
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

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

"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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'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

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