Sanghamitra Baruah

There are a number of others who also want to cling on to their 'unique culture and sentiments' but have to face the ire of the conformists.

The daredevils among us are ready to walk confidently onto the glass floors, while looking down at the world.

Is this not a conspiracy by 'Uncouth India' against 'Swachh Bharat'?

Happy Children's Day in an 'adults-only' world.

Even if we assume that all illegal immigrants will be flushed out of Assam, could we expect a better life and dignity for the 'genuine' citizens?

It is actually adult women — women in their prime — who intimidate Hindu men the most.

The state BJP government is in a precarious position — it can't oppose the Bill introduced by the Centre, it can't ignore local sentiments either.

If statues could speak, India's 'iron man' would reflect on a few ironies of today.

What if RMS Titanic was not a grand ship but a dinghy transporting slaves or a boat packed with refugees?

The Indian government has made its choices, and the consequences are unfolding.

Grossness Alert. However, experts do cite various benefits and ill-effects of this very basic human nature.

Some of us want to see only the 'diva' in the goddess and real women, not the blood running through their veins or flowing out of their body.

Bollywood celebs, despite their all-white attendance at Krishna Raj Kapoor's funeral, managed to enrage moral custodians on social media.

Ravi Barod was a 'star pehalwan'. A 25-year-old national medallist from Indore.

The tilted building was for some time leaning against a tree that had dried. The tree fell, the building came crashing down.

The family had exhausted all its resources to meet the boy's treatment expenses.

The idea of 'stalling' age comes more naturally to us because of our tradition of lying about it. Also, who wants to be reduced to a 'margdarshak' today?

There are no affordable, over-the-counter painkillers that can cure the bane of being underprivileged.

Indian viewers look forward to Bigg Boss every year, with hopes of hitting a new low in human behaviour.

Finally, it needed a medical journal to acknowledge that the Congress president is giving a tough fight to PM Modi in the run-up to 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

The dimly lit hallways for long have witnessed many covert and overt meetings and kept them a secret.

Like the twirls of the jalebi, a gesture of love in any form is sweet, even if imitated or acquired.

Highly regarded for its superior understanding of the science of cooking, the cooker has a reputation for being unpredictable and throwing fits.

She is like Haruki Murakami's cat. She simply has to haunt every Netflix Indian original.

Even inter-faith marriages and the accompanying gossip and court cases don't arouse so much curiosity among Indians.

What's the point of having comfy couches if there ain't enough couch potatoes?

Don't let the stream of live coverage fool you into wasting your time with someone else's 'fact-checks'. It's your Independence Day, reclaim it.

Just like words have shared meanings and nuances, English too can be our shared language.

The Bihar CM announced that all shelter homes in the state will now be run by the government. What a comfort that is.

Disgusting, eh?