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Who Wants To Date An IIT Boy?
A new social dating website aims to help the country’s supergeeks find their soulmates. Read More »
Should You Watch ‘Satyamev Jayate’?
Unlike other celebrity-helmed shows, the fate of Aamir Khan’s new TV series will not be a judgement on his star power but our much-vaunted national virtue. Read More »
Class Distinctions
Is a five-star location the only difference between an escort and prostitute? Read More »
Why Going To The Doctor Is The Great Indian Nightmare
For all our fabulous 21st century medical facilities, for most us, medical care in India is like playing a life-and-death version of Russian roulette. Read More »
A Lady Unlike Any Other
US-based, Mumbai-born stand-up comedian Radhika Vaz talks about her show “Unladylike”, which she will stage this week at The Comedy Store. Read More »
Who Can Afford To Live In Mumbai?
New rental amendments are making it increasingly hard for anyone to find a home. Read More »
Why We Could Do Without Another Shivaji Statue
There are many more useful things the Maharashtra government could do with the Rs350 crore it would take to build a statue of Shivaji in the middle of the Arabian sea. Read More »
Have Bandra’s Xenophobes Forgotten Their Own History?
Cultural mixing, despite its Catholic image, has always been characteristic of Bandra. Now some Catholics in the queen of Mumbai’s suburbs are beginning to resent that very fact. Read More »
Whiter Shade of Pale
Call it brown face. An influx of foreign actresses, “tanned” to look more Indian, are invading Bollywood. Read More »
Why Mumbai’s Elections Are Irrelevant To This City-State
The poor voter turn-out for Mumbai’s latest municipal elections could attributed to the belief that our city needs to be governed differently from the rest of Maharashtra. Read More »
Shekhar Kapur Launches Crowdsourcing Site for Creative Content
The director talks about Qyuki, censorship and the wisdom of crowds. Read More »
How To Woo A Voter
For a start, get hold of some fake cash, fake booze and beef. Read More »
Q&A With Imran Khan
The actor on his new ‘coming-of-age’ movie Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, living under his uncle’s shadow, and his box office strategy. Read More »
On Which Page Does The SRK Slap Belong?
Newspapers seem to have had a tough time deciding whether the incident was national news or just gossip. Read More »
How Rushdie Became JLF’s Star Non-Attendee
Salman Rushdie would have been the biggest literary celebrity at the Jaipur Literature Festival. But in his absence, he became even bigger. Read More »
