For crying out loud

Out of the closet with K Jo

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 09 May 2013 12:41:09 +0530

I'm not writing this piece as an angry blogger or a highbrowed ex-Lifestyle editor or an author. I am here tonight to tell you all a little secret. Something personal

From a Delhi street brawl to the Boston blasts, 'Up Yours' all the way

editor@ibnlive.com — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 02:36:39 +0530

It was perfect. Everything. On a day, like yesterday. It was also my New Year. Bengali New Year that is. I was wearing a brand new blue chiffon dress and

International Women's Day: 'Badi aayi Kareena Kapoor!'

editor@ibnlive.com — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:11:30 +0530

It's weird being a woman. Today. It's odd to have to constantly defend what you stand for - to have to play the part - the one that is not

Rahul Gandhi in Arabic

editor@ibnlive.com — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:31:19 +0530

I'm a political escapist. A modern day cynic. On most days I'm just like one of you - cursing India. Calling her names. Standing in a haphazard queue at the

'Nice Boobs'

editor@ibnlive.com — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:35:27 +0530

This is personal. It has to be. It must. This is the truth. It's plain and simple. The way all truths are structured at the core, sans excuses.

Season of scams!

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 05:54:09 +0530

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. 'Is the Cabinet

We The People!

editor@ibnlive.com — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:57:20 +0530

I was at an upmarket South Delhi mall this evening. Waiting for my car. To my right, a young child wailed in his mother's arms, a young lover whispered sweet

Kasab Qatar Mein Hain....

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:11:01 +0530

I was at a South Delhi cafe this evening where I happened to over hear a rather animated conversation between a group of youngsters glued to the slim LCD monitor

Why Pinki Pramanik is better off

editor@ibnlive.com — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:06:11 +0530

I've been in the throes of my third novel Sita's Curse and hence more or less cut off from the civilized world, preferring to live out my protagonist Meera Patel,

The God particle: all in God's name

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 02:40:19 +0530

Since last evening, I've been flooded with updates on various social networking sites about the breakthrough discovery of this all new, sub atomic particle with a mass of 125 billion

Are you a pure Indian?

editor@ibnlive.com — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 02:40:58 +0530

"Who's the Chief Minister of New Delhi?" "Hello, yes you in pant shirt, mein aap se baat kar raha hoon, who's the CM of Delhi?" "Where are

Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo!

editor@ibnlive.com — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 04:33:34 +0530

The whole of last week I was angry, but not in a belligerent kind of way. Even now something in me is simmering - an impotent rage almost,