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Ola-la la! Why jokers win Oscars and Twitter wars
October 12, 2024, 11:42 PM IST
Joker: Folie à Deux’, with its fiery mix of song and dance, hit the cinemas recently and rekindled memories of how Batman and the Joker’s legendary feud began. It starts in the story ‘Batman: The…
October 12, 2024, 11:42 PM IST
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Honk, honk! Swachh dreams, dream girl and a paan-India problem
September 22, 2024, 4:00 AM IST
8am Dropping the little one to school in traffic jams, monsoon-wrecked roads and a cacophony of screeching horns, I recall the Union transport minister’s proposal to pass a law requiring horns of all vehicles to…
September 22, 2024, 4:00 AM IST
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Why ghosts don’t scare the Indian Stree
August 24, 2024, 10:46 PM IST
One of the apocryphal tales of my childhood revolves around a great aunt who got possessed by an evil spirit. My grandmother’s version of this story stated that this happened while my aunt was coming…
August 24, 2024, 10:46 PM IST
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Haathi & saathi: What animals can teach us about luv, shuv, shaadi
August 11, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Amid a backdrop of icy grey acacia trees, four elephants stood in a trance. A female recognisable by the geometric planes of her head and three bull elephants. Perched on the bouncing seats of a…
August 11, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Munro, Motherhood and Morality
July 14, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
On my 49th birthday, before the family woke up, I was bent over my laptop, like every other morning in the previous month, working on my first-term submission that focused on the disruption of time…
July 14, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Attention pliss! Let’s dance to the tunes of a different Melodi
June 23, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
A severed digit in a cup of ice cream took over my morning. Let me clarify that I am not into cannibalism. It was a wormhole I fell into after reading about a doctor from…
June 23, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Opening a can of bookworms
June 9, 2024, 5:30 AM IST
As a child, I was accident prone. Tumble after tumble left me with myriad broken bones and torn ligaments. When I was laid up in bed, my favourite moments were when I had a bowl…
June 9, 2024, 5:30 AM IST
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Journey of changing motherhood, kal & aaj
May 12, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
As a child in the seventies, I recall my mother’s duties being clearly defined. The most important was ensuring we finished the two rotis on our plate. In my sister’s case, this was an arduous…
May 12, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Pizza, playbooks and a bag of pollitricks
April 21, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
The journey that started at an airport and had me navigate my way around pizza, playbooks and politics began with a simple phone call from my mother. ‘What do you mean you are in Chennai,…
April 21, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Pure-veg, mast-melons and other sweet & sour word salads
March 31, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
The art of communication is like building a rope bridge. Both usually begin with someone throwing a line that reaches the person standing on the other side of a chasm. Sometimes, you aim correctly, and…
March 31, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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The song and dance around Women’s Day
March 10, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Monday: Over the weekend, the Gujarati side of my extended family was particularly busy on our WhatsApp group. My mother’s cousin, Biren bhai, has been behaving like it is his son’s and not Anant Ambani’s…
March 10, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Valentine’s Day Special: Love in a beaker topped with crispy bheja fry
February 11, 2024, 6:00 AM IST
Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and last year, the Animal Welfare Board of India tried to turn this into Cow Hug Day, where they suggested that we forget about romance and embrace our bovine…
February 11, 2024, 6:00 AM IST
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Pope, pigeons and some unconditional puppy love
January 28, 2024, 4:00 AM IST
Freddie’s sense of smell is as sharp as a scalpel. His approach towards the bird is precise. He leaps on the balcony railing, an orchestra of sharp teeth and claws clanging on the metal bar,…
January 28, 2024, 4:00 AM IST
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Dory, Orry and other NY resolutions that won’t leave you sorry
January 14, 2024, 4:00 AM IST
Jonathan Swift, author of ‘Gulliver’s Travels’, made a list of resolutions in 1699. After declarations like, ‘Not to boast of my former beauty, or strength, or favour with Ladyes, &c’ and ‘Not to be fond…
January 14, 2024, 4:00 AM IST
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50 shades older: Time to gin and bear it, babumoshai
December 10, 2023, 4:00 AM IST
At the start of my 50th year on this watery planet, I grew weary of women my age talking about ageing gracefully. ‘Grace counts in ballet, and ageing is a battle! But…thanks to the ageing…
December 10, 2023, 4:00 AM IST
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Koffee with Deepika, and some vanilla ice cream
November 19, 2023, 12:30 PM IST
In my new book, there is a character who is opposed to the institution of matrimony. She tells her daughter, ‘There is too much weight for me in that word — marriage. Bondage and submission…
November 19, 2023, 12:30 PM IST
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Adult friendships are so hard, yaar. Pinky swear!
October 15, 2023, 3:00 AM IST
On my second day at university in London, I sat alone at my desk, eating leftover orange peel. The astringent flavour with bits of stringy white fibre could have been a metaphor for my mental…
October 15, 2023, 3:00 AM IST
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From lucky uterus to Mother Emeritus
October 1, 2023, 5:00 AM IST
Having a child is similar to undergoing a lobotomy. Before an army of mothers attacks me with soiled diapers, let me make it clear that this statement is backed by scientific research. Scientists at Leiden…
October 1, 2023, 5:00 AM IST
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G20: Over the moon and behind the marigolds
September 10, 2023, 4:47 AM IST
The Indian manual of makeovers has some explicit instructions when it comes to beautifying our homes for celebrations. It advocates the Quick Gun Murugan method of décor. A dent in the wall? Cover it with…
September 10, 2023, 4:47 AM IST
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Bot a joke! Why AI sucks at humour but can fib like a neta
June 25, 2023, 5:00 AM IST
At an art exhibition recently, two patrons got into a fierce debate over the impact of artificial intelligence. The older, bespectacled man raged against AI-powered apps that devoured and regurgitated paintings. On the other side,…
June 25, 2023, 5:00 AM IST
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