Jug Suraiya

Editor, TOI

A prominent Indian journalist, author and columnist.

A prominent Indian journalist, author and columnist.

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• Two old dudes hydrocarbonding: Listening in on a 15-mn-year-old chitchat about why Modern Civilisation is up for a crude awakening

  
  23 May 2026 11:01 PM IST
• Kiwi mate, you butter chicken apologise

  
  02 May 2026 11:00 PM IST
• Hormuz to Hamas: Decoding West Asia flashpoints explained

  
  04 Apr 2026 11:00 PM IST
• 'Do Not Disturb, Tiny Grass is Dreaming' - eat your heart out, Mr Wordsworth

  
  07 Mar 2026 11:00 PM IST
• The politics of prestige: Why the Nobel Prize still captivates those in power

  
  07 Feb 2026 09:24 PM IST
• What saucery is this Carbonara copy?

  
  20 Dec 2025 11:07 PM IST
• 'ISTORY'S fair share of 'ISTRIONICS

  
  22 Nov 2025 11:07 PM IST
• Trump, Munir and Sharif: The ventriloquist, the dummy, and the deal for a ‘Chinese takeaway’

  
  18 Oct 2025 11:00 PM IST
• Hindi making a comeback in Russia, no prizes for guessing Kise Ye Pasand Nahin Hoga

  
  04 Oct 2025 11:00 PM IST
• Tender protectionism: Why Goan coconuts cost more than Karnataka's

  
  06 Sep 2025 11:00 PM IST
• When a tariff-ic idea in the Stone Age left every OG and Magog stone broke

  
  16 Aug 2025 11:00 PM IST
• Having age-appropriate menus is smart, but will it dodge the anti-woke police?

  
  02 Aug 2025 11:01 PM IST
• Gone with the gold watch: Britain’s missing economy and other pub-side mysteries

  
  21 Jun 2025 11:00 PM IST
• Local cultures, or booby traps?

  
  07 Jun 2025 10:26 PM IST
• Monkeys, metaphors and made-up minds: A history of literary hoaxes from Shakespeare to AI

  
  17 May 2025 11:00 PM IST
• From bankruptcy to buried treasure: Pakistan's new gold rush (and missing bullets)

  
  26 Apr 2025 11:00 PM IST
• Is the American dream fading? Dollar power and green card losing shine

  
  12 Apr 2025 11:00 PM IST
• Value for money is now money for value

  
  22 Mar 2025 11:19 PM IST
• Inglish is the offishal langvij of Younited Staits

  
  08 Mar 2025 10:57 PM IST
• A $33 trillion economy, now it's penniless!

  
  22 Feb 2025 11:00 PM IST
• A crash course to 2025? Hardselling Bitcoins while the Sun still shines

  
  29 Dec 2024 12:45 AM IST
• Puncture of German Pride and Prejudice - It's apostrophic!

  
  30 Nov 2024 11:00 PM IST
• Cheesed off with cheddar chori: How a ‘grate cheese robbery’ saw £3 lakh in rare cheddar swiped

  
  02 Nov 2024 11:00 PM IST
• When in Venice, do speak as the Bengalis do

  
  12 Oct 2024 11:47 PM IST
• It's reigning cats & dogs in USA: How pets became a talking point in the Presidential race

  
  12 Sep 2024 11:32 PM IST
• Falling for the foreign fin: With the inflow of Padma ilish imperilled, Bengal might have maach to worry about

  
  11 Aug 2024 12:02 AM IST
• Mission intermissionless? What a bladder-buster!

  
  06 Jul 2024 11:00 PM IST
• When a desi gets lost in McBritain's

  
  15 Jun 2024 11:00 PM IST
• Embrace the endless bureaucracy: Ad infinitum babudom, where red tape reigns!

  
  25 May 2024 11:00 PM IST
• Drats, there's a rat problem! but hold on to your hats

  
  04 May 2024 10:33 PM IST
• View: So, how effective is naam ke vaste change, really?

  
  20 Apr 2024 11:00 PM IST
• Parlez-Vous Na'vi?' 'No, Kreegah Bundolo!

  
  31 Mar 2024 12:26 AM IST
• Taylor S & the civilian-industrial complex

  
  16 Mar 2024 11:59 PM IST
• View: Utter lunacy at Chandni Chowk

  
  24 Feb 2024 10:23 PM IST
• View: With Disney’s copyright ending, two films are taking the mickey out of the world’s most lovable mouse

  
  13 Jan 2024 08:50 PM IST
• Gobarisation, our way to be a clean energy leader

  
  06 Jan 2024 11:00 PM IST
• There's no dearth of scary news, so why add 'faked-up' fears to real ones?

  
  09 Dec 2023 10:41 PM IST
• You think, therefore you think you are...

  
  25 Nov 2023 11:39 PM IST
• View: Hosting Olympic Games can be a bane in the guise of a boon

  
  04 Nov 2023 11:01 PM IST
• The ins and 'out' of Canada's cunning immigration policy

  
  14 Oct 2023 11:00 PM IST
• View: Do not confuse movement for action, praise laziness this lazy Sunday

  
  30 Sep 2023 10:42 PM IST
• View: China wants to be back on top of the population charts

  
  16 Sep 2023 11:00 PM IST
• View: Nessie, Yeti and those lovely lurking beasts can remythologise through mystery

  
  19 Aug 2023 08:13 PM IST
• Despite a long record of name-calling, India remains an inspirational and inspiring brand

  
  05 Aug 2023 11:11 PM IST
• Fugitive pies & vegan Wellingtons! Has the Brit way of life vamoosed?

  
  22 Jul 2023 10:09 PM IST
• Getting to the bottom of this divide

  
  24 Jun 2023 11:44 PM IST
• Do day raylytawk laik dat in Nu Yawk City?

  
  03 Jun 2023 10:36 PM IST
• Pharaoh & lovely, Queen of the rile

  
  06 May 2023 09:23 PM IST