18+ hour, 57+ min ago  (250+ words) I may have been "unwanted. But I never felt unloved. This was a comparatively kinder narrative than the other far harsher diatribes aimed at unmarried daughters. "You are draining the family, they'd be told every day, especially at the dining…...

17+ hour, 41+ min ago  (661+ words) The Asian Age AA Edit | After SC Backs EC On SIR, Ball In Parl Court The court's position comes in the backdrop of a series of litigations questioning the SIR conducted in several states, especially in Bihar and West Bengal....

18+ hour, 42+ min ago  (696+ words) Physics tells me there is no time I tell physics to unsqueeze a lime! Suspicion was the principal thief Then there was boredom -- from which no relief! Sunset heralded by shrieks of sleepy birds Dawn by the mooing of hungry…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (730+ words) Is this really the end of the road for the Delhi Gymkhana Club as we have known it? Maybe. And if it is, nobody in Lutyens" Delhi can honestly say the signs weren"t there. For decades, the Gymkhana represented…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (732+ words) The Asian Age Shikha Mukerjee | Old Parties, New Politics: The "Cockroach" Upheaval Even if the CJP is a blip on the Indian political scene, it has done what the conventional parties in Opposition to the BJP have failed to do…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (459+ words) But this leads to a deeper question: is human dressing art at all? And if so, what does it reveal? Here, a striking contrast emerges. Consider the work of Marina Abramovi, particularly her 2010 performance The Artist Is Present at the…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago  (490+ words) A couple of days ago, a friend forwarded a link to me with the message "Remind you of anything?" The link led me to Morioka Shoten, a tiny bookstore in Tokyo. Japan does specialise in tiny things (with the same…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago  (276+ words) Frugality is a trait somewhat specific to most parts of the Eastern hemisphere. In India, some forms of frugality are termed jugaad, though in the strict sense jugaad would better apply to a Band-Aid solution to problems. Sometimes they work,…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago  (567+ words) The Asian Age AA Edit | New BJP Order Is Shaping Up Rapidly In West Bengal Moving beyond symbolic politics, the Adhikari government aggressively addressed the issue that the BJP and the Sangh Parivar fundamentally believe reshaped Bengal's demography and electoral…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (399+ words) The Asian Age AA Edit | Kerala Rail: Pitch Alternative The project with 22 stations was supposed to link 11 districts in the state and work as the backbone of the industrial and social infrastructure needed to be developed to secure its future…...