Devapriya Roy

the vague woman's blog |

Nora Ephron, in one of her columns - possibly in 'Esquire' though I can't be sure - had wondered about the exact time the word ...
02:52 PM, Jul 28, 2012

Oindrila Mukherjee

Heat beat |

The last couple of days I've been in Hyderabad, the city of biryani, pearls, gongura mutton, Tollywood and Sania Mirza. I had visited here a ...
03:40 PM, Jul 15, 2012

Brijesh Kalappa

Post Mortem |

"Let the Judges also remember that Solomon's throne was supported by lions on both sides: let them be lions, but yet lions under the throne." ...
02:11 PM, Jul 14, 2012

Sagarika Ghose

Bloody Mary |

With each new episode of Satyamev Jayate - actor Aamir Khan's 13-part television show - comes a welter of debate. Every episode trends on the ...
11:52 AM, Jul 11, 2012

Sriram Balasubramanian

The Straight Drive |

The Higgs boson particle experiment has dominated headlines over the last couple of days. It has also triggered various debates ranging from science, religion, god ...
06:43 PM, Jul 06, 2012

Rakhshanda Jalil

Hindustani awaaz |

Syeda Hameed brings a rare quality to the Indian bureaucracy - a humanity tinged with scholarship. Having worked on the selected writings of Maulana Azad, ...
12:46 PM, Jun 26, 2012

Shormishtha Panja

Delhi Musings |

Don: "Let me ask you something. What do women want?" Roger: "Who cares?" - Mad Men It is easy for feminists to hate ...
12:41 PM, Jun 23, 2012

Saurav Jha

Geek At Large |

I have a silver bullet solution to the BJP's second generational leadership problems. Alright, it's not a silver bullet but I have a name. I ...
08:04 PM, Jun 22, 2012

Suhasini Haidar

Head to Haid-ar |

Yousuf Raza Gilani could have broken two records in Pakistan. First, of being the country's longest serving prime minister (with the supreme court disqualifying him ...
09:32 AM, Jun 22, 2012

Sagarika Ghose

Bloody Mary |

The closing of the Bengali mind I returned to north Bengal last week for a short holiday in the Darjeeling hills. I spent my ...
07:34 AM, Jun 13, 2012

Anurodh Jain

Transforming Bharat |

On Mother's Day, Forbes magazine published a list of world's most powerful moms, representing influential women, who are politicians, CEO's & billionaires. This list symbolized ...
06:43 PM, Jun 12, 2012

Oindrila Mukherjee

Heat beat |

Friday was a typical weekday morning at my parents' home in Gurgaon where I'm staying. First, a guy came to fix the printer. Then another ...
12:52 PM, Jun 11, 2012

Rituparna Chatterjee

Begging Your Pardon |

New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's unbridled joy at the Kolkata Knight Riders winning the fifth season of the Indian Premier League was ...
01:11 PM, May 31, 2012

Suresh Menon

Reverse Swing |

A cavorting Shah Rukh Khan pulled off the impossible - much like his team, the previously pitiable Kolkata Knight Riders - by demonstrating that there ...
08:12 AM, May 29, 2012

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

As the curtains come down over this fifth edition of the Indian Premier League, it is time to fantasize about an eleven that could have ...
01:41 PM, May 28, 2012

Gaurav Kalra

Grumble with Gaurav |

The Indian cricket board is among the most reviled organizations in the sporting world. Perhaps in the real world too! That reputation is well earned ...
12:36 PM, May 25, 2012

Gaurav Kalra

Grumble with Gaurav |

The Indian cricket board is among the most reviled organizations in the sporting world. Perhaps in the real world too! That reputation is well earned ...
12:22 PM, May 25, 2012

Vivian Fernandes

Espresso Economics |

In forty-four months, the standing committees of Parliament which examined the land acquisition bills have done an about turn on the issue of the state ...
06:17 PM, May 22, 2012

Tanya Ghosh

The Sharp Cheese |

'So what do you want to be when you grow up?' I remember how I used to absolutely dread this question since it used ...
12:46 PM, May 19, 2012

Mikkhail Vaswani

Clean Bold |

Age is a question of mind over matter, but it's a matter of concern when quite a few minds question the presence of age in ...
01:19 PM, May 15, 2012