has been extended to the controversies which have swamped his buying-up of Twitter Inc forâŠ
November 3, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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