Raksha Bandhan 2023: 25 modern gift ideas for your brother
Rakhi gifts that are in line with modern living and experiences, including OTT subscriptions, a gaming laptop, gadgets, and things for the home, home bar and home office.
The Rolling Stones are teasing a new album. Can they connect with a younger audience in India?
2023 has been a year of big moves for The Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards turn 80 this year; the band have teased a new album; and the Stones also officially joined TikTok in January.
Funnycontrol | 7 investing lessons online gurus will cull from Chandrayaan 3 mission
Get ready for random pronouncements like 'the Pragyan rover is like a dividend that comes out of the value stock that is the Vikram Lander.'
A shocking case of theft in British Museum
The Scotland Yard is investigating the case of 2,000 artefacts worth millions of pounds which have been reported to be missing, stolen or damaged from the prestigious British Museum.
Covfefe to Nuclear Button: 11 most outrageous tweets of Donald Trump
Former US president Donald Trump's love affair with Twitter began in May, 2009. Since then, he has used the social media platform as his playground to channel his toxic sentiments towards other public figures and more leading to him being banned from it in 2021 and being reinstated in 2022. The ex returned on X recently with his police mug shot.
Onam 2023: All you need to know about the 10 celebratory days of Kerala's harvest festival
Celebrated in the first month of the Malayalam calendar - Chingam - Onam, the 10-day harvest festival of Kerala, commemorates the homecoming of the legendary King Mahabali.
A brief history of cold coffee drinks in India and the world
As cafe chains around the world report a sharp spike in sales for cold coffee this year, here’s a look at how Indians have known the special pleasure of a chilled glass of java for decades.
Being Indian | Single and not ready to mingle
In 2001, there were 51.2 million single women living in India. By 2011, this number had risen by 39 percent to cross 71 million.
From Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 to Black Myth Wukong, key announcements and trailers from Gamescom 2023
Top 10 trailers and announcements that you need to know about from Gamescom 2023’s Opening Night Live.
Marketing Musings: There’s a market for indulging your inner child
“Dopamine Zones” are being created for adults in the West, the idea being to provide “safe spaces” for grown-ups to bring out their “inner child”. So, brands like Dopamine Land, Bubble Planet, Museum of Ice-creams are rapidly expanding their footprint in the US, Canada, Europe and in Singapore
‘West Side Story’ at NMACC, Mumbai: The timeless appeal of love and war
The NMACC brings a Broadway production of the Broadway musical, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, to Mumbai. What’s the global, timeless appeal of this very American story?
The young will save the world, but only after they have finished finding themselves
Will the next generation build a better India? Not necessarily, if the example of the millennials is anything to go on.
Indian Accent Mumbai review: New outpost, same ambition
Pumpkin ice-cream and Hoisin duck kulcha may have screamed progressive Indian fine dining 14 years ago. What does the newly opened Indian Accent Mumbai offer?
Crime fiction writer Vish Dhamija: The competition is for people’s time and attention
Vish Dhamija on his book Deja Karma, the rise of crime fiction in India and abroad, Abundantia Entertainment's OTT adaptation of his Rita Ferreira series and reading for pleasure in the age of OTT,
Rakhi strategy: In war, dysfunctional families and Bollywood
Rakhi is on August 30, 2023.
Wandering Souls book review: Artfully constructed story of what refugees lose and gain
Wandering Souls, the debut novel of Cecile Pin, is an act of memory, imagination and empathy. Pin, of Vietnamese and French heritage, has said that the novel is partly based on the story of her mother.
Funnycontrol | On Independence Day, 5 ways to make you financially independent from yourself
Join the National Procrastination Scheme and resign from Middle Class, listen to your parents and spend long weekends in office instead of running into colleagues at the beach where you're holidaying.
Why Millennials are the most nostalgic generation yet
Not all is lost for those who can’t make up their mind between career and passion, money and spirituality, peace or pomp.
Book excerpt: Gautam Bhatia's Unsealed Covers | When Delhi HC weighed the impact of a tax on the right to health
In his latest book, Gautam Bhatia looks at some of the most important court judgments of the past decade, from 2014 - 2023. Excerpted here is the chapter 'Coronavirus and the Constitution—XXXVI: The Delhi High Court’s Judgment on Taxation and the Right to Health (31 May 2021)'.
Kite flying on Independence Day: How a community bonding exercise lost its charm over the years
Even as its popularity dims, kite runners are updating tradition to keep up with environmental concerns around kite flying - the symbol for freedom.
Vision 2047: All genders should be able to occupy public spaces in India without fear of harassment
Jasmeen Patheja, founder of Blank Noise, and Elsa D’Silva, founder of SafeCity app, reflect on the roadmap to safety and equity in public spaces for everybody.
Pakistan’s deep state is at the centre of The Bomb, the Bank, the Mullah and the Poppies: A review
Pakistani planes being used to smuggle nuclear tech into North Korea, Pakistan using Chinese expertise to fill tech gaps in making the nuclear bomb are among the fascinating aspects the book explores.
Book review: KR Meera's Assassin hooks you with many questions, no straight answers
An English translation of KR Meera's Malayalam novel Ghathakan, Assassin's meandering narrative balances introspection, suspense and social critique.
Book excerpt: Sridevi: The South Years | How Sridevi & Kamal Haasan became South film industry's most bankable pair in the '70s
On Sridevi's 60th birth anniversary, an excerpt from the chapter "The Years of Night and Lotus (I)", in 'Sridevi: The South Years' by Amborish Roychoudhury.
