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What’s the difference between a Parsi and an Irani? We’re both Zoroastrians. The Parsis left their homeland when it was still Persia, and have had 1,000 years to settle down and prosper in the great Indian cultural heritage; the Iranians…

It’s the Rapid Fire Round of the political quiz show, and we’re glued to the idiot box. Faced with a fusillade of questions over the truth of the Balakot attack, the C-in-C has been battling it out with a mix of text-book tactics: fitting…

Journalist Mukul Sharma , who passed away on Thursday, was a versatile genius, but he never let you know it. They’ve eulogised you for your diverse brilliance: as a polymath, scientist, editor, quizzer, author, begetter of the cult…

‘Oh to be in Kolkata, now that poll-itics are here!’ Yess, shotti, the battle cry was mother’s milk to me, and i was deliciously weaned on the historic clashes of the 60s. Reduced to yearning from afar during CPM’s invincible sway and then…

Phew! I’m no longer feeling like a Louis Vuitton knock-off. Thank you, Modiji, for promptly revoking the I & B mantri’s diktat against journos dispensing ‘fake’ news. The I-rani had    ordered ‘Cut off their accreditation’ which, in our…

‘Arunachalam Muruganantham’ is slipping off everyone’s tongue as easily as kollu rasam. So, i’m jumping on the Padwagon too. My story dates to a time when Akshay Kumar wasn’t even a Twinkle in his father’s eye, but i hope it will tickle…

Diamonds are only Altered Carbon, right? Instead of the shifting consciousness of this Netflix sci-fi, the lie-fi starring Nirav Modi & Fly deals with shifty consciences. Sadly, neither diamond-fuelled wars nor its serial scams have…

‘Marriage is not a word, but a sentence.’ And that’s no longer a joke. Tuesday’s TOI headlined two examples of the rigorous imprisonment to which it has been reduced. One, a Facebook post blatantly asked ‘Hindu lions’ to ‘hunt down’ the men…

‘In 24 hours from now, as we party like there’s no tomorrow, yesterday’s tragedy should remind us how easily this could turn into a literal fact.’ This was Mumbai Mirror’s chilling comment after the horrendous rooftop fire which killed 14…