Indian Elections 2019: Ab ki baar, WhatsApp Sarkar!
If well-educated, middle-class folks with access to the ‘information superhighway’ could boil a bunch of coriander leaves, filter and drink
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Relationships
Fire & Ice – Part 1
Travelling back to the hotel after a long-haul flight, Suhail gazed at the fleeting images of frosty Frankfurt in the
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Love in the Age of Tinder
“I need to believe that something extraordinary is possible” Alicia Nash in ‘A Beautiful Mind’ A quarter century ago, I
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How Sunny Leone ‘Exposed’ India’s Double Standards
Sunny Leone, former adult film star and now a successful Bollywood actor, was the most searched item on Google from
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Vipassana – A Year Later
Nobody walks into a Vipassana camp without reason. It is intensely lonely, decidedly tough, and if you survive those ten
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The Slapgate Controversy
On 01 Jan 18, passengers flying on a long haul Jet Airways flight 9W119 from London to Mumbai were witness
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The Write Stuff
Years ago when I fell in love, I wrote what I considered then a really evocative letter asking for a
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Kancha & Kanchi @ 20
Twenty years ago, an upstart naval officer met a sweet young lady working at The Oberoi, New Delhi. At 27,
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‘Like’ Minded People
On 1st December 2015, Bhavesh Nakate, a 21-year old IT professional from Mumbai fell to his death while travelling to
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Members only please!
Many years ago, two young naval officers were marched up to a Commanding Officer because they did not follow service
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The Sir Culture
In the 1997 Hollywood comedy ‘Liar Liar’, Fletcher Reede (Jim Carrey) is afflicted by a strange condition that leaves him
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Lessons in Parenting – The Pancho & Lefty Story
“Livin’ on the road my friend Is gonna keep you free and clean And now you wear your skin like
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Why Settle for a Life Less Than Perfect?
Scene 1: It’s your annual vacation. You have been waiting for months for this. The whole family is brimming with
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