Posted inPeople
How Doctors Become Demons
Suresh Narayan is your ordinary orthopaedic surgeon in a government hospital. He has not slept for days. And he is ready to operate on you – with a vengeance.
Posted inPop Culture
Daddy Got A Godfather
In the able hands of Ashim Ahluwalia, Arjun Rampal finds a rare middle ground as the eponymous Daddy, a complex and engaging character, one that Bollywood gangster dramas have been glaringly wanting
Posted inSports
Lionel Messi: Argentina Ka Sachin Tendulkar
When Sachin didn’t do well, the Indian team would invariably fold like a pack of cards, and the situation isn’t too different for Lionel Messi, Argentina’s all-time top goal scorer. When Messi has a quiet game, Argentina looks more disjointed than India’s finance ministry.
Posted inFirst Person
Lessons in Joy from My Autistic Son
I’d hoped that my child, diagnosed with severe autism could be mainstreamed, could be like other children. We didn’t know it but this relentless hope was killing us.
Posted inTechnology
If It’s Not a Slow iPhone, It’s Not an iPhone
Apple has confessed that it does slow down older iPhones to protect against issues caused by ageing batteries. I hope the next time they drop an “If it’s not an iPhone, it’s not an iPhone” ad, they add, “It’s a slightly faster phone”.
Posted inGrub
Sweet Nothings: How to Survive as a Sugar-Conscious Gujarati
We Gujaratis love sweet food, truly madly deeply. We like our pizza with more ketchup than toppings and when the cook forgets to add sweet to undhiyu, she is promptly shown the door. I often wonder that if I become conscious about my sugar intake, will I be letting down my community?
Posted inBollywood
Shakuntala Devi Review: This Vidya Balan Biopic Doesn’t Quite Add Up
Shakuntala Devi’s on-the-nose filmmaking dumbs down the film’s emotional threads to an extent that the plot loses its sheen. Balan, who initially plays a caricature of a boisterous woman, settles into the demands of the role only halfway through the film.
Posted inModern Family
Call Me By Maa’s Name: Why I Dropped My Father’s Last Name as a Tribute to My Mother
I inherited my surname from my father, a man who left my mother and me when I was 12. By changing my last name to my maa’s name, I have chosen to pay tribute to her. It’s an act of defiance against social norms, which insist we carry our father’s family name into the future.
Posted inPeople
Arsenal and the Wenger Wonderland
Despite Arsene Wenger’s strange yet utterly captivating two-decade reign at Arsenal, what is undeniable is that he transformed English football forever.
Posted inGender
Why Women Are Afraid of Calling Out Toxic Women Bosses
In progressive industries like mine, few women want to complain against another woman. How was I going to admit, even to myself, that my powerful female boss was a monster, while simultaneously complaining about the lack of women in leadership positions?