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Catty tales, with a dash of rum and Friends therapy
May 23, 2021, 1:00 AM IST
10 am The little one has put on a potato filter while chatting with her friends online. Unfortunately, this is on my device. I scramble to switch it off before a Zoom meeting with my…
May 23, 2021, 1:00 AM IST
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Finding solace in stories & sisterhood
May 9, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
There is one call that comes every morning. We talk, with headphones plugged in as I water the plants. Two sisters in two cities reeling from a pandemic though her city, Delhi, is now suffering…
May 9, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
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When life feels like Groundhog Day & the Brad Pitt jokes dry up
April 19, 2021, 4:00 AM IST
Scribbling on the reverse side of a printed sheet, I make a list. Pencil lines that cut through my day, carving it into manageable pieces. Two hours blocked for writing. Another half hour is marked…
April 19, 2021, 4:00 AM IST
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Seeing the world through Kamalam tinted glasses
January 24, 2021, 5:39 AM IST
8am I wake up to the news that a decisive action has been taken, Dragon Fruit will now be called Kamalam. Sometimes I wonder how these ideas are proposed. Does an official call his deputy…
January 24, 2021, 5:39 AM IST
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How to say no to drunk dancers, mamiji’s halwa & other grand requests
January 10, 2021, 4:00 AM IST
Are you free tomorrow at 3? I need a favour,’ asked an old acquaintance with an exotic mix of British and Goan accents, the absence of the letter h in the three as obvious as…
January 10, 2021, 4:00 AM IST
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One small act of kindness, one giant leap for WhatsApp uncles
December 20, 2020, 6:50 AM IST
6.30am My phone pings and I open my blurry eyes to see a picture with two garish flowers, two emojis of folded hands and a quotation, ‘Learning to be kind and ignore of things is…
December 20, 2020, 6:50 AM IST
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Keeping up with the Kapoors, and keeping away from pangas
December 6, 2020, 3:00 AM IST
8am While looking for some good news, I chance upon a headline which says India-Pakistan have jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize. 2020 may not be such a bad year after all, if our countries…
December 6, 2020, 3:00 AM IST
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Boycott bombs, and a middle-aged bombshell
November 8, 2020, 6:15 AM IST
9am Sipping on some coffee as black as my mood, I call my sister, ‘This Diwali, I forbid you to watch any Bollywood movie. I also want you to give up your Netflix subscription, stop…
November 8, 2020, 6:15 AM IST
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Three horror stories, and a really hairy one
October 11, 2020, 6:00 AM IST
Bharati Bai used to come to our house three times a week. A stout woman with a strict demeanour, her job was to scrub besan on our hairy arms in circular motions and then through…
October 11, 2020, 6:00 AM IST
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The art of picking books, and picking up lovers
September 27, 2020, 6:00 AM IST
In one of our most revered epics, the divine Hanuman is tasked with procuring the life-restoring Sanjeevani for his fallen comrade. Unable to identify the right shrub, he carries the entire hill back. Asked to…
September 27, 2020, 6:00 AM IST
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60 yrs after Sorcar’s sawing trick, the illusionists are back
September 13, 2020, 5:40 AM IST
In 1956, P C Sorcar, the greatest magician in Indian history, was seen murdering a girl on television. In front of thousands of viewers, he sliced her in half like she was a sausage roll….
September 13, 2020, 5:40 AM IST
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Bend it like Baba: Look who’s really flexible, Sima aunty
August 2, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
9am In this bleak, virus-filled world, the one thing that livens up my day is sharing this planet with creatures of all shapes and sizes and no, I am not talking about matchmaker Sima aunty’s…
August 2, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
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Five books you can stream, and one that makes you scream
July 19, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
Once upon a time, in true fairytale style, I was watching Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in a nondescript hotel room with my seven-year-old son. Hermione was describing a Mandrake’s cry when the…
July 19, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
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Desi Jeeves, videshi apps, and a dream of stardom
July 5, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
Expecting an air of doom and despair lurking inside the kitchen, I gingerly pop in to make my morning coffee. Desi Jeeves, who has been part of my household longer than my children, is staring…
July 5, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
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Paratha tax? Naan-sense. Let them eat cricket rotis
June 14, 2020, 5:30 AM IST
10 am Mealtimes at The Simpsons changed irrevocably when Paul McCartney agreed to make an appearance on the show. He had a singular condition- Lisa Simpson would have to be a vegetarian for the entire…
June 14, 2020, 5:30 AM IST
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Why struggling baykos are smuggling bais
May 31, 2020, 7:00 AM IST
The car stops at the gate of an upscale building, let’s just call it Jubilee Springs. After a quick salaam, the security guard asks the car owner and fourth floor resident to unlock the boot….
May 31, 2020, 7:00 AM IST
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A mother’s day toast to all the perfectly imperfect moms in the world
May 10, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
Mother is prowling around the house like an overzealous detective looking for clues of my ineptitude as a homemaker. This is an old habit. In the past, when I once asked her to babysit while…
May 10, 2020, 1:00 AM IST
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When your lockdown glass is half full … of gin
April 12, 2020, 3:01 AM IST
9am: My morning begins with a frantic call from my cousin, ‘How did you hurt your leg?’ ‘To cheer up my mother in-law, we were playing antakshari. Halfway through, I got so carried away that…
April 12, 2020, 3:01 AM IST
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Close encounters of the carona kind
March 22, 2020, 6:30 AM IST
‘Love, no matter what else it might be, is a natural talent. You are either born knowing how or you never know.’ That’s a quote from Gabriel Marquez’s novel, Love in the Time of Cholera,…
March 22, 2020, 6:30 AM IST
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Of macho men and broccoli cownundrums
March 1, 2020, 5:00 AM IST
We had a very special guest visiting us last week, and at a grand event in Ahmedabad, Modiji introduced the president of the United States as India’s friend ‘Dolund Trump’. The internet immediately exploded into…
March 1, 2020, 5:00 AM IST
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