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Shobhaa De | Where are our godmen when they are needed?

Mumbai experiences devastating floods, the authorities promptly trot out some more nonsensical statistics to justify their goof-up

30 May 2020 7:08 PM

Attendants wearing protective gear walk as the first special train from New Delhi after train services were partially resumed arrives at the railway station in Jammu, India. AP Photo

Shobhaa De: Thank God Indians still have a sense of humour!

In itself and on paper, the stimulus package looked good -- at least in the way it was “marketed”. But did it make much sense?

16 May 2020 7:16 PM

An artist paints a mural of Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan on a wall, in Mumbai. PTI Photo

Shobhaa De: Farewell, Rishi & Irrfan, two icons India will salute

Both died of cancer, despite getting the best possible international treatment – Irrfan Khan in London and Rishi Kapoor in New York

02 May 2020 5:00 PM

A few faithful pray at the Jama Masjid in New Delhi. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Shobhaa De: Should Muslims vanish? Shun hate amidst crisis

Prejudice creeps in stealthily when nobody is looking

18 Apr 2020 2:30 PM

An avalanche of mixed reactions followed the prime minister's message to light a lamp on Sunday. (AFP)

Shobhaa De: Diya jalao, folks! Diwali in April!

Get ready to celebrate the festival in April. The coronavirus can take care of itself.

04 Apr 2020 9:43 PM

Prime minister Narendra Modi making his address to the nation.

Dear Nagriks — Seeti bajaao… taali bajaao

What we were handed out was a school master’s lesson in model behaviour. The PM could easily have emailed it.

22 Mar 2020 7:39 PM

Thana ‘welcome desks’? End cop-neta nexus

Someone did the maths and figured at any given time, 194 Mumbai constables will be busy smiling and offering water to the public.

07 Mar 2020 7:05 AM

A hoarding with picture of US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Trump’s forthcoming ‘Namaste Trump’ event in Ahmedabad. (Photo: PTI)

Trump bhaisaab aayega: Aapun ke vaastey kya?

“The wall” in India is being mocked as aggressively as the other, more notorious wall in America.

22 Feb 2020 3:16 AM

There have been attempts to convert Nazia’s son’s death into something else and not a sad consequence of him being present at Shaheen Bagh in the bone-chilling cold of the capital. (Photo: PTI)

Is the BJP paying attention to the voices from Shaheen Bagh?

The rest of the disturbing and depressing domestic news involves comical clips that would have raised a chuckle had they not been so bizarre.

08 Feb 2020 3:09 AM

For the three days that I spent in the City of (limited) Joy, I passed the venue of the ongoing protests against the CAA and NRC.

Conversations by women, about women

Delhi’s “Shaheen Bagh model” is being efficiently cloned from Lucknow, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Prayagraj to Kolkata.

25 Jan 2020 5:52 AM

JNU Students’ Union president Aishe Ghosh during a meeting with HRD secretrary Amit Khare in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

After JNU attack, bring on the black bands

Citizens had started to believe that this foul, vitiated atmosphere based on belligerence and muscle power was here to stay.

11 Jan 2020 6:29 AM

Protesters from the Muslim community burn tyres during a demonstration against National Register of Citizens and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Howrah district of West Bengal on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Am I a citizen of India? Dunno! I am still scratching my head

The Assam agitation will polarise India like no other political development since Independence.

14 Dec 2019 6:12 AM

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray greets his supporters after being sworn in as Maharashtra CM at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Thursday. (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

Maha ghotala and ‘Gondhal’ in Maharashtra

Mumbaikars are known to shrug, grin and get going with their lives in the metro.

30 Nov 2019 12:37 AM

A young flight attendant overheard us lamenting the sorry state of Air India and jumped into the conversation, but only after refilling the tea cups of passengers.

Is India prepared to bid the Maharajah a royal goodbye?

Despite all of this, regulars insist there was no better service than the one offered by Air India on its non-stop flights to America.

16 Nov 2019 7:26 AM

Maharashtra Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis celebrates his party’s win in Assembly elections outside BJP head office in Mumbai. (Photo: Debasish Dey)

BJP-Sena drama: Bhaisaab, yeh 50-50 kya hai?

Today, Mr Fadnavis wants to hang on to all the key portfolios and hand out the leftovers to the Shiv Sena.

02 Nov 2019 12:09 AM

The Bongo-fication of a Nobel Laureate

To make matters worse, Banerjee is also Amartya Sen’s protégé. Oh dear! Amartya babu, also a Bengali Nobel Laureate, is not on NaMo’s speed dial.

19 Oct 2019 4:40 AM

In Kolkata, Ma Durga presides over thousands of incredibly inventive pandals — each one with a unique theme and specific décor.

Folks, get ready to vanquish evil this Dusshera!

As a lead up to Dusshera next week, we should ideally be focusing on the victory of good over evil.

05 Oct 2019 1:46 AM

A new kind of Bollywood hero is now emerging

Here, Ayushmann gets to channel his inner woman by effectively using his falsetto voice to fool ardent listeners.

21 Sep 2019 2:12 AM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Photo: File)

In times of economic anxiety, old is gold indeed

Madame Sitharaman, it is time to rejig outdated rules and challenge Budget traditions.

07 Sep 2019 12:16 AM

Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P. Chidambaram (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Can Chidambaram do a ‘mutual’ to get out of mess?

It’s useless to talk about “following the law” scrupulously blah blah blah. It sounds good on paper.

24 Aug 2019 3:55 AM

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