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Ex is the new BFF: Iâll be there for you, is the new divorce duet. Just not the way Kanye sings it đ
March 21, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
While weâve been worrying over gale mein khich-khich being Covid or not, and whether love handles are easier to hide than thunder thighs, separated couples have been slowly inching closer and almost holding hands. WeâŠ
March 21, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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Tempting rishtas: Choices will send you into a tizzy, but chose wisely at your swayamvar
March 7, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
From now on men can be divided into two types: the Putins and the Zelenskyys. The first are either horse-riding without a shirt or buttoned up in suits. They sit so far away from youâŠ
March 7, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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Dress code for girls: XX chromosome comes with its own wardrobe, which schools soberly monitor
February 21, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
The devil may wear Prada, but schoolgirls in India donât. Female fashion in classrooms is set by moth-eaten school manuals and high-fiving parents and principals. It all begins at the school gate, where a snitchâŠ
February 21, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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No network: Now we really know whatâs a fate worse than death
January 24, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
Nightmares no longer involve missing kids or cash â itâs always the phone. Even before we grope for glasses upon waking, our palm first possessively curls around the mobile. Screen lights up at sunrise. CheckingâŠ
January 24, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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Goldfish or brat? Babies grow up and leave but pets keep you loving company forever
January 10, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
Why are religious honchos always asking us for âgood newsâ? Once the wedding rites are over, couples are told where to get the best prams. The latest to chime in is Pope Francis, decrying theâŠ
January 10, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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21 is the new 18: Will girls who married early as they werenât studying now start studying as they canât marry?
December 20, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
Bollywood, stop the shehnai! Cancel the sangeet, mehndi, roka, saat pheras and honeymoon songs in Switzerland. Yeh shaadi nahi ho sakti â munda may be 21 but kudi is only 18. The gap between âgoogooâŠ
December 20, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
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Santaâs masked again: Going by the last Christmas, Covid is not into carols
December 6, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
When the Omicron variant of the immortal Covid virus first made its appearance, there was some suspense over pronunciation. The inbuilt honorific âOâ demands a deep bow, some felt. Others questioned the fixation with GreekâŠ
December 6, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
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Soggy November: As the north gasps for clean air, the south has been sinking in its own H2O
November 22, 2021, 2:10 AM IST
Glub, the south is drowning! Red alert in Andhra Pradesh, orange alert in Tamil Nadu, yellow alert in Karnataka and Kerala ⊠the states have started to liquify. Waist-deep in water, southerners are bobbing pastâŠ
November 22, 2021, 2:10 AM IST
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Bharat in Bengaluru: North-south battles in residential blocks climax in multilingual antaksharis
November 1, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
All of Bengaluru is laid out like a tourist brochure. Florally up to date, trees towering greenly, a million micro-breweries and weather set to room temperature. No wonder people who wander in here want toâŠ
November 1, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Second coming of SRK: Itâs all in slowmo again, as fans with granny duties looming before them replay Simran to his Raj
October 18, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
All the ladies â and lads â who had fallen in love with SRK long, long, long ago are once again obsessed with him. His latest misfortunes as a father have completely melted the heartsâŠ
October 18, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Youâve got mail: Click on this link and lose all your money, says new Nigerian pal
September 27, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a man in possession of a new computer, must be in want of a virus. Can you keep a PC, however branded and dusted, from catching a bug?âŠ
September 27, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Covid, what Covid? Pandemic suffering identity crisis as people stop fearing it đ
September 20, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
Covid got Covid and died. Thatâs the rumour. Which explains why people are overflowing helter-skelter into streets and sidewalks, flying in the sky and swimming in the sea, eating out, going pubbing and trying outâŠ
September 20, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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The Girlfriend Diaries: Watch out, all-women road trips are speeding your way đ
August 23, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
Alia Bhatt, Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra are going on a road trip. Oh, to take off with other girls on a whim just to feel the wind in your hair! No need to packâŠ
August 23, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Achoo, says Bengaluru: Rain, rain, go away, everyone wants to play đ
August 2, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
First we listen to the rhythm of the falling rain, then raindrops keep falling on our head and soon we are singinâ in the rain⊠Next thing, we are going achoo. When it rains, likeâŠ
August 2, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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I got both: Thatâs the new pickup line in Covid vaccine era đ
July 23, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
The vaccine arrived quite like Vasco da Gama did in India, with a swagger. And then came the language problem. Garble, desi gyan and a government site in English â everyoneâs an Alice in VaccinelandâŠ.
July 23, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Dowry by any other name: Calling it share, gift or streedhanam would smell as fishy
June 28, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
Indians stick to traditions, like staying on in a bad marriage. Some shouting, some bullying, some slapping, some kerosene pouring, some lighting of matchstick ⊠We are going to be happily married even if itâŠ
June 28, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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The disappearing author: Enid Blytonâs characters call a midnight feast to discuss her whereabouts đ
June 21, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
Summer holidays have finally arrived and it is time for all the characters from the Enid Blyton books to meet at Seaside Cottage. On a nice sunny morning, the Famous Five, the Secret Seven, theâŠ
June 21, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
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Treasure island: Lakshadweep is Mother Nature without a filter, keeping pirates at bay đ
June 7, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
No man is an island. Not even an island is an island, someone tell John Donne. Is that the sound of big waves from the mainland crashing into the calm waters of archipelagos? Lakshadweep, theâŠ
June 7, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Put a ring on it: Couples who live together without marriage, run together from moral mob đ
May 24, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
Virginity is to be maintained unto marriage and if possible even beyond. Under no circumstance to be freely squandered on sundry men or women, however twinkling their eye or dimpled their cheek. Libido cannot beâŠ
May 24, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Just tell us why: Bill and Mel, not knowing the reason for your divorce is tearing couples apart đ
May 10, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
Some divorces we see coming, like the Kim-Kanye one. Some we wouldnât mind â like the Trumps, Clintons or Beckhams. And some we just cannot process. We read about it, but the words donât registerâŠ.
May 10, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
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