To which I say this. Firstly, it’s not like we haven’t had a powerful woman rule us before. Mrs. Gandhi, remember? Of course, there are...

Boy: Happy Birthday, Preeti. Girl: Thanks, Arjun. They shake hands. Suddenly, red lights flash overhead and uniformed guards burst onto...

Right. Off tomorrow for a much-awaited and much-earned period of R&R. Will return next week to life, work and blogging. Till then, take...

Googleanalytics is a wonderful site. It tells you many things that you didn’t know. Like the fact that people in Algeria and Norway have...

His name is Tom Holt, he’s British and he seems to have a fairly decent sense of humour. I had run across Mr. Holt a few times in the...

The flipside of it, of course, is the completely inane television you’re forced to watch, having read and re-read most of the books at...

There I was, defending Bombay rain in an argument with someone who absolutely hates them. “But it’s so gorgeous!”, I exclaimed, “How can...

Think about it. Some writers, who probably get paid peanuts, write the scripts. Research assistants with equally bad paychecks do all the...

There’s the pain of heartache that Alanis Morrisette just can’t stop singing about. There’s the pain of heartbreak that can be cured only...

I use the same principle in terms of books. If the first page and a half of a book isn’t riveting enough for me, I simply don’t read it...

I don’t usually buy perfume as often as say Archer or Koltrain or even MagicPants. But Escada Signature just sort of took hold of me...

The prelude to Bombay monsoon happened late last evening and predictably put me in one of my “special moods”. There was thunder and...

I don’t particularly blame them and I can’t really disillusion them about the first two. But men – I can tell them and you a few truths...

From account executives: Take as long as you want, there’s no rush. I goofed up. I’m sorry. Really. Honestly, I have no idea what...

Possibly as a result of that, I say ‘annoyed’ instead or ‘mad’, ‘furious’ instead of ‘pissed’. I actually use the words ‘vacuous’,...

Has it made you think harder or feel more strongly than before? Has it left you with cold feet, weak knees, a pounding heart and a dazed...

I’m going to Goa. Admittedly, for an office trip. Admittedly with work people. But I’m sort of looking forward to it. And since that...

But you know what’s not cool? When you don’t even bother to disguise that you’re checking out a girl, assets and all. There was a guy in...

This morning, I opened the Mumbai Mirror for my usual daily dose of nonsense. And to my satisfaction, I found not just that, but so much...

The horn is a psychological device in Indian traffic. It’s there solely for the satisfaction of the user, and in that respect, greatly...