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Bill of health
September 25, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Thanks to a medical insurance scheme, we won’t be able to afford to fall ill any more Supposedly, health is wealth. But in India ill health is wealth. The wealth of govt coffers, which benefit…
September 25, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Tall tales
September 20, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
The long and the short of factors that might change the course of world history Did the length of Cleopatra’s nose change the face of history? According to the 17th-century French philosopher and historian, Blaise…
September 20, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Fact vs faction
September 18, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Inconvenient truths are conveniently overlooked or ignored by those who are selective about information Facts are said to be like porcupines: they can be prickly and uncomfortable to live with. The opposite of fact generally…
September 18, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Photo finish
September 13, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
In many ways our pictured past is more of a keepsake than our snapshot present The other week while clearing out a long-disused drawer, Bunny came across some old photographs, all black and white. The…
September 13, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Toorist trap
September 11, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
The world over, local residents are being overrun by an incursion of selfie-taking sightseers A tourist has been described as someone who, having nothing to do at home, goes and does it someplace else. And…
September 11, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Cafreal odyssey
September 6, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
A traditional Goan dish sparks a controversy and imparts a history lesson On a recent visit to Goa, Bunny found herself embroiled in a controversy about a recipe. The recipe in question was for Chicken…
September 6, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Rename english
September 4, 2024, 9:22 AM IST
The international language of commerce and communication needs an image make-over Those who cry ‘Angrezi-hatao!’ might have their thunder stolen to discover that the mother country of English, UK, itself seems to have hataoed a…
September 4, 2024, 9:22 AM IST
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Retro restaurant: When you visit your favourite food outlet, thank an unsung Frenchman for having given it its generic name
August 30, 2024, 7:19 AM IST
Once a month my uncle, Hemrajbhai, would take my aunt, their two daughters, and me, to Kwality’s on Calcutta’s Park Street. It was a ceremonial ritual which, as a ten-year-old, I treasured. A smartly uniformed…
August 30, 2024, 7:19 AM IST
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Abnormally speaking
August 28, 2024, 9:48 AM IST
The law of averages ensures that there’s no such thing as what we call ‘normalcy’ Now that the south-west monsoon is nearing its end there’ll be considerable discussion as to whether it’s been ‘normal’. While…
August 28, 2024, 9:48 AM IST
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S’ or s’s?
August 26, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
The name, Kamala Harris, raises a question mark on the use of the controversial apostrophe Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is going well. Right? Wrong. Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign is going well. Right? Wrong again. Does…
August 26, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Wealth and weather
August 21, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Come deluge or drought, there’s a lot of money to be made from climate change The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain…In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly happen, recited Audrey Hepburn, playing…
August 21, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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You name it
August 16, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
What I’m called can confuse a lot of people and not just kanwariyas The principal of a famous school in Darjeeling was in a state of consternation. The reason was the expected arrival of a…
August 16, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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US of India
August 14, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
All Americans have a long-ago connection with us, which they might not know about Is Kamala Harris, Donald Trump’s challenger for the US presidency ethnically an Indian, or is she what in America’s colour-coded lexicon…
August 14, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Let’s fake it
August 9, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
If everything and everyone becomes spurious the bogus becomes the bona fide Employees of an accredited university in Rajasthan have reportedly hit upon a money-making scheme by handing out fake degrees to students in return…
August 9, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Outsider inside
August 7, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Trump, JD Vance, Rishi Sunak, and Suella Braverman don’t like people who are like them Donald Trump and JD Vance, his one-time die-hard detractor who had described him as an American Hitler, and who is…
August 7, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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3/5th democracy
August 2, 2024, 7:41 AM IST
The American presidential election is based on a system that raises three-fifths of a question It’s a more thrilling spectator sport than the Paris Olympics. It’s the race to see who crosses the finishing line…
August 2, 2024, 7:41 AM IST
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Cabbie’s catechism
July 26, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
A London taxi driver’s questions about India are as difficult to digest as they are to refute Taxi drivers everywhere are said to be founts of street-smart knowledge. The reason being that airport cabbies in…
July 26, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Man of the ear
July 19, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Donald Trump’s injured organ of hearing might be a gate pass for his re-entry into White House A picture is said to be worth 10,000 words. But the picture, showing a triumphant Trump with his…
July 19, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Maps & macs
July 17, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
It’s time to turn tables on those who make all these unwanted and annoying phone calls My phone rings. I know who the caller is: a spammer, trying to sell you a 2BHK apartment, or…
July 17, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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Fed up with London
July 12, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
The capital city of Britain serves up the whole wide world on a plate Over the past few weeks, Bunny and I have eaten in Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Türkiye, Jamaica,…
July 12, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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