I walked into office today. And on my table was a colleague's wedding card invite and a box of sweets. The first sign of an opulent nort...
Kate Holden. Amazing woman. Amazing story. I just read her memoir In My Skin . I got goosebumps reading the life of this literate woman whos...
By Laurence P Belcher I h ave now just returned to the Indian capital of Delhi after a most enjoyable and interesting visit to a part of Ind...
That's how Darl describes Shillong. And how apt. I spent a good seven days in my hometown last week and three days in muggy Guwahati, my...
That was the vested interest behind the trip. To have one or two shots of manana cream and slip into oblivion for a while, not a moment. To ...
By Deepika Sahu I was in high school (in small town Orissa) when Aseema, my eldest sister went to Hyderabad to do her masters in political s...
Can you ever be friends with your ex? Affair-turned-ex had asked me once. He was the big, protective one who never left a chance to scorn th...
With more than 10,000 beaches I know know why Australia is called the land down under. I am not a sea person. I barely know how to swim, I h...
I've been wanting to do this in a long time -- sit with my friend Nats and talk and talk endlessly, the kind that eases out. Laugh too b...
I always felt a useful connection with my laptop. Today I want to either chuck it or sell it off or take it away from my sight. My laptop ha...
April is the cruellest month. That is T.S. Eliot in The Wasteland . Ironic that the dust and winds that blow during this time are not the ge...
My boss, a hard core print journalist, now looks after the internet edition of the entire organisation or the group, which means a cluster o...
Sometimes you don't want to believe you just got lucky because you did not live that moment of pain. And you have to keep saying it to y...
I got mail. Dear Indi.. how are you? Well, Ontalogical inspired you. It also inspired me. Though I am little late. I hope, you will like it....
After a foodie weekend at best friend’s, I got back home on Sunday to find roomie in a rather pensive mood. Reason, it was her beau’s birthd...
My friend Deepika Sahu is an angry young woman just now. Find out why... Few months back, not many had heard of Mr Raj Thackeray and his Mah...
At one point of time, I raved about the Khans in my life – Aamir Khan, Imran Khan and Salman Khan. That is long gone but the Khan fascinatio...
My gift today from the don You're a falling star, You're the get away car. You're the line in the sand when I go too far. You...
I remember the good old guava tree at the backyard of my house in my sleepy hometown. It still stands there timeless and strong, bearing fru...
Saris, sindoor, mangalsutra and pujas -- that's the quintessential Indian woman, thanks to Ekta Kapoor. And the TRP ratings of her K-ser...
When you are down and out and you look your worst, beau still finds you beautiful. When the evening sun sets and the sky turns purple, he ca...
Last Sunday I attended a workshop organised by friends from different professions. I keep my Sundays to myself but this time I couldn't ...
(Great post from my friend Deepika Sahu) For the first six years of my marriage, I constantly lived with the question "why don't yo...