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Garmi ke side effects: When the season arrives, it rewrites everybody slightly
May 21, 2026, 4:02 PM IST
Indian summer, like any other season, does not arrive in a single day. It inches in bit by bit, each day a little less forgiving than the last. The fan is the first to give…
May 21, 2026, 4:02 PM IST
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Losing yourself to find everything
May 21, 2026, 3:48 PM IST
Prakhar was, by all visible measures, a successful man. He spoke well, dressed impeccably, and never missed an opportunity to remind others of his accomplishments. Every conversation with him seemed to circle back to him—his…
May 21, 2026, 3:48 PM IST
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The sacred and the profane in summer
May 21, 2026, 3:12 PM IST
Raseel Gujral’s Dakhini I Dili at Bikaner House is the mingling of the sacred and the profane. Neatly aligned into a medley of vintage Pichwais, Tanjores and Ravi Varma’s oleographs with a trio of sculpted…
May 21, 2026, 3:12 PM IST
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Brewing mindfulness, one cup at a time
May 21, 2026, 7:17 AM IST
Devendraraj Suthar Tea is commonly regarded as an everyday beverage, yet within the cultural history of Asian civilisations, its significance has extended far beyond taste or social habit. In countries such as China, Japan and…
May 21, 2026, 7:17 AM IST
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We earn the same, and yet we don’t
May 20, 2026, 12:46 PM IST
In college, it was baffling to me that the most entrepreneurial classmate I knew dismissed the idea of starting a company. He was clearly a natural at business, instinctively knowing where costs would emerge, what…
May 20, 2026, 12:46 PM IST
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The unspoken present: The earrings
May 20, 2026, 12:30 PM IST
Her kind of love was not loud, it was rather ‘unspoken’………… 7th November, 2018 Diwali They say that diyas bring light, fortune and hope, so I decided to make a diya mandala at the entrance…
May 20, 2026, 12:30 PM IST
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The Workplace (Lexi)Con
May 19, 2026, 4:18 PM IST
The modern economy has given birth to inventions that have changed the course of your workplace productivity. E.g. Telecons, Email, the Alt-Tab key, etc. A key indicator of improvement in workplace productivity is how many…
May 19, 2026, 4:18 PM IST
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Against role models
May 18, 2026, 3:34 PM IST
If Hitler told you a good joke, would you laugh? It’s an uncomfortable question, one that makes us squirm a little. After all, who can laugh with a monster? But what if the joke was…
May 18, 2026, 3:34 PM IST
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Everybody cooked for me except me
May 17, 2026, 4:00 PM IST
I have somehow managed to survive quite happily without becoming a good cook. In our part of the world, where people judge character through chai, fish curry, or the softness of rotis, this feels both…
May 17, 2026, 4:00 PM IST
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Temple Food: The sacred flavours of India
May 17, 2026, 1:50 AM IST
Temple food holds a deeply significant place in Indian culture, extending far beyond nourishment. Across centuries, food offered in temples has symbolized devotion, gratitude, purity, and community. Whether it is the sacred prasad distributed after…
May 17, 2026, 1:50 AM IST
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‘Why that man wasn’t for me’
May 16, 2026, 8:34 AM IST
There are men who believe beds make themselves & fresh parathas appear by magic at midnight. They woo passionately, but afterwards the woman plays second fiddle to MIL, cricket, and PlayStation Last week, a neighbour…
May 16, 2026, 8:34 AM IST
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Lucky kid
May 16, 2026, 8:09 AM IST
Three legal parents? A welcome thought If two parents weren’t enough – eyeroll – a 4-year-old, in Europe, has three legally recognised parents. Upside: those teen tantrums, coming in the future, can be shared three-ways….
May 16, 2026, 8:09 AM IST
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Why fiction still matters
May 14, 2026, 2:21 PM IST
Every now and then, we are bound to ask ourselves the same question: why are we still reading novels? The dictionary defines a novel as a relatively long work of narrative fiction. But a definition…
May 14, 2026, 2:21 PM IST
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A pedagogue and premier printmaker
May 14, 2026, 2:13 PM IST
Think of Tantra as a timeless tradition that goes back to antiquity. Distinguished Indian pedagogue and printmaker Dipak Banerjee went on a French Scholarship to Paris and Oslo.William Hayter’s Atelier 17 gave him the proficiency…
May 14, 2026, 2:13 PM IST
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Borrowed Shoes, Barefoot Heart
May 14, 2026, 11:17 AM IST
I keep walking in shoes that don’t really feel like mine, I try to run; they restrict and hurt while I pretend everything is fine. I’ve run in them trying to chase restless dreams of…
May 14, 2026, 11:17 AM IST
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Don’t let go of a child’s hug before they do
May 13, 2026, 4:25 PM IST
There is a quiet, beautiful rule followed in every Disneyland across the world. No character is allowed to be the first to let go of a child’s hug. It is always the child who decides…
May 13, 2026, 4:25 PM IST
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Dash it all
May 13, 2026, 7:30 AM IST
Even as India is poised to launch its first human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan, social media has embarked on a very different type of space exploration – the use of horizontal lines of varying length to…
May 13, 2026, 7:30 AM IST
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Overcoming the fear of missing out
May 13, 2026, 7:19 AM IST
By Pulkit Sharma Living in a world where we get frequent, endless smartphone updates about what others are doing is becoming challenging. What we see online is often picture-perfect, grandiose, carefully selected and curated stories…
May 13, 2026, 7:19 AM IST
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Holistic good health could be within reach
May 12, 2026, 7:11 AM IST
By Narayani Ganesh At one time, say even two decades ago, ailments among those living in India were predominantly brought on by infections. Today, however, that number has been overtaken by lifestyle diseases. According to…
May 12, 2026, 7:11 AM IST
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The quiet grief of adult friendship
May 11, 2026, 10:53 PM IST
A few weeks ago, a friend called me at 01:40 AM. Not texted. Called. For a brief second, my body prepared itself for bad news. Adulthood has conditioned most of us to believe that late-night…
May 11, 2026, 10:53 PM IST
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