Guest Column

My parents came from diverse socio-economic backgrounds. While my father was from a middle-class family having strong roots in village, my mother came from a higher economic echelon and had...

A cursory look at the world we live in today would make us shudder in awe and anguish much more than it would fill us with elan and ecstasy for...

The Husband and I are facing a serious password crisis. Every time he logs in to his bank account for net banking he looks at me questioningly, “Do you remember...

One fine day nearly two decades ago, Lal Bihari, a happy-go-lucky, unambitious farmer in Uttar Pradesh discovers he is dead, officially. With an eye on his small patch of land,...

I get a knock on my door. It’s the cooking gas cylinder delivery boy. I receive the cylinder and pay him Rs 1,079. I feel the pinch as it is...

Have you been rejected in a job interview because you didn’t shake hands firmly, sat cross-legged, or didn’t speak confidently?  If yes, thank your stars. Any organisation that decides on...

India is in the water-stressed region of the world. Nearly fifty per cent of people in India at present do not get enough drinking water throughout the year. In recent...

The evolution of cosmetic surgery is a response to the basic human desire to ‘look good’ in society. With changing culture and an improved economy, it has gained enormous popularity...

Indians love to worship their sporting icons; they love to bring them crashing too. Nothing short of a yogic sense of detachment to celebrityhood would help an icon survive the...

As the right to abortion debate rages in the US and the world over, I’ve had a few conversations with family members, friends and colleagues, both male and female. I...