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This particular cover story in Outlook has ruffled many feathers in the publishing world. Most of my friends who've read this are clear...

I'm so bored. Everybody around me is reacting in a way that's making me want to strangle them. Last night, I didn't even twitch ...

The awards season is here. Let’s get one thing straight. Very few of the top stars remain at the awards venue throughout the evening. They c...

Now that Bigg Boss is over, I thought it would be appropriate to provide transcripts from edited footage. Here's one between Hashmit P...

It is difficult to give No One Killed Jessica less than a 'good' rating. Yet, if you look at a broader picture, it is a challenging...

Paranormal Activity 2 is not a great horror film, but it still packs in good thrills that commands mandatory viewing only in cinemas. Those...

Just as David Fincher's masterpiece The Social Network is about to end, Jesse Eisenberg who plays Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, ...

I pore over the screen of my netbook. My dad, the only other person in the room, realizes what a terrible mistake he's made by buying me...

Barkha Dutt, one of the icons of Indian news television, has spent a generous part of the last few days, patiently replying to tweets, many ...

There are certain terms in Hindi language that continue to amaze me. Mere expressions have been converted into delicacies, recipes that we w...

'' Kya umar thi, kya samaa tha, kya zamaana tha '' Nostalgia can be a great leveler. For example, when you meet up with frie...

Whatever happened to the ritual of friends coming over home to an evening of tea, biscuits, farsan and good conversation? Our daddies and m...

It's been almost a week that I'm back to commuting 4 hours daily from Ambarnath to my office in Lower Parel. The purpose is two pron...

You have to give it to the Shiv Sena. All along, when they created all this hoo-haa over My Name is Khan ’s release, we thought they were fu...

I've had the most fantastic past two hours watching Sidney Lumet 's 1976 film Network . I don't intend to write a review of the ...

I’m absolutely delighted with the collection of books I picked up at the Strand Book Festival. I went there on the Festival's second day...

There’s a scene in Wake Up Sid where the editor of a magazine (Rahul Khanna) smiles mockingly, almost in disbelief when his colleague (Ko...