Elect-rical appliances
Grand ‘open-box’ sales mark all festive seasons. But nothing beats the ongoing ballot-box sale. Everyone is up for grabs; the...
Bachi Karkaria blog
Level slaying field: Nothing can be ‘level’ when our poll-iticians have field day
Bachi Karkaria Bachi Karkaria's Erratica and its cheeky sign-off character, Alec Smart, have had a growing league of followers since...
Anchors to the city
Docks encompass arrivals in the service of departures The latest Maha madness is the proposal to rename eight Mumbai commuter...
Mind the gap: Sins of municipal commissioner and, worse, omissioner
Bachi Karkaria Bachi Karkaria's Erratica and its cheeky sign-off character, Alec Smart, have had a growing league of followers since...
Degenerative AI
Fear not the cyber brainees. They are like us only Gemini is a constellation; it’s now also a black hole....
Seat-scaring
Welcome to the election edition of Indian Matchmaking Move over, Sima Aunty. The possibilities of electoral alliances are asima. Just...
Kutum-bunkam
Netas have little use for polit-family bondage ‘Happy families’ was a childhood card game. Real lifeseldom dealt you such an...
How Jamini Roy revived the hues of my past
Fate lines have curious crossings. My newly reconnected old colleague, Kounteya, was curating a selection of 43, rarely seen, large...
Cold comforts
Kolkata writes its own Winter’s Tale.Oori babba, bishon Thanda! Winter is on its way out of Kolkata, and so, alas,...
Padma BhUSHAn: The Republic Day award was overdue but I’m still over the moon
Maybe I’m biased, but surely not alone in saying that no one deserved Padma Bhushan more than Usha Uthup. The...