Obituary: Sabina Sehgal Saikia
Sabina Sehgal Saikia was a food writer who had been with the Times of India group for over 17 years who at the time of her untimely demise had risen to Consulting Editor at the publication. She died in...
View ArticleIs Dieting Required? Ask Oprah
"I want to be thin. I want to lose weight fast. Put me on a diet." My dietitian frowned at me and replied "No diet. Eat fruits, vegetables, salads. Lots of water, no sugar, no bakery stuff and you...
View ArticleChennai Test: Where The Spirit Stays Alive
Slumdog Millionaire, the movie, starts with a multiple choice question. One of the options is - "It is written. It is destiny." What happened at M.A Chidambaram stadium, Chepauk, Madras turned out to...
View ArticleSanjay Dutt a Security Threat - Ram Jethmalani
(Ram) Jethmalani, who had unsuccessfully argued for Dutt's bail before the Supreme Court in the late 1990s and had the privilege of going through the probe agency's dossier against him in the serial...
View ArticleWas Vanity Fair To Freida Pinto?
Let me just start by saying how very pissed I am that Freida Pinto looks like a fifties pin-up model on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine. Let me correct that. A white, fifties pin-up model. No matter...
View ArticleMTV Roadies: Bloodshed In Gandhinagar
There was bloodshed in Gandhinagar! Raghu and Rajiv brought their evil vibes to the latest episode of Roadies and the Brats were decimated not by the hands of the brothers but by womanly wiles and...
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Irrfan 'The Mindblowing' Khan
Irrfan Khan is not your regular hero but he is one of the rare breed of actors who can kick some serious butt even if he is pitted against your typical hero in his very own backyard. But he hasn’t...
View ArticleGirls, Women and the Legacy of Mahatma Phule
It is common wisdom that literacy is a reasonably good indicator of development in a society. Increase and distribution of literacy is generally associated with necessary traits of today's civilization...
View ArticleMovie Review: The Pink Panther 2 - Aishwarya, Retire Gracefully
For the Indian audience, this one did not work. Although touted as Aishwarya Rai’s big one from Hollywood, Pink Panther 2 (PP2) sank without a trace abroad. There was not even the slightest craze in...
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Movie Review: The Pink Panther 2 - Pink Diamonds And Jade
After a spate of Pudinhara-inducing movies like Valkyrie (heavy: good but seriously serious) and Dilli 6 (does this city produce anything palatable??), I decided I really needed something different. So...
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