OB Special

The social media have done something funny to our former cricketers. They no longer disappear into the shadows after hanging up their boots; they invade the present like the ghost...

The celebratory ambience around three blockbuster movies this year tells us the stories of two Indias - one desperately seeking revalidation amid vigorous efforts to erase its existence and the...

As this article is being written, there's news that Shah Rukh Khan-starrer 'Jawan' has breached the Rs 1000-crore mark in gross earnings in the domestic and overseas markets combined. The...

Our mothers are always mothers first. Not an individual, or a woman with her own identity, thoughts, interests, dreams, travails and pain. Who were our mothers before they became our...

Like a grand plan. In my roaring 20s, I was a dreamer. I was going to retire at the tender age of 40. Life had other tricks, and that plan...

Besides the recurring suicide deaths that one comes cross in the news daily, it’s not unusual these days to hear of acquaintances, relatives and even close friends and family members...

Have you quit your job when pushed to do something alien to your nature? Ten months into my first job, I faced this when my boss asked me to make...

Any discussion on politics among friends these days assumes a confrontational pitch quickly. Emotions flare at any mention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. On issues,...

Young minds keen on deeper knowledge on the functioning and processes of Indian democracy would have imbibed wrong lessons watching Parliament at work this monsoon session. Venerable people's representatives, many...

Some of the most dangerous, depraved and damaging battles are fought not on the battlefields, but on women’s bodies. It doesn’t take much during conflicts and wars to turn women’s...