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Feature: How Relevant Are You?

How relevant are you? We don’t analyse it much, but it’s astonishing what we do to stay relevant. Relevant to who? Why, to our kith and kin, our friends and neighbours, the people we work for, the people we work with, the people who work for us, indeed, to the section of the whole wide…

Feature: The Hindu Bridal Book Articles

Bridal Aunty is back! This time she tackles the problems that unwittingly arise from those around the bridal couple. Q. I`m getting married in two months` time. Everything should be fine and…

Feature: The Sathya Saran Interview

Chronicle of a ghazal singer Sathya Saran talks about her book on ghazal singer Jagjit Singh. Sathya Saran is as busy as ever. The former editor of Femina now writes articles as a freelancer, books as an author, and edits and assigns books as Consulting Editor, HarperCollins Publishers India. She also teaches fashion journalism at…

Feature: Shopaholics Galore!

Shop till you drop? Don’t! SHEILA KUMAR Retail therapy makes for good jokes but not good advice. One can easily cross the line between enthusiastic shopper and compulsive shopper We are forever hearing that retail therapy is the best cure for all sorts of blues, and your bank balance be damned. We also know…

Feature: The Vinay Sarvotham Interview

The Spine Whisperer Over the last few years, Dr Vinay Sarvotham has emerged as a non-invasive spine therapist of repute. In an interview, he discusses the challenges of treating spinal issues. What would you call your specialised field of healing? Are you an accupressurist? A chiropractor? Neither, actually. I am an acupressure and craniosacral therapist. But…

Feature: The Writer on writing

Why does a Writer Write? By Sheila Kumar Published: 13th October 2015 I could be facetious and say I write because I can. But that wouldn’t be the whole truth. I write because I must. The ideas pour into my head at all times of the day and night and stay there, jostling around, till I discharge…

Feature: Why Men Don`t Talk About Divorce

Why Men Don`t Talk About Divorce When I told my (male) friend I was writing on men and divorce, he did a double take. “Why?” he asked me tersely. “Why not?” I asked in return. He then took a deep breath and informed me that men don’t like to hear or read about, leave alone…

Feature: Teaching Kids Gandhigiri

Worthwhile lessons Of course, our children know who the Father of the Nation is. Unlike a certain island nation where the school-children fared dismally when it came to an awareness of their country’s history and history-makers, most Indian schoolkids will be able to turn in a fair essay on Bapu, his thoughts, beliefs and deeds….

Feature: The new reader, the new writer

Indian English literature It’s all about the money, stupid. Or is it? Sheila Kumar| Change being a constant, we have been — ad nauseam — told for some time now that this is the post-CB age, the age of the new writer and the new reader. Commercial fiction has won the day, we are told….

Books: The Hindu`s Lit for Life Fest, 2014: Sidelights

The Hindu’s three-day Lit for Life Fest, 11-13 January 2014. I will confess: I went for Colin Thubron. The takeaways from Day One of the Lit for Life fest for me was Pablo Bartholomew’s deeply disturbing Bhopal Disaster slideshow offset by his ponderous, dispassionate commentary. Barkha Dutt talked of women in India getting pawed every day and…