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I am at a restaurant for a ladies lunch. We are talking about hair, our general unhappiness with its texture, sheen, volume. And color.   “I found a white hair,” says one of my friends.   I confess to having found many. I pull them out with a tweezer, hoping another does not rush to take its place.   We talk about food and exercise, the shameful truth that cutting back...

The greatest exercise of adult franchise in the world is currently underway in our country. The 2014 Lok Sabha elections have eclipsed cricket results and the latest Bollywood releases. It is no longer acceptable to shrug off politics like a bad cold. The current elections are fascinating, not just because of the new cast of characters who have emerged on the political scene but for...

‘Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me’   I remember this little nursery rhyme I learned a long time ago. It was supposed to ward off insults and make the name caller feel like an ineffectual fool. Said with an affected braggadocio, it gave me a temporary reprieve, a fragile armor against the Stupids, Donkeys, and Idiots we used as children.   But I...

This article was first published on IBN Live’s blog...

This article was first published on IBN Live’s blog...

Remember that old riddle? A man and his son are traveling in a car when they meet with a terrible accident. The man dies on the spot and the boy is rushed to the hospital. The surgeon who is about to perform the operation takes one look at the boy and gasps- “I can’t operate on him. This is my son.” How is this possible?   If...