Akshaya Mishra

When the Payyoli Express took off the block, the nation held its breath. She sprinted like nobody in India did; nobody in Asia did. When she missed bronze in the 400 hurdles event by one…

Once upon a time, there was a suitable boy. He was well-educated, well-groomed, liberal in his beliefs about girls and financially secure. He wanted to get married and left, like most…

Arvind Kejriwal resigned on Tuesday and Delhi had a new chief minister in Atishi. She is no small fry. She is a Rhodes scholar and Oxford University alumnus. Legislator from Kalkaji and an…

It was Peepli Live all over again during the farmers' protest of 2020-21. The context and the content were different though. The media coverage was extensive. The doggy media and the regular…

Kangana Ranaut has stirred the hornet's nest. And angry hornets are out in their multitude, stinging her left and right. But give it to the lady, stings don't bother her much. Another…

Gamophobia, according to the dictionary, is the fear of marriage. It refers to the deep, irrational fear of long-term commitment that wedlock requires. Look around, it would appear the…

Cannot do without your mobile phone, laptop or tablet? Feel weird and uneasy when not close to any of these devices? Probably you have not noticed. You cannot recall words quickly; you…

Social media is a dangerous beast. Dangerous because it is prone to mood swings. It can be fickle and unpredictable. It can destroy reputations as fast as it creates them. Rahul Gandhi is…

In Indian politics, like it or not, the caste card has always been and will always be a robust rebuff to the Hindu card. It digs out the deep fault lines in the society and throws troubling…

It's payback time in Indian politics, and those at the receiving end would do well to recall an old saying: those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones (at others). A glass house…