Don’t Sign Away Your Safety
Seniors can be an easy target for abuse if they don’t have control over their property, writes Sonavi Kher Desai According to HelpAge India, more than fifty percent of the …
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An Affair Not to Remember
The casually blatant sexism of the 1978 movie Pati Patni Aur Woh may have seemed funny at one time, but it is nothing short of tragic that the film is …
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How celebrity endorsements have evolved
Prabhakar Mundkur looks back at stars who promoted products, and the varying reactions over the years When Lux was launched way back in 1924 in the US, perhaps it was …
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Big Bull rules, still
Even 18 years after his death, market maverick-turned-kingpin Harshad Mehta has refused to fade into oblivion, writes Anto T Joseph More than a quarter of a century after India’s Bombay …
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‘My in-laws insisted I remarry’
Vijay Taparia recounts how after the death of his wife 11 years ago, it was his in-laws who insisted that he remarries We first identified that Shashi, my late wife, …
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Recourse against abuse
Abuse in one’s silver and golden years is a sad fact of today’s life. Sonavi Kher Desai writes about what you can do to fight elder abuse According to the …
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The Old and the Beautiful
Cinema would be nothing without women – but older women’s roles get short shrift, writes Deepa Gahlot Like the rest of society, Hindi cinema too marginalises senior and older women. …
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The Sweetest Thing to Come
The forthcoming U2 concert took Narendra Kusnur back in time through the memorable rock shows India has seen A month from now, on December 15, Indian rock fans are in …
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Final bow for the Maharajah?
A little bird says Tatas may come full circle and acquire Air-India. Will the regal mascot strut again as he once did, asks Prabhakar Mundkur JRD Tata founded Tata Airlines …
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How Pitaji was Disowned by his own children?
It doesn’t take much to turn daughters from loving children into abusive strangers, writes Vickram Sethi The year is 1948. Daryaganj in Delhi is a predominantly Muslim locality. Many families …
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