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‘Why aren’t there 10 numbers from 1 to 10?  Because seven ate nine.’ Something akin to this corny joke seems to have happened to the NDA sarkar’s calculations.

In a post-Truth world, easily lies the head that wears a frown. The khela is still hobey-ing in West Bengal, and now it looks like BJP has scored another own goal. This time in a national fix-ture. Twitter threw a spanner into the ‘Congress…

Just when we thought we could move closer to old normal – or simply move closer – we are being swept away by the rising tide of infections.

March 8 is round the corner. But a Women’s Day is only as good as our fortunes in the past year.

A toolkit used to be a household essential. All of a sudden it has become the manual for sedition-secession.

Before Gujarat’s storied chief minister souped up Ahmedabad’s Kankaria lake, the gentle Reuben David had built a small but lively zoo on its shore.

Good and Evil used to be a simple white and black. Both now have an identity crisis. Thanks to the 50 Shades of Bray heard every day, one man’s meet is another man’s superspreader. Stuff like secularism, free speech and polyunsaturated fat…

Through this fortnightly column, Tales From TJ Road, Bachi Karkaria tells the story of Mumbai's metromorphosis

Through this fortnightly column, Tales From TJ Road, Bachi Karkaria tells the story of Mumbai's metromorphosis

Close friends Nathu Lal and Akshai Chin bristled with tension. Nathu Lal flared up, “We cannot allow this Himalayan plunder.” Akshai Chin, indisputably Indian despite his name, seethed, “China has crossed every line