As someone whose livelihood depends on how well I can make muck look like Mardi Gras, I have a question for humanity at large: when...

The most inaccurate term of our times is “a mutual breakup”.There is nothing mutual about a break-up. Never in the history of...

Nostalgia is an odd thing. It distorts your hindsight and does funny things to your memory. So that no matter how heinous a time you’ve...

We writers, I believe, are a scared lot. Not just ones with cause, like Salman Rushdie of I-pissed-off-an-Ayatollah fame. Regular...

I really, really don’t want to write this. Because usually, when I rant and rave at famous-ish people, they’re not necessarily my kind of...

So once again, I forgot the birthday. Forgot all about this freshly turned five-year old who has brought so much love and laughter in my...

Yes, I know, you’ve been wanting a post for a while (well, at least R has and he’s not been subtle about it). Something mean and funny...

And just like that, after a little drama and a lot of running around, I’m finally wed to Rook. The most surprising part, if you can...

Ok, first off, let me say you guys rock. How would I know? Because I happen to be a reader. That’s right, boys, I read GQ for the...

The first time I quit a job, my then-boss warned me about the new place I was going to join. About the politics, the people, the...

Hi Aditya, Kasa kai? You know, at first I thought, shit, I’m writing  to a fellow Maharashtrian, not in Marathi – that most sacred of...

I’m getting married. For real. Stop laughing or rubbing your eyes or letting your mouth hang open in rabid disbelief. I’m guessing you’re...

Some people know exactly what they want to do in life. When they’re kids and busybody uncles and aunts ask “Beta, what do you want to be...

Yes, I haven’t been writing. Because I’ve been thinking. It’s a nasty habit I’ve picked up from Rook, who I’m sorry to say is something...

So we have that version of Windows that lets you choose your own MS Office Assistant. You know, instead of the manic animated paper clip...

They tell you these stories when you’re a kid. Stories and fables that have morals. They tell you that good triumphs over evil. That only...

I was asked to present two side of a debate. This is what I came up with, on a lark. FYI, my personal views are not as extreme as either...

Years ago, I found myself in a family friend’s house in Faridabad, sweltering in the Delhi heat and bored out of my skull. Thankfully,...

I was chatting with Mini-Me yesterday when she mentioned that she’s a professional snob. She didn’t mean, like I assumed she did, that...

Last week, I was in Bangkok for a shoot (yes, I know exactly how big-headed that sounds) with my adorable client servicing girl and my...