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Unsafe as houses: Watch out â your dream home could become a nightmare đ
August 23, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
Most Indians dream of owning a home. And, if recent developments are anything to go by, the chances are that their dream home will remain just that: a dream. Real estate developers â including someâŠ
August 23, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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House guests and fish: Both of them begin to stink up the home after about three days đ
August 22, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
It is truly said that house guests and fish have a common factor. After three days they begin to stink. You arrive at the hostâs place full of warmth and sunshine and thoughtful gifts and theyâŠ
August 22, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Sunny side up: As America undergoes eclipse, the Leone flares briefly over Kochi đ
August 21, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
Americans by the millions will momentarily be averting their eyes from an orange face, as it gets occulted by a shadowy white orb that bears the tattoos of many astral nicks and cuts. Lest umbraphilesâŠ
August 21, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Planet of the Apps: We humans are so smart that weâve made machines which are already outsmarting us đ
August 18, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
The bad news is that smart machines â collectively known as AI, Artificial Intelligence â are going to take over our lives and enslave us. The worse news is that this has already happened. IâŠ
August 18, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Yen for Lutyens: The old boy shows up in the least expected places đ
August 17, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
The British architect is celebrated in song and coveted in bungalow. Those drunk on nationalistic power clearly see no contradiction in desperately wanting to live in a colonial hangover. Some of the great unwashed whoâŠ
August 17, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Recruitment drive: What the government needs to do to create millions of jobs đ
August 16, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
Two scholarly-looking people in serious conversation. 1st scholar: The minister for road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkariji, has very rightly said that driverless automobiles, like the Tesla, will not be allowed in India. As NitinjiâŠ
August 16, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Hello, period leave: But who decided that it would be the first day and not the second or the sixth? đ
August 15, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
So some employers are experimenting with period leave where female employees get the day off on the first day of their period and for once both the feminists and sexists arenât exactly sure how toâŠ
August 15, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Dandiya politics: It was a Rajya Soap-a opera in Gujarat, minor charactersâ stock rose sharply đ
August 14, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
In Gujarat, the all-powerful Shah-and-Shah has for once been bested by Patel rap. In the land of the dhokla, the ruling party was forced to admit someone had given it a dhokha. Never before inâŠ
August 14, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Visa-giving temples and other such hair-raising tales
August 13, 2017, 1:00 AM IST
9 am: Clambering into the car, I ask the driver to speed up, potholes be damned, as I have to rush to the embassy for my visa. My driver replies, âDidi, worry not, if youâŠ
August 13, 2017, 1:00 AM IST
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Selfie spoilsports: The taxman is going to snoop on the pictures you post on Facebook đ
August 11, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
A worried-looking Chintoo talking to his pal, Pintoo. Chintoo: Arre Pintoo, have you read that report in TOI that those taxwalas are spying on us by looking at the photos that we post on Facebook?âŠ
August 11, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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We didnât start the fire: It was always burning since the desh was churning đ
August 10, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
Billy Joelâs 1989 song is a rapid-fire listing of the headline events of the 40 years since his birth. Hereâs a cover version celebrating Indiaâs 70th,  in no particular order of chronology, significance or incendiaryâŠ
August 10, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Jhappa-jhappi: How our PM has ensured heâs in full contact with the leaders of all countries đ
August 9, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
Foreign visitors might be excused for mistaking it for a particularly vigorous bout of all-in wrestling, or some other variant of a full-contact mixed martial art. But in fact it is not a form ofâŠ
August 9, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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General is 79: No he doesnât want a party, he isnât happy about fielding birthday messages all day either đ
August 8, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
So i call my relative who is a retired general and i begin to sing âeppybirddaytoyooâ in that falsetto tone we all use to denote unbridled joy and warmth and he says, not you too,âŠ
August 8, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Mahagatbandhan glossary: Following its meltdown, the word too has started melting down đ
August 7, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
Following the collapse of the mahagatbandhan, the grand anti-BJP alliance whose bandhan has been maha gutted after it was abandoned by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, a turbulent political season is looming. In order toâŠ
August 7, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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You, robot: Artificial intelligence poses an existential threat. Is there hope for humans?
August 7, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
Once upon a time, we were taught that realist movies are the good ones that everybody ought to see, while those that indulge in fantasy are âescapistâ. These days, given 21st century technology, it is increasinglyâŠ
August 7, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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I, robot: Machines that can think will enslave us? What rubbish! đ
August 4, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
What gives with Elon Musk, the guy behind the Tesla, the driverless car? Heâs going around saying that, if we donât watch out, Artificial Intelligence (AI) as represented by thinking machines â like his autonomousâŠ
August 4, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Mourning cuppa: If its tea goes downhill, can bracing Darjeeling be far behind? đ
August 3, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
My cup fell to the ground in dismay and shattered like our current relationship with China. Or to pluck a leaf from Keats, âMy heart ached and a dreary numbness pained/ My sense as thoughâŠ
August 3, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Neta neighbours: To see what makes our politicians so power hungry, look next door đ
August 2, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
All of us who belong to aam janta often wonder if our netas belong to a species other than ours. How else to explain their general demeanour and behaviour, before and after elections? Before electionsâŠ
August 2, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Feminism bleeds blue: We still won, even though our cricket team lost this one đ
August 1, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
Cricket never caught on with me, partly due to my contrarian approach to the world around me and partly because neither parent was into it. We are not a sporty family, my husbandâs near constantâŠ
August 1, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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The satta of sattu: From calling for âSangh mukt Bharatâ to saying âSangh sangh chalengeâ, Biharis lead from the front đ
July 31, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
From the Pataliputra of Ashoka and Chanakya to the Patna of Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar, itâs clear that the Arthashastra, or Chanakyaâs ancient treatise on statecraft and politics, could only have been written inâŠ
July 31, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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