Firearms for everyone: It’s so easy to buy a gun!
Want a gun? It's a lot cheaper and easier than you'd guess. No wonder everyone from housewives to college kids are packing heat these days. The post Firearms for everyone: It’s so easy to buy a gun!...
View ArticleHow not to burn a hole in your pocket this festive season
The festive season is fun until the bills start arriving. That's when the sticker shock hits you hard. But don't worry. You can still have your holidays, your gift baskets, your goodies. Here are some...
View ArticleThe 9 to 5 job: What will you do to get it back?
Corporate life is no longer the 9-to-5 affair it was assumed to be. Well, the ‘9’ still stands there unflinchingly, but the ‘5’ has metamorphosised into a rather flexible range. The post The 9 to 5...
View ArticleWhy going to the doctor is the great Indian nightmare
Getting medical care remains a profoundly anxiety-producing experience for most of us: from finding the right doctor to getting the right diagnosis, and therefore the right care. Is it so surprising...
View ArticleGoodbye, urban oasis: The end of the “gated community” dream
Countless real estate ads sell the dream of a gated paradise, far away from the madding crowds, filth, and chaos. A dream that the upwardly mobile have spent crores of rupees buying into. A dream that...
View ArticleNew age superstition: What unites Yeddy and the yuppie
Whether it's the upwardly mobile corporate professional or a powerful politician, we increasingly conflate spirituality with superstitious belief. Pujas, talismans, and shrines have become mere...
View ArticleLies, damned lies: Tall claims of Indian advertising
Beauty products are the worst offenders the world over in the lies-in-advertising business, but in India, they have close competition from children's 'health' drinks. Do you really think Complan,...
View ArticleReader’s Digest and me: Family ties that bind
Reader's Digest may be filing for bankruptcy, but for many of us it will remain preserved forever in the amber of childhood memory of a socialist era past. The post Reader’s Digest and me: Family ties...
View ArticleBad neighbours of Bangalore: See no evil next door
The recent shocking cases involving the confinement of a daughter and an elderly father expose a culture of callous apathy in face of serious domestic abuse. The post Bad neighbours of Bangalore: See...
View ArticleHauz Khas Village: The hypocrisy of high-end ‘alternative’ chic
HKV provides Delhi’s socialites and chatterati with what they need most: Obnoxious status display masked as anti-establishment virtue. The post Hauz Khas Village: The hypocrisy of high-end...
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