e-Window shopping
Shopping is no longer confined to the local stores. You can access the world’s market with just a click of a mouse… SHRADDHA NAIR
Today you can buy things like books, CDs, DVDs, clothes, shoes, accessories, bath products, cosmetics, the latest gadgets, the oldest pieces of jewellery, paintings, bags and even your daily groceries online! Online […]
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Desi ghee or Swiss cheese?
EXPERIENCE Who stole my accent in the U.S.? GIRISH SESHADRI suggests you stick to one or the other but never ever become the imitation cheese.
The shelf life of experiences is shrinking as fast as that of an electronic device. And so the trials and tribulations of an Indian on “phoren” shores also keep getting obsolete and […]
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Surprise your Valentine
IDEAS Wondering what you can do for that special person in your life on February 14? Here are a few simple suggestions. SAMVITHA RAM
It’s that time of the year when cute SMS messages are being passed around asking how much you love your friends and testing the ’strength’ of your relationships using cheesy quizzes. Yes, […]
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Up above the world so high…
If you just care to look up, the sky’s teeming with stars, constellations and planets that are waiting to be explored. YASHASVINI RAJESHWAR
All of us have stopped and stared at one point or another at the night sky. Deep purple or midnight blue, pitch black or wicked grey, the multitude of stars and the […]
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A white weekend
CHILL OUT When weekdays pass by so quickly that sometimes you forget what you have done, make sure the weekend gives you a breather. GAURI SHAH
Time is on a marathon; the days move so fast that you feel like you are on a perpetual roller coaster. Sounds familiar? Then it’s essential to catch that […]
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Living the ‘high’ life
ISSUES Why do musicians turn to drugs, asks SAROOP OOMMEN, when music itself is the best source of a natural high?
The death of Amy Winehouse at age 27 sparked off a burning question: why do musicians and drugs have to be connected, always? The “27 Club” had always been intriguing but more than the eerie […]
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Pampered pooches
PET SPA A perfect destination for pets to get their makeover and be pampered silly. PRIYA SHETH and MRINALINI SUNDAR
A Yorkshire Terrier or a ‘Yorkie’, walked through a glass door. Wearing a blue jumpsuit with hair neatly tied up in a bow and a diamond collar to add to the effect the Yorkie seemed to […]
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Take home a slice of Chennai
Quintessentially Chennai could mean a lot of things. YASHASVINI RAJESHWAR suggests a few that you could take back home.
Glass blowings from Venice, grass skirts from Hawaii, chocolates from Switzerland, Matryoshka dolls from Russia, Aborigine boomerangs from Australia, ‘I (heart) NY’ t-shirts from New York … the list goes on. For most avid globetrotters, collecting souvenirs […]
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Stereotypes that define us
On her first trip to India, EDWINA SHADDICK muses over her “assumptions” about the country: those that were challenged or reinforced.
Not many people are comfortable with admitting they are swayed by stereotypes. I am one of them. Even though I try to resist stereotypes, they seep in anyway. Even though not all stereotypes are bad, […]
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Diversity at its best
India is on its way to becoming a Super Power. But to prevent fragmentation along the way, it is imperative to take along with it the diversity and tradition that is India, feels ELI FRANCOVICH.
“Nobody could be more conscious than I am of the pitfalls which lie in the path of the […]
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