Men think they are special

Reporting in the hinterland gives a glimpse of the position of women in society, and the picture is not pretty In the searing April heat of Mathura, camera around my neck, phone in pocket, notebook and pen at a 10-second backpack-to-hand distance — I was ready to run after Hema Malini as she visited villages […]

CHEF OF THE WEEK

Chef Ansab Khan is a Culinary Head of Burma Burma Restaurants & Tea Room. He started his career working with JW Marriott & later with Mahindra Holidays. Currently, his role includes conceptualising and heading the culinary operations at Burma Burma. In a candid conversation, he talks more about himself and his work: Your philosophy on […]

Circles of life

This Navratra, try out myanmar’s vegetarian cuisine in aesthetic surroundings that are exotic yet relatable Taking the Burmese concept of Tea Room to a delightful new level is the popular Burma Burma chain of restaurants. Offering only vegetarian food, the chain floated by two childhood friends, Chirag Chhajer and Ankit Gupta, has five unique restaurants in […]

Under the blue skies

Sex is not just a physical act that involves making love. Fantasies and imagination add value and break the routine Saurabh, a student, was comfortably chilling on the terrace of his friend’s restaurant in Chennai. While enjoying the view, taking drags of a cigarette, little did he know that this chilling session will lead to […]

The name game

Sometimes it pays for fashion brands to avoid the designer’s name and pick one with a global appeal – or one that is not easily slotted Pero, Aekatri, SWGT. They may sound like Italian brands, but they belong to Indian designers who have cleverly steered clear of using their own names as brandnames. Pero, a […]

A chatbot fights taboos

The Hindi edutainment television show Main Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon becomes the first Indian soap to integrate Artificial Intelligence in its format Main Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon( (“I, a woman, can achieve anything”). The popular show on DD National, that has this name has become the country’s first television show to employ an […]

Unsmart mission

The ‘Smart Cities’ plan of futuristic cities which operate by themselves using Artificial Intelligence is not even mentioned in the BJP manifesto. has it gone kaput? In 2014, the Bharatiya Janata Party had promised to build 100 Smart Cities across India, all in an attempt to modernise urban infrastructure so that it can handle the […]

News or propaganda?

Is anyone watching The channel dedicated to narendra modi? turns out it has been around since 2012 The entry of a shiny new channel on our television sets has opened the proverbial Pandora’s Box. Out of this comes questions of ownership, licensing, TRAI regulations, the Model Code of Conduct, and whether the governing Bharatiya Janata […]