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Buffet list

February 17, 2026, 10:00 PM IST

Holidays are about breakfasting like a champion Holidays are a boon. Especially when one stays in places that offer complimentary buffet breakfasts. To me, that is the ultimate luxury. Imagine just rolling out of bed…

February 17, 2026, 10:00 PM IST

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Buffet list

February 17, 2026, 8:17 AM IST

Holidays are a boon. Especially when one stays in places that offer complimentary buffet breakfasts. To me, that is the ultimate luxury. Imagine just rolling out of bed and walking across to a hall where…

February 17, 2026, 8:17 AM IST

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Thinking of you

January 19, 2026, 5:00 AM IST

Means I will spam you. Call you? Forget it Ping! Ping! goes the phone. I glance at it lazily and it’s The Lad. Like a dutiful, doting mother, I pick it up to see what…

January 19, 2026, 5:00 AM IST

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Password pickle

November 18, 2025, 5:00 AM IST

Help’s on the line but it’s unhelpful ‘Emails have been hacked all over the world. You need to change your passwords asap!’ read the lad’s frantic message on WhatsApp. I had just about managed to…

November 18, 2025, 5:00 AM IST

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Book club

September 22, 2025, 5:00 AM IST

In which all members munched seriously Having recently been inducted into one of the newly formed book clubs in town, I felt I had arrived! We were meeting in a fortnight. Meanwhile, the matter of…

September 22, 2025, 5:00 AM IST

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Bedroom fashions

July 28, 2025, 5:00 AM IST

What’s sleep divorce? Great for marriage  So, here I was, the other night, trying to sneak past Boss Man, with my pillow, eye drops and water bottle in tow, when he peered up at me…

July 28, 2025, 5:00 AM IST

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Framed by loved ones

March 4, 2025, 7:36 AM IST

How little attention relatives & friends pay to the memory of a person they’ve gathered to mourn One day it’s all over. The Chosen One crosses over to the other side, leaving behind tear-stained and…

March 4, 2025, 7:36 AM IST

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Knitflixing flex

December 24, 2024, 5:00 AM IST

Needles go clackety clack, it’s slippery work A new word is doing the rounds these days – Knitflixing.  The act of knitting while watching Netflix. ‘The atmosphere outside was frightful/ But the yarn was so…

December 24, 2024, 5:00 AM IST

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