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When we keep hearing the grim prognosis on the institution of marriage, why it is facing extinction and how the rate of separation of coupl...

Sowmya has tagged me . I am supposed to invite 6 people for dinner and then pass the baton on to 3 more bloggers to play host. The first d...

The first ever indication that I was no longer in the full flush of my youth came to me in a rather subtle manner. A neighbour’s child addre...

Away on a business trip and seated alone at the corner table of the swanky restaurant of the 5-star hotel, with the customary bowl of salad ...

Osama Bin Laden stroked his flowing beard in a contented manner and smiled that famous half-smile of his. He had good reasons to be satisfie...

Sachin Tendulkar turned the ball down to square-leg for a single to complete his 35th Test hundred and surpass Sunil Gavaskar's record f...

Headlines that appear in newspapers, as Indian cricket passes through four distinct phases of a never-ending cycle. Phase 1 : ( after India...

There I was at the lounge of the Mumbai airport, happily gorging on the beetroot cutlets and lazily sipping the fresh lime soda, when that s...

It had finally happened in the year 2034. Orwell had been off by 50 years. All the PCs in this world- with the exception of P.Chidambaram – ...

Following the success of the "Ask our doctor" column, Plus Ultra is pleased to re-publish an "Agony Aunt" column, which ...

I keep my ears on ‘high alert” when I go for a walk in the morning .so that I don’t miss out on the juicy gossip, profound philosophies and ...

So many magazines publish a “Ask our doctor” page where they claim to provide answers to medical questions sent in by their readers. I am co...

Scientists theorise on the phenomenon involving “Aeolian dust “ that is picked up in local storms in deserts and arid regions and carried by...

I am just boarding the aircraft. I will soon be comfortably ensconced in the aisle seat in the first row. Plenty of elbowroom. Enough space ...

Driving back from office one evening, I tuned in to the FM channel. The DJ was doing his best to spice up the proceedings with his constant ...

( Dedicated to Lalu who has just fallen, shattering my dreams of India bagging some Olympic medals .Raj ) The Times of Bihar Patna edition, ...

I just dropped my daughter off at a birthday party. Along the way, obeying my wife’s clear instructions, I picked up a ‘birthday present ‘ f...

When I switch on the TV and accidentally channel-surf my way into one of those soap operas or the mil-dil episodes that cast such a spell ov...

The sight of my ten-year old daughter comfortably settled on the sofa, a bowl of potato chips in one hand and the TV- remote-control device ...

Those of you who want to prevent a heart-attack or some of you who have already suffered a heart attack but want to prevent the next one, ta...