Posted inPOV
The Sultan Will Have the Last Laugh
In these times of outrage, saying asinine things is the way to publicity. Donald Trump may get a presidency out of it. So what’s wrong if Sallu wants to get a hit out of it?
Posted inPop Culture
Beware! Here Come the Marathoners
Bores are bores, but marathon bores are the worst. While your garden-variety bore can yammer on about anything in the world, the marathoner can only wax eloquent on his workout.
Posted inSports
Football Shootball Hai Rabba
The FIFA World Cup is upon us and I fear the worst. During the last World Cup, we braced ourselves for “expert comments” from John Abraham. This time it’s going to be Anupam Kher, isn’t it?
Posted inPop Culture
I’d Be a Homophobe Had It Not Been For Harry
Potter fan fiction opened a chamber of secrets for me. It helped me make my way through the complex corridors of sexuality and appreciate individual freedom.
Posted inDisArré
The Patna Papers
Weedward & Bongstein return with an explosive report from ground zero of Bihar’s examination controversy.
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The Great Spaghetti Eastern of Bihar
Ruby Rai is all that is wrong with Bihar. But Ruby Rai may just become all that will be right with the state.
Posted inGender
The Sach Behind Swachh
As the NDA completes two years in power, Narendra Modi’s pet project, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, continues to transform the lives of women in India’s remotest villages.
Posted inPeople
The Mother of 68
Over the last two decades, Sulbha Surve has lovingly fostered infants and toddlers before they found their way to forever homes.
Posted inLove and Sex
How The Middle-Class Makes Love
Over 9.5 million humping and heaving bodies officially live in one-room homes with paper-thin walls, and sniggering aunties. This makes sex pretty awkward to say the least.
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The Man Who Always Gets the Eid Dates Right
Pakshas and pournimas are its mainstays. But Kalnirnay, the world’s best-selling calendar-cum-almanac, has a secular take on it.