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Family recipe: Getting the great, elusive cough and cold cure ⊠plus smelling like a plate of biryani
May 30, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
Every family in India has a cure for a cough and chest congestion and everyoneâs formula is guaranteed to make you hop, hop, hop like a bunny full of beans. This family recipe is evidentlyâŠ
May 30, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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No one sacks Savitri: How the part time domestic help holds whole families captive
May 16, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
There is no greater urban terrorist than the part time domestic help. She holds whole families captive and they tremble like aspen leaves if she displays disapproval. You just do not take panga with herâŠ.
May 16, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Invitation to gossip: On finding thousand rupee notes crumpled in the pocket of an old coat
May 2, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
I found three largely crumpled thousand rupee notes in the pocket of an old coat i hadnât worn since November 8, 2016. Had no idea what to do with them. This was illegal stuff. CouldnâtâŠ
May 2, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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After the potty crisis: When Nana uses the bad word itâs big trouble for him
April 18, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
I, i said, will take my three older grandchildren to the Mall, thatâs what grandparents do, give them a treat ⊠so we went, armed with enough back up clothes and bottles and lotions toâŠ
April 18, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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In such a soup: When folks order Mulligatawny like they were making a royal pronouncement from a scroll
April 4, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
Many years ago i was offered a mince pie at a party and expressed my surprise that it was sweet and had these crystals of frosted fruit oozing out. Thought it would have keema inâŠ
April 4, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Messaging minefields: When I just wanted to tell a friend âso lovelyâ but typed âso slovenlyâ
March 21, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
One day someone will send a WhatsApp message with the wrong word and blow up the world by mistake. The number of times we donât read the message we have sent and let it goâŠ
March 21, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Wax or waterboard: How a beauty parlour makes Gitmo look like a holiday resort
March 7, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
I have never been to a torture chamber but the other day i accompanied my wife to a beauty parlour and was invited in since there were no other customers. Half an hour into observingâŠ
March 7, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Sweet nothings: Why do they call marriage settling down, it is more like total chaos
February 21, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
Have you noticed how people who are not married are always being asked when they will settle down. Like sediment or that sticky residue at the bottom of the coffee cup. I have never understoodâŠ
February 21, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Stunned by soda water: We could do with some fizz in our lives, what is this magical drink?
February 7, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
You go to a swank restaurant and the steward asks you if you will have still water or sparkling and you look so profound and thoughtful as you consider your options as if you wereâŠ
February 7, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Doctorâs practice: What am i, a guinea pig, when are you people going to graduate?
January 24, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
So, i am sitting at the clinic waiting for the doctor seeing as i have an 11am appointment and now it is 12.25 and nurses flit past like butterflies but no one is calling myâŠ
January 24, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Yours, mine and ours: When the husbandâs family visits vs when the wifeâs does
January 10, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
Things that drive wives crazy: Husbands will spend merrily on their relatives when they are visiting and be perfect hosts but will face a sudden cash crunch when her family arrives. Do we have toâŠ
January 10, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Wave goodbye fondly: The nerve jangling adventure of booking air tickets online
December 27, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
If India is going to be a cashless society it better do a lot better than the aviation industry and its portals. How many robots do you know book air tickets online? So then, ifâŠ
December 27, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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Stuff your visa: I said after finding myself in a dank, cheerless and colourless room as number 43
December 13, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
When you get to my age there is nothing exciting about travelling to countries that donât particularly want you to come and packing your self-esteem as a number waiting to be called so you canâŠ
December 13, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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Search for tranquillity: How my banker friend came to be the demon in demonetisation
November 29, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
Everybody is into something. My friend is into Ti Ching. He is a senior banker who ruins lives by the minute but he goes home every evening and lies on the floor and inhales eucalyptusâŠ
November 29, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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Dadâs in trouble: The only people with cash are the kids and they have blacklisted him
November 15, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
My young cousin in Mumbai is having a hard time like thousands of diligent parents being blackmailed by their children. His children, aged 12 and 10, have refused to extend him a loan. Being aâŠ
November 15, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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Celestial blessings: What to do with the 33 diyas that light up when you download them
November 1, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
On my mobile phone i have received 33 diyas that light up when you download them, 110 religious pictures, 64 firecrackers on the screen that are identical and 24 assorted wishes in different languages manyâŠ
November 1, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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Last chance at glory: Catered chauthas are delightful with 5 star locales and tiny samosas and valet parking
October 18, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
If you were dying to make an impression in your life and flopped and didnât quite make the grade, wait till your chautha. Thatâs the fourth day after you have kicked the bucket, gone toâŠ
October 18, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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Re-buckling my swash: When dull boring husband heeds wife and turns life of the party
October 4, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
So we are sitting around watching mindless TV and my wife says, there is something i have been meaning to tell you, itâs been on my mind, you have become dull, boring is the wordâŠ
October 4, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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Liquid blackmail: When mother says, when will you settle down?
September 20, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
It is one of those pleasant evenings and you are sitting with your parents and you are teetering on the downslope of the shelf life of single bliss (girls plus 21 and boys plus 28)âŠ
September 20, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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Hurry hurry: When your old plumbing starts behaving as if you have had 16 beers
September 6, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
Growing old is hard work. Especially when the plumbing starts acting up. Itâs just about okay while you try to do a circus balancing act to put on your trousers every morning and it isâŠ
September 6, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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