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Feature: Straight from Seoul: the uber-popular Kdramas

Straight from Seoul Glossy production values and crisp stories keep fans glued to Korean dramas. Seen here is a still from Korean serial IRIS, aired on Tamil channel ‘Puthuyugam’ In a new cultural takeover, Korean dramas are slowly invading Indian hearts, minds and TV sets. For a while now, just under a decade to…

Feature: So, What`s the Goss?

Don`t tell anyone, okay? Like it or not, gossip makes the world go round. The savvy thing here would be to stay on top of the rumour mills. A few lessons on managing the eternally thrumming grapevine. Ask me all about gossip. I know. I was living and working in the capital…

Feature: The Hindu Bridal Book Articles

Wedding Day questions? Ask the Bridal Aunty! BA is a combination of your favourite aunt and a desi Emily Post. Here, she has some straight and not-so-straight answers to all those big day qs! Q. My BFF is getting married and with three weeks to go, she`s turning into a classic Bridezilla. She wants her…

Feature: The Hindu Bridal Book Articles

THE HINDU BRIDAL BOOK Notes to oneself Some matters should be kept between the bride and herself! The big day is finally here, or almost. Your big day. Even as…

Feature: Women Who Bond

That silken bond Tomorrow is international women’s day. And contrary to popular misconceptions, the ladies aren’t at each other’s throats. Sheila Kumar reckons that they are enjoying each other’s company and forging close bonds. Move over old…

Feature: Only Rats Race!

Only rats race! Actually, Ruskin Bond put it best. His Love Among the Bookshelves yields this nugget: “…I have mentioned my antipathy to running races. Why bother to come first when, with less effort, you can come in last and be none the worse for it? There is no law against coming in last.” Everyone…

Feature: Culture Chameleons

Those Culture Chameleons! It’s official. India just won the culture war. Which culture war, you ask. Why, the one that our netas tout like some tired old mantra every chance they get: the war against westernization, against the evil influence of burgers and quesadillas, Louboutin heels and Cavalli outfits, against arguably execrable singers like Snoop Dogg and Keisha, EDM and…

Feature: The Issac Mathai/ Soukya Interview

Wholesome Healing: Back to tradition Living better should come to you as easily as breathing, says Dr. Issac Mathai who talks about his attitude to healthcare and his new book on holistic healing. The Soukya International Holistic Health Centre has, for over a dozen years now, been a classic example of how integrated holistic…

Feature: On Books and Bangalore

So. What is Bangalore reading? Sheila Kumar sifts through rumours of a tectonic shift in Bengaluru’s reading pattern. In a tweak of the immortal CSNY song, this was a long time coming. My personal wake-up moment came via a twin-pronged route. I was scanning the sell list of a popular buy-and-sell online forum when I…

Feature: Ian Fleming`s 007 vs Hollywood`s 007

Ian Fleming would be both shaken and stirred if he met Hollywood`s 007 The name is, of course, Bond, James Bond. And he`s back in the news, what with the next movie (titled `Spectre`) announced, what with the beauteous Monica Belluci as the oldest Bond girl (phew), what with Sania Mirza set to…