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"On most occasions, what differentiates a good journalist from a bad one is news sense. What is breaking news for one may not even be n...

I have new neighbours. More, that's their surname. Its a Maharashtrian family. Just to clarify. They're not 'More' from the ...

10 years back, if you told someone you're traveling to Kashmir, they would have told you that it's a bad idea. But after the drama t...

Saw Dostana last evening to a packed house. And I still can't believe I watched a Karan Johar (KJ) film within its first weekend. In hi...

The daily commute in Mumbai’s local trains is also a great way of sensing the pulse of the masses. When it gets overcrowded and all you have...

I'm late for a family get-together. An old family friend has just relocated into our neighbourhood and by the time I join my uncle, Mr G...

A stand-up comedian once famously remarked that Hindi film screenplays never show heroes and heroines visiting the loo. My parents used to t...

10pm. I trot my way home through the rain-soaked street. A crowd has gathered near the neighboring building and an ambulance is parked next ...

She cares about me. And my cellphone. "Don't put it like that into your pocket. In all the rush and jostling within the train, some...

In what seems like a dream-run for the next generation of journalists - the so called beholders of India's democratic information ecosys...

Looks like I'll need a first class season ticket. No matter how cheap deodarants are sold outside railway stations (Haan..bolo..eksau be...

Its been almost four months working at DNA Money. I've learnt several things - pros and cons of working in a big organisation, evils of ...

Be polite. If you do not see a possibility of a story, tell them so. If the boss has trashed the story even after you've filed, tell the...

After several years of suhaags, sindoors, saas and bahus , 2007 may well end up as the year that steered the wheel around for Indian televi...

Festivals are great procastrinators. And they are used with good effect in India. A box of sweets, a hug or a handshake and a few sweet mumb...

A lot can happen over a cup of coffee. Hands can be held. Lips can be locked. Deals can be signed. Bonds can be made. Memories can be revive...

The Readers' Digest survey which labelled Mumbai as rude could be partly true, if one has had an experience with the city's cabbies....

Okay, so everybody's derived sadistic pleasure out of Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag and its subsequent collapse. My editorial director Thomas A...

Bollywood is the big adda Bollywood is talking BIG in sheer numbers. The corporatization of the Hindi film industry is suddenly taking giant...

Its late evening. I'm at busy at work, uploading stories on another website. The atmosphere in the editorial room is relaxed - we've...