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Aam Aadmi, Khas Identity
May 2, 2026, 8:30 AM IST
There is a revealing asymmetry in the way Indians relate to their foods. Dishes inspire loyalty. Recipes inspire argument. Ingredients inspire, at best, preference. But the mango, the aam, inspires something that has no clean…
May 2, 2026, 8:30 AM IST
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She sang India’s hidden desires, her songs anticipated change
April 13, 2026, 9:11 AM IST
The best kind of music, like Asha Bhosle’s songs, tells us where society is headed. The best kind of tribute, never mind India’s official idea of itself, is that everyone, at some point, has hummed…
April 13, 2026, 9:11 AM IST
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Kids & smartphones: The smart solution
March 28, 2026, 8:04 AM IST
A jury in California, recently, did something courts rarely do: it looked at the internet, and saw, not a medium, but a machine. It found Meta and YouTube negligent – holding that infinite scroll and…
March 28, 2026, 8:04 AM IST
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The many heroes of T20 cricket
March 10, 2026, 8:45 AM IST
India did not merely defeat New Zealand in T20 World Cup final. We dismantled them, with the calm efficiency of a watchmaker opening a clock – removing the screws, one by one, until the machinery…
March 10, 2026, 8:45 AM IST
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Your valentine: After the week of love
February 16, 2026, 8:55 AM IST
The week of love has just slipped past us. Roses have begun to wilt, dinner reservations have returned to their weekday anonymity, and the language of affection has retreated from timelines and shop windows. The…
February 16, 2026, 8:55 AM IST
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Jaya wears Prada
December 13, 2025, 10:32 AM IST
If China consumes luxury as evidence of momentum, India consumes luxury as a negotiation with memory. Brands that succeed here will be the ones with the deepest listening & meaningJaya wears Prada, but only after…
December 13, 2025, 10:32 AM IST
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Festival that invents its people
September 27, 2025, 7:46 AM IST
Every autumn, as the monsoon sighs into retreat, Bengal begins its favourite act of reinvention. For five luminous days the word Bengali stops being a birthmark or a dialect and turns into a mood, something…
September 27, 2025, 7:46 AM IST
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India vs Pak: Wickets & wounds
September 13, 2025, 7:19 AM IST
Every time the two play, as they will on Sunday in Asia Cup, the past loosens its grip for a moment. This doesn’t mean the question – should India play Pakistan at all – is…
September 13, 2025, 7:19 AM IST
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Of rains and votes
August 19, 2025, 8:19 AM IST
Only a few things are for certain in India: that the price of onions will rise before an election, that an India-Pakistan match will be described as ‘more than cricket’, and that elections will never…
August 19, 2025, 8:19 AM IST
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The glorious boredom of test cricket
July 19, 2025, 9:27 AM IST
There was a time, not too long ago, when cricket started to resemble a badly dubbed action film. Overloaded with explosions, starved of script. The game got faster, louder, and somehow emptier. In trying to…
July 19, 2025, 9:27 AM IST
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Gender’s gourmet trap
July 5, 2025, 7:18 AM IST
Cultures that fetishise food stick women in the kitchen for hours on hours. Gender parity takes off where the cuisine is functional, UK to Germany, overcooked cabbage to sausage There’s a pungent paradox simmering in…
July 5, 2025, 7:18 AM IST
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Frauds & Fearful Citizens
June 9, 2025, 7:11 AM IST
Try calling anyone in India these days – your chartered accountant, your daughter, your dentist – and before the first ring, you’re ambushed by a govt issued voice note warning you about digital scams. It…
June 9, 2025, 7:11 AM IST
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