LOVE IS A PAVLOVIAN REFLEX

We are looking for love in the strangest places but one day it might just vanish without a trace. Here’s how to find it in safer places Love is a victim. I don’t mean the act of love. I mean the word love. It is a victim to mostly ill- composed paeans by melancholic youths […]

TASTE OF THE GOOD OLD DAYS

The presentation is not too fancy but the flavours are tempting and the fare comes at a reasonable price at foodies gourmet kitchen  For many of us, childhood was the time we enjoyed the neighbourhood restaurant’s butter chicken and dal makhni the most. It would be ordered on rare occasions like ‘good results’ or a favourite […]

‘UNSKILLED’ AND UNDERVALUED

Our craftspersons make the most beautiful work, they’re artists, but are considered ‘unskilled’ under labour laws When they collaborate with Indian designers, great products are produced for export but meagre wages are given to those who have honed their craft to the point where it can only be called exquisite. For millennials, the current craze […]

AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER

An interview with IAWRT Festival Director Aradhana Kohli Kapur This is the only festival of its kind in India. The Asian women’s film festival is organised every year by the International Association of Women in Radio & Television (IAWRT)-India chapter. The 14th edition has just concluded at the India International Centre (IIC) in New Delhi, […]

WHY GO ABROAD?

Indian celebrities, politicians and sportspersons make a beeline for the US and Europe for treatment as, ironically, India becomes one of the most favoured destinations for medical tourism Last week it was unfortunate to learn that Irrfan Khan, the Indian actor with a global appeal, was diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumour. He informed his fans via […]

THE CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE

“I laughed so hard that tears rolled down my legs.” This was the quote that greeted the patients who lay down on the examination bed of my dear attending (senior doctor) at Cleveland Clinic Florida during my fellowship days, written as it was on a sheet of paper that she had so thoughtfully stuck on […]

It’s a pain in the…

From denial to a course of treatment that does not relieve the symptoms, endometriosis is a debilitating condition which needs to be discussed more. I lay motionless with my eyes fixed on the ceiling. A plethora of emotions flooded into my mind. Anger, discomfort, misery, despair. I’m tired and desperate. My mind has become numb […]

Can I buy a home?

The answer to the question: if you’re under 35, unmarried and not working for a multinational firm: “Most probably not, not in Delhi”. That, anyway, is what realtors and real estate consultants of Delhi-NCR say. They haven’t come across a single, single individual wanting to buy a home. All echoed a spouse’s income as paramount […]