Sure, a virus and a disease that has killed thousands is not a laughing matter. But WTF when everybody is WFH… *** A for Antakshari Traditional time-pass of “Yale” grads …
Somesh Jha‘s story of the day in Business Standard—that unemployment rose to its highest point in 45 years after the stupidest decision in post-independent India’s history: #Demonetisation—led to a strange …
The Congress party has a knack for ‘khudkhushi‘ that is beyond human understanding. First, it sends an under-prepared Rahul Gandhi to be slaughtered by an over-prepared Arnab Goswami. Then, it puts out …
For a blog born on this side of Mysore railway station, Churumuri’s umbilical link with trains is no secret. Two railway junctions give it an extra edge. Churu in Rajasthan; …
Jawed Naqvi, the excellent Delhi correspondent of the Dawn, Pakistan: “I am not a superstitious person and have no faith in Zodiac signs. In fact, let me confess, when a …
There’s nothing quite like a nice literary spat, especially if it involves a global internet brand, two ancient civilisations, an irritated diplomat, and a newspaper column. Last month, The Hindu …
Respected Sri Mathrubootham I am as surprised as you are that you should be receiving this letter. Consider it an honour. As a class, Editors, note the capital E, Editors …
The prime minister rode on the footboard of his Range Rover for over four kilometres in Bhubaneswar as he proceeded towards a meeting of his party. As ever, The Telegraph, has …
PRITAM SENGUPTA writes from Delhi: Exactly 100 days after the pradhan pilot cancelled the flight of the Indian dreamliner, mid-air, Rajiv Bajaj has broken the ‘maun vrat‘ of industrialists, businessmen …
When you are a journalist, it is ‘maha’ easy to come to the conclusion that a good life is not about getting rich or staying rich—it is about filling your …
What will McDonald’s proposed “dosa burger” be called? MasalaMac? McDosald’s? Or, will they stump us by sticking with good old “McDonald’s” itself and claiming that the capital ‘M’ and capital …
S. Sreesanth has only just gotten out of the clutches of Delhi’s hyper-efficient police for using a hand-towel tucked into his pyjama as a sign to his bookmaker friends that …
The ascension of K. Siddaramaiah, the agnostic-socialist who visits not temples and mutts upon becoming the chief minister of Karnataka but writers and intellectuals, as seen through the words and …
The Australian prime minister Jullia Gillard tripped and fell at Mahatma Gandhi‘s memorial, Rajghat, in Delhi on Wednesday after she had placed a wreath and was walking towards the television …
It certainly does not look like the iPhone or Vertu, so which mobile phone brand does N.R. Narayana Murthy (net worth $1.7 billion) secretly swear by? Could it be Samsung …
Yes, it is the silly season. First we had Mandira Bedi, the wide-eyed Punjabi girl who gingerly learnt the game with experts while she adjusted her noodle-straps. Then came along …
Just as the world was consigning the Indian Express ‘C’ report—the full page, three-deck headline, three-byline story of the coup that wasn’t—to the dustbin of history, the Fuhrer steps in. …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Ajji was reading Praja Vani, once owned by Netkalappa, which was a favourite of Bangaloreans along with P.R. Ramiah’s Tayi Nadu, a long time ago. She was …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Ajji gawked at the TV screen as she watched the news. “What happened, Ajji? Something wrong?” “This fellow kammenwelthnalli Englandninda dodda chhatri chhatri tharisda alva?” “Yes, Ajji. …
His chamchas and chelas, his followers and factotums, have dozens of reasons for B.S. Yediyurappa‘s return. But if there is one genuine reason why the newspaper reading world should forgive …
VIKRAM MUTHANNA writes: Recently Jeremy Clarkson, that giant of a man, the patronising British ‘chap’ who presents Topgear, a show about cars on BBC Entertainment, did a show in India …
Because the damn pug goes astray every now and then licking its lips in anticipation. Fresh evidence to back churumuri‘s relentless campaign against the commodification of women: actress Pooja Gandhi at …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Ajji was doing pooje at the Tulasi katte on the last Saturday of the year. I was sitting nearby, what with a double attack of seasonsal chill …
With the year drawing to a close and Christmas close at hand, E.R. RAMACHANDRAN is in an expansive mood, compiling a list of gifts that he would like to give …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Offspinnner Ravichandran Ashwin’s heroics or lack of it is was hotly discussed all across the cricket-playing parts of India over the weekend, after India drew the third …