Mrs P’s pulao
Last week, I made pulao – not just any old pulao, but Mrs Punhani’s pulao. Because, like every girl who...
Humour blog
Megabucks HQ: The Maximum City now has the maximum dollar billionaires in all of metropolitan Asia
To underline the observation that India is a rich country in which several hundred million live in abject poverty, Mumbai...
Pather Paunchali: Weighing in on Amdavadi footpaths vs Panaji pavements
When you walk, Marie Kondo supposedly strides across your brain and kicks out thought-junk. But many Indian cities have pedestrian...
Hair? Where?
I was born with lots of hair over my head. Okay, it was no challenge to Rapunzel. But still, lot...
Comma sense: A humble punctuation mark can make a world of difference in meaning when we write
Comma was being tried in the Court of Grammar and Punctuation. The interrogators included Full Stop, Question Mark, Exclamation Point,...
Tata Pakistan: It makes good sense for Islamabad to outsource its management to an Indian business house
Should a 77-year-old enterprise, which is in a state of seemingly irreversible administrative and economic meltdown, outsource its management to...
Seat-scaring
Welcome to the election edition of Indian Matchmaking Move over, Sima Aunty. The possibilities of electoral alliances are asima. Just...
Happy Birthday
It is my birthday today. I have spent 58 glorious years on this earth. Mostly in one city only. 58...
Cold comforts
Kolkata writes its own Winter’s Tale.Oori babba, bishon Thanda! Winter is on its way out of Kolkata, and so, alas,...
Minority report: There’s a minor problem in being a two-in-one, both a democracy and a republic
A couple of Bhaisahibs on their morning constitutional, discussing the Constitution. 1st Bhaisahib: That was an interesting article in TOI about...
