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In a post on Kollywood , two years back, I had mentioned how the Indian film industry took advantage of the national obsession with swaying ...

At cricket, back in my school days, I used to be a good fielder. In fact, I don’t remember to have dropped a single catch in my entire caree...

Apparently, elephants and mice, or for that matter all the other animals within the spectrum, have one thing in common. In an average lifeti...

“Have you ever had a fight with a friend that ended with both of you not talking to each other? And with the passage of time, you even forgo...

A galaxy of female stars has modeled for Lux Soap, over the decades. Just two years back, Lux broke this tradition and cast Shah Rukh Khan a...

When I observe the manner in which science is taught to my daughters today, I am disappointed to find that there is hardly any change in t...

Dear Diary, As someone cheerfully put it , today happens to be the first day of the rest of my life. As someone else added a corollary to th...

Liv Nomore who when told by his doctor that he had contracted an incurable ailment, asked him, “Give it to me straight, doc. How long do yo...

Dear Diary, Week started disastrously. Landed in Bangalore and, sticking to standard protocol, drove straight to MTR, hoping to feast on so...

Quite some time back, I had attempted to borrow the format of the golf stories of P.G.Wodehouse, that involved ‘the oldest member” and poste...

Dear diary, Had to accompany a friend to the Blue Cross today. His pet dog was not keeping well. The lone veterinary doctor on duty said he...

Dear Diary, I needed to go to the Bank today to deposit a cheque. I realized, to my dismay, that banking is an insignificant part of a ba...

I just got the complete details on what Anil Ambani gets to eat everyday. Apparently, he gets up at 5.00 am, jogs till 6.30 am, and begins h...

Dear Diary, My over-exuberant auditor called this morning to remind me that I had to file my Income Tax returns before July 31st. I comment...

Daughter came back from the bookshop yesterday at 6.45 am, triumphantly clutching her copy of the 7th book in the Harry Potter series. I hav...

So, 72-year old Pratibha Patil (or Pratibha Patti, as my daughter calls her) is the new President. I can imagine the standard routine that d...

Dear Diary, I am just back from the RTO, after renewing my driving licence. After I submitted my forms, along with my birth certificate that...

Dear Diary, I flew down to Mumbai today, as I had some urgent work there. Flight was extremely uncomfortable. Lot of turbulence. Thick cl...

In one of their editions last week, Deccan Chronicle carried a news story of an illiterate woman in Bihar, beating up her husband when he ca...

In the circles that I move in, I am known for my awesome skills in balancing my finances and in my amazing ability to get the best bang for ...