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February 1, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
Two netas of the proposed Mahagathbandhan discussing pre-poll arrangements and election strategy. 1st neta: OK, the first thing we have to do before we tie the knot thatâs going to be part of the MahagathbandhanâŠ
February 1, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
January 31, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
Two recent news items were contradictory. The serious declining sex ratio and the stupid accusation of âhiding behindâ a woman. One underlines the continuing belief that female infants have no right to be saved, andâŠ
January 31, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
January 29, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
My first experience with Gillette razors was when i stole my dadâs to shave my legs. This was a very long time ago â an era when the twin blade was a technological breakthrough. WhoâŠ
January 29, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
January 28, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
With the end of winter, the wedding season is coming to an end. But the wedding season among politicians is only just beginning. With elections ahead it is the season of shaadi politics, which isâŠ
January 28, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
January 25, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
The Big Boss, looking worried, goes to consult his Aide-in-Chief. Big Boss: Arre, Aidebhai, have you heard the latest news about me? Aide-in-Chief: No, Bossbhai. Whatâs the latest news about you? Have they given theâŠ
January 25, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
January 24, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
Aawara moo,/ Besahara hoon,/ Be-chaara hoon./ Gharbaar nahin, sansaar nahin./ Mujhko kisaan ka pyaar nahin./Aawara moo! Stray cattle were singing Raj Kapoorâs sad number, but the Animal Welfare Board of India has hoofed to theâŠ
January 24, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
January 23, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
After selfies â the pictures you take of yourself on the cellphone â whatâs the most popular subject of photos? Your best friend? Your parents? Your favourite Uncleji and Auntieji? Your pet dog? Wrong onâŠ
January 23, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
January 22, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
It is one of those early weekend evenings when you are home, pretending to be relieved and delighted that you havenât been invited anywhere and isnât it nice, just the two of us, when theâŠ
January 22, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
January 21, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
Marriages may be made in heaven, but typically, hell hath no fury like divorce proceedings. Considering this, the rift that has landed Amazon founder-CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife Mackenzie in Splitsville seems amicable enoughâŠ
January 21, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
January 18, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
The Aide-in-Chief walks into the Big Bossâs office where the Big Boss is sitting at his desk with a pen in one hand, staring at a blank sheet of paper. Aide-in-Chief: Whatâs the matter Bossbhai? âŠ
January 18, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
January 18, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
Parliament is broken, we say in India. These days they say it more often in fair Britain, now looking distinctly less so. This weekâs goings-on have left sober Britons scratching their heads to remember whenâŠ
January 18, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
January 17, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
âHow vulgar!â i thought to myself seeing the word âBESTâ splashed along the sides of the buses. New to the city, i was still to learn that the word wasnât a show-off adjective but anâŠ
January 17, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
January 16, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
Will AI, or artificial intelligence, in the form of robots, or bots, as theyâre called, take over our lives and make us so totally dependent on them that weâll end up being their virtual slaves?âŠ
January 16, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
January 14, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
None other than the national commission of women, (not to be confused with the national omission of women) took umbrage that Congress president Rahul Gandhi declared that Prime Minister Narendra Modi who takes pride inâŠ
January 14, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
January 11, 2019, 2:02 AM IST
A couple of years ago India thumped Pakistan well and good, by returning its Fawad Khan, even if that sent countless women fans deep into melancholia here. In harmonious jugalbandi, our neighbour responded by imposing aâŠ
January 11, 2019, 2:02 AM IST
January 11, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
Two UP cows whoâve been abandoned by their owners because theyâre past their milk-by date are chewing the cud. 1st cow: Have you heard about what happened to our old Champa and Chameli, the poorâŠ
January 11, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
January 10, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
Mark Tullyâs book was called âNo Full Stops in Indiaâ. An even more astute one would be âFull Sops in Indiaâ. The next couple of months will show how the aam janata gets a bumperâŠ
January 10, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
January 8, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
Have you ever been cross-talked over? It happens when you are sitting in between two people in the car for example, and suddenly they discover they speak the same language or are from the sameâŠ
January 8, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
January 7, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
US President Donald Trump has mocked Indiaâs contribution of a library to Afghanistanâs reconstruction following Russian-American-Pakistani-Saudi destruction of that star-crossed country, and who can question the derision of the self-proclaimed âstable geniusâ whose gut, byâŠ
January 7, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
January 3, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
Ayodhya with sense and sensibility not pride and prejudice; AI simplifying our lives; AI simply divested; real-life Alexa. Bankable banks; Broadband for all; Books for all; Belly-fat banished. CBI uncaged, Climate unchanged, Corruption chained. Dalitower;âŠ
January 3, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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