Stairway to desire

‘To sleep, perchance to dream…’ is a Shakespearean line that everybody seems to know. But what is behind the dreams that sometimes haunt you after you wake up? Dr Freud has answers Well, it started in Vienna not so many years ago When not enough folks were getting sick That a starving young physician tried […]

That actress in Sabya boots

Designers have been using film stars to grow their worth. But objections have arisen to the freebies these Celebs crave Bollywood has been the closest associate of fashion in India since the days of Meena Kumari, Nargis Dutt, and Suraiya. The 1960s gave us one of the most influential pieces of clothing – the Anarkali […]

Give, it won’t hurt

It’s time to stand up and be counted among those who pledge to donate organs after death. After all, you won’t need them any more Nobody wants to think about what will happen to our bodies (or properties!) after we die. Just as sensible people make wills, sensitive persons should sign a pledge to donatie […]

Waiting for Poriborton

The growing dissent against the TMC among West Bengal’s urban voters might give the BJP its chance West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sounded the poll bugle for 2019 on Shaheed Divas on July 21, challenging the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in her firebrand style. But is the pulse of the urban voter swaying towards […]

Questions unanswered

Looking beyond BJP’s victory, we need to analyse the recent Lok Sabha events in the context of the questions that were left unanswered by PM Modi Friday, July 20, was quite an eventful day in Lok Sabha. In a debate that lasted 12 hours, the Opposition mounted a spirited attack and the treasury fought back […]

ON AN EXPERIENTIAL BINGE

A young European man residing in Delhi expects us to be non-judgemental about the choices he makes. His quest unto self involves making others happy He best one-word description for John (name changed on request) is drifter. An English-speaking European in his late twenties, John works for a private organisation, and has been living in […]

Forbidden pleasures

With demand for sex toys on the rise in India especially after Lust Stories, adult toy merchants around the country say that the law needs to be liberalised so that the industry can grow Seema (name changed), a PhD student in Kolkata is so immersed in research that she says the stress was taking a […]

Toy story

Traditional hand-crafted toys are getting little play in a market dominated by plastic factory products even as parents prefer trendy global brands The sunrays on Monday afternoon are striking hot. At Delhi Haat, under a bamboo ceiling stands Satish Kumar, a man in his 40s, hopelessly looking for customers as not even a single toy […]