LIFE
| 4-minute read
World No Tobacco Day: No, vaping is no answer to quitting cigarettes
E-cigarettes have recently become popular in India.
ART & CULTURE
| 4-minute read
Dear men in Bollywood, do you need Sherlock to ask for equal pay?
Benedict Cumberbatch shows actors back home how to support women's rights.
VARIETY
| 5-minute read
What support for rape convict Asaram says about our obsession with babas
It is often the rich who help the baba culture flourish.
VARIETY
| 5-minute read
Amitabh Bachchan, disgust is not going to make rape go away
The brand ambassador of Modi government's Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao is too squeamish to talk about crime against girls.
VOICES
| 5-minute read
I was stranded after Bali volcano erupted. Travel disaster could have been avoided
Who shuts down a major international airport in peak tourist season without warning?
HUMOUR
| 3-minute read
Worse news than iceberg breaking off Antarctica - Indians are heading there on a cruise
With rajma chawal and gau mutra.
ART & CULTURE
| 5-minute read
Baahubali is a great film, reviewers should stop making a fool of themselves
Questioning the film on political correctness is like questioning why Harry Potter is a white male.
POLITICS
| 4-minute read
Demonetisation is dehumanising. Why must I pay for the corrupt in my country?
I am quite sure that after all this collective suffering, there will be no greater good.
POLITICS
| 4-minute read
Karan Johar, you have sold the nation
What’s the point of having influence and money if you get bullied by an outfit like MNS?
ART & CULTURE
| 6-minute read