
The Mousetrap
The pandemic and the lockdown makes one realise that life is nothing but a trap – but that’s just one way of looking at it, writes Annette Mueller The trap …
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The pandemic and the lockdown makes one realise that life is nothing but a trap – but that’s just one way of looking at it, writes Annette Mueller The trap …
Read MoreThere’s a kind of magic in a child’s experience of New Year’s. By Vandana Kanoria Most of my childhood is stored in the taste of Quality Street chocolates, the smell …
Read MoreIn the wake of the Covid pandemic, we all have been left to hope for the best while bracing for the worst, writes Nagesh Alai I had literally welcomed 2020 …
Read MoreIf the pandemic has taken away a lot from us, it has also given us life lessons. By Vandana Kanoria When it comes to swimming through a tsunami, there is …
Read MoreFood and culture are inseparable – and this family’s history is forever linked with an iconic dish by Ashok Jatia The reason why the Jatia family migrated to Rangoon, Burma …
Read MoreNagesh Alai casts a wry but loving lookback at the evolution of calling, writing and listening to music It’s the 13th September as I write this. It happens to be …
Read MoreThe breakup of a marriage can test you to your limits, and also help you discover your strengths, writes Annette Muller When hearts are passing in the night, in the …
Read MoreThe sad demise of Balasaheb Thackeray seven years ago left a gap not just in politics but in the world of art, too. Vickram Sethi looks back November 17 marks …
Read MoreWell into the fifth decade of a happy union, Kersie Gandhi reveals the secret I was cradle-snatched at 18 by a sweet, even-tempered and understanding older girl who I now …
Read MoreArtist Angeli Sowani shares the stories and celebrates the unsung Indian heroes of World War I “For God’s sake don’t come, don’t come, don’t come….” This is the story of …
Read MoreAcross ages and socio-economic groups, by and large there has been a spirit of positivity in facing the pandemic, writes Nagesh Alai The pervasive pestilence of the year has snatched …
Read MoreEarth has suddenly come to a grinding halt, mid-spin. Thrown off its revolving axis by something so infinitesimal, it cannot be seen. But it can be felt. And how!!! This, …
Read MoreCarry your tiffin on flight writes Vickram Sethi Years ago I was traveling by Air India from Delhi to Mumbai. It was an evening flight. I met an acquaintance of …
Read MoreLalitha Lajmi talks to Sushmita Bhattrai about Kalpana Lajmi, the brilliant filmmaker and maverick personality “Art is like breathing; I can’t live without it.” Born into a Saraswat Brahmin family …
Read MoreFlirting at 40 is fun, but what happens when you’re 50 and being single hasn’t yet lost its tingle? – by Vidya Heble Being single in your 20s, 30s and …
Read MoreVijay 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, …
Read MoreIt 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 …
Read MoreWhen children forget how to love and care for their elders, what does one do? By Vickram Sethi A true story from the 1960s. Two friends, Arun and Jagat, lived …
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