Mikkhail Vaswani

Clean Bold |

It's the hits, the heaves and the "Yes maximums" that makes any T20 match an exciting and entertaining one. So if IPL 6 is high ...
12:18 PM, May 01, 2013

Surya Gangadharan

BARAKA |

Fresh from three weeks of gruelling drills that involved all operational commands, the Air Force says it's ready for a two-front war (the brass prefers ...
07:39 PM, Apr 22, 2013

Vivian Fernandes

Espresso Economics |

Are Delhi's three private electricity distribution companies gouging consumers as Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Aadmi Party claims? Ever since the state monopoly was abolished ...
10:00 AM, Mar 30, 2013

Rakhshanda Jalil

Hindustani awaaz |

Engaged at 14, married at 16, mother to a little girl at 17, Shahnaz Husain's life is an inspiration to those who passionately want to ...
11:45 AM, Mar 05, 2013

Rakhshanda Jalil

Hindustani awaaz |

While much work has been done on exploring and exposing communalism in India, relatively little attempt has been made to understand its conjoined twin, secularism. ...
05:54 PM, Feb 13, 2013

Faisal Caesar

Perfume Ball |

Fast bowling is an expression of raw power. Proper fast bowlers are forces of nature. They always command attention. They are more animal excitement than ...
10:47 AM, Feb 01, 2013

Faisal Caesar

Perfume Ball |

There is a perception amongst common cricket fans that India is a graveyard when it comes to producing quality pace bowlers. After Kapil Dev there ...
04:03 PM, Jan 24, 2013

Sagarika Ghose

Bloody Mary |

Dawn is misty on the banks of the Sangam. Enveloped in a gigantic quiet, the water awaits the pilgrim. Sanatan Dharma - dizzyingly varied, incorrigibly ...
03:03 PM, Jan 20, 2013

Shomini Sen

Witcraft |

The other day, while watching a repeat telecast of last year's Stardust Awards, I couldn't help but wonder how poorly executed our awards shows are. ...
03:26 PM, Jan 15, 2013

Surya Gangadharan

BARAKA |

The pictures would classify as "passport sized", usually faded black and white, showing a man or a number of men with name, rank and number ...
02:49 PM, Dec 14, 2012

Surya Gangadharan

BARAKA |

With less than a month to go for Russia's President Vladimir Putin's visit to Delhi, the two sides appear to have "stabilised" the military relationship ...
12:56 PM, Oct 11, 2012

Sreemoyee Piu Kundu

For crying out loud |

My mother said the most bizarre thing to me this afternoon over a very elaborate Bengali lunch. Claiming she had read it in the papers. ...
05:54 PM, Sep 27, 2012

Brijesh Kalappa

Post Mortem |

It was the day of her superannuation and Anasuya was quite thrilled. Everyone at the bank spoke to her in endearing terms and asked after ...
03:51 PM, Sep 26, 2012

Amrita Tripathi

Borgub's Lair |

Salman Rushdie seems in his element, chatting to a crowd, reading from his own work in his sonorous voice - pitch-perfect, except when the mikes ...
11:59 AM, Sep 21, 2012

Nadim Asrar

The Other |

In a piece Fareed Zakaria wrote for Time on gun control after the tragic Wisconsin gurdwara massacre, he lifted a passage from Harvard University history ...
06:53 AM, Aug 12, 2012

Rituparna Chatterjee

Begging Your Pardon |

The needle on my irony meter is quivering at 'maximum' as I write this post. A month ago Mamata Banerjee was upset about a cartoon ...
01:03 PM, Jun 17, 2012

Hemender Sharma

In Conversation |

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will file its chargesheet in the sensational Shehla Masood murder case in the special CBI court in Indore on ...
04:55 PM, May 24, 2012

Soumyadip Choudhury

Pixelated |

In a city such as Delhi, your air conditioners should be all-weather but not if you happen to be transferred to Cherrapunjee. You may not ...
01:51 PM, May 22, 2012

Nikita Mishra

Health-y-Hiatus |

...And this is not a cliche anymore... Wolfing junk food like burgers, pizzas, pastas, fried chicken, and washing it down with can-loads of ...
12:16 PM, May 15, 2012

Madhuri Banerjee

The Chastity Belt |

If you haven't been screamed at, hated, or blocked off from a child's life, you haven't really been a good mother! I learned that when ...
10:21 AM, May 13, 2012