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The author is a brand consultant with an interest in music, cricket, humour and satire

MP Rahul Gandhi at Parliament House complex during Monsoon session, in New Delhi, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

Suresh Subrahmanyan | Much ado about a flying kiss' in the Lok Sabha &...

At the end of the day, to the overblown incident of Rahul Gandhi blowing a flying kiss in Parliament, the question is:...

11 Aug 2023 12:19 AM IST

Cover photo of Unfinished Business: Evolving Capitalism in the Worlds Largest Democracy by Nandini Vijayaraghavan. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | VGS, Anil Ambani, Mallya, Goyal four horsemen of the...

Review of 'Unfinished Business: Evolving Capitalism in the World's Largest Democracy' by Nandini Vijayaraghavan

19 March 2023 12:04 AM IST

Cover photo of Evil at the Core By Vinquita Romaine (Photo by arragement)

Book Review | Crime pays for this British-Indian author

Review of 'Evil at the Core' By Vinquita Romaine

9 Oct 2022 1:09 AM IST

Cover image of the book Meerans Stories writter by Thoppil Mohamed Meeran, translated by Prabha Sridevan.

Book Review | Meeran's stories are the tales of a forgotten people

Written originally in Tamil, the Sahitya Akademi Award winner, Meeran's Stories are translated into English by Prabha...

6 Feb 2022 2:14 AM IST

I Adore Jai The Rediscovery of M.L. Jaisimha by Jayanthi Jaisimha. (Amazon)

Tales of The Lion': How Jaisimha thrilled, spilled and swashbuckled

Our cricketing icons of that period turned out in sparkling whites for India, not for pelf or power but for the sheer...

9 Jan 2022 1:32 AM IST

A yawning gap between India and Pakistan

This is the Sunday that just about everyone and his grandmother are awaiting with bated breath.

25 Jun 2019 12:48 AM IST

Could have been another ancient Chinese philosopher, probably over 110 years old.

The age factor: Slowly, slowly catchy monkey

As a general rule, the words Confucius say' prior to the actual quote will add credence, never mind whether Confucius...

18 Jun 2019 3:10 AM IST

There has been plenty of static in our print and television media over the rights and wrongs of Indias aggressive initiatives across our western borders.

War (what is it good for?): Absolutely nothing

It is laughable the amount of brouhaha that has been created, particularly over our television news channels.

12 March 2019 6:36 AM IST

Naseeruddin Shah

New Year, Naseeruddin Shah and Virat Kohli

The customary mad partying and waking up with a sore head in urban conglomerations is a given.

25 Dec 2018 12:44 AM IST

To get back to the main thrust of this piece, what all this meant was that I was among the first choice to sing at many of these family jamborees.

This music season, let's celebrate amateur singer

Cut to the home scene. If you can sing, you can sing. Never mind if it's The Beatles or Tyagaraja.

5 Dec 2018 12:06 AM IST

Of course, everyone knows by now that the Zero was invented in India by Aryabhata, though even here the ubiquitous Brahmagupta stakes a claim.

Newton, Brahmagupta and the Law of Gravity

We need more ministers like Shri Devnani to let our countrymen, women and children know what a great nation we are.

28 Jan 2018 3:23 AM IST

A full bench instrumental ensemble including Mudikondan Ramesh (veena), Embar Kannan (violin) Chandrasekhara Sharma (ghatam), Sundar (morshing) and S.Subramanian (gottuvadhiyam) enthralls rasikas at Brahma Gana Sabhas music festival in the city on Monday. (Photo: DC)

Music season and social media

Either you get a laundry list of songs performed by the artist or unqualified and undiluted praise for the artist.

23 Dec 2017 2:14 AM IST