Apropos appropriation, it takes chutzpah to claim what was theirs as yoursFor those moaning in consternation about how this government has coopted another Congress leader, remember, in the free market of ownership...
17 Feb, 2024, 10.18 PM IST
Kolkata Food Fair, L'Affaire Boi PolloiIn between all that tucking in, books provide a generous side-dish, this year’s servings providing some Rs 27 crore.
03 Feb, 2024, 11.00 PM IST
Photo-op, that embarrassing visual power play that people are happy to end up doingGoing to lengths to have your photograph taken with a powerful or famous person gives you the kind of brand equity that says, ‘Look, I have...
20 Jan, 2024, 10.28 PM IST
Why our HNIs deserve a happy, prettier new yearAlong with things like SEZs, let’s have ASBs – Areas of Serious Beauty – to live in
31 Dec, 2023, 02.40 PM IST
Bad behaviour in movies doth not extol badnessDon’t get all mahatma and conflate a filmi misogynist with a misogynistic film
23 Dec, 2023, 10.01 PM IST
Incomprehensibility, a strategic tool to to stay untroubledBeing understandable is easy and unsafe. Instead, try not being understood
07 Oct, 2023, 10.36 PM IST
View: India needs a decollarisation conversation‘Club rules’ on attire make no logicoaesthetic sense, even as exclusivity tools. Do they serve a functional cause? Or like the wedding ring...
17 Jun, 2023, 09.01 PM IST
Say 'Don't Panic' if you want people to panicDoctors, politicians, economists, undoomsayers, meteorologists, priests, editors, and chartered accountants mean well when they tell us to ...
15 Apr, 2023, 11.00 PM IST
Shorter life cycles: Disposables, the new durablesWhat Bic unleashed from the mid-20th century - the shortened life cycle - has become a default setting in today's world of consumer durable...
04 Mar, 2023, 11.00 PM IST
Sticklers for rules, keepers of faith: Being empowered can make people take the silliest of rules very, very seriouslyPolitical philosopher Hannah Arendt described Nazi operatives 'merely' carrying out orders from above unquestioningly as 'banality of evil'...
03 Dec, 2022, 08.48 PM IST
RSVP, or really shouldn't vex peopleWhy on earth would you want to crunch 'Repondez s'il vous plait' - Respond please - into RSVP only to mentally open it up as 'Repondez s'il...
26 Nov, 2022, 08.22 PM IST
View: India bails itself out with Stan Swamy’s deathSwamy was booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for allegedly being one of those conspiring to bring dalits and Muslims tog...
05 Jul, 2021, 06.52 PM IST
View: Do not go down the vasectomy wayVaccination is not vasectomy. But an invasive force of the Indian healthcare system is not everybody’s buddy — certainly less among the rur...
03 Jul, 2021, 11.11 PM IST
Some (moderately) informed predictions about events to come this yearHere goes my predictions for 2021 as I channel my inner Karthik.
03 Jan, 2021, 08.33 PM IST
'Amul girl' may make an appearance on merchandise tooOnce Amul takes a decision in the next 2-3 mnths, a range of items ranging from key rings to fridge magnets and polka dot frocks may be sol...
27 Dec, 2016, 03.37 PM IST
State polls: Five (and a half) key takeaways from five verdictsAnirban Bora and Indrajit Hazra cull out some chunky bits from the assembly elections for future poll candidates to chew on.
20 May, 2016, 07.00 AM IST
Sachin wanted to write his story in his words: Indrajit HazraI have been writing on Sachin for close to 15 years now. But we started work on the book in mid-2011 after the World Cup win, says Hazra
15 Nov, 2014, 04.00 AM IST