Thursday, Oct 01, 2020 | Last Update : 09:30 AM IST
189th Day Of Lockdown
Shobhaa De
Shobhaa De | A monument to a monumental ego
Heritage and history need to be respected, even by those determined to rewrite both
19 Sep 2020 5:32 PM
Shobhaa De | Chana Kisney Khaaya… Rasode Mein Kaun Tha?
This is the aftereffect of the GDP debacle, which has set India back by a staggering 24 per cent
05 Sep 2020 6:00 PM
Shobhaa De | In search of Idealistic India: It will rise again
Are we shortchanging this generation of intelligent, capable young people?
22 Aug 2020 6:59 PM
Shobhaa De | Playing cops & robbers in Mumbai-ishstyle drama
This week, all the loose ends were supposed to be tied up neatly by Mumbai police, but wait, Bihar police dramatically arrived in Mumbai
08 Aug 2020 6:43 PM
Shobhaa De | Drastic survival steps to live through COVID times
With no signs of abatement, most of us are now resigned to a bleak future with dark clouds on the horizon
25 Jul 2020 6:43 PM
Shobhaa De | Gangsterism in politics: Vikas Dubey in UP's Wild West
Dubey’s subsequent arrest and murder are clearly a part of the huge coverup, now that the game is up
11 Jul 2020 6:38 PM
Shobhaa De | 150 years of Mahatma: Why are we so touchy?
In the case of Mahatma Gandhi, why is our national outrage this pronounced?
27 Jun 2020 5:41 PM
Shobhaa De | Plug and play, says PM: Enter political gaming!
The sort of administrative negligence one comes across is mind-numbing, to say the least
13 Jun 2020 5:42 PM
Shobhaa De | Where are our godmen when they are needed?
Mumbai experiences devastating floods, the authorities promptly trot out some more nonsensical statistics to justify their goof-up
30 May 2020 7:08 PM
Shobhaa De: Thank God Indians still have a sense of humour!
In itself and on paper, the stimulus package looked good -- at least in the way it was “marketed”. But did it make much sense?
16 May 2020 7:16 PM
Shobhaa De: Farewell, Rishi & Irrfan, two icons India will salute
Both died of cancer, despite getting the best possible international treatment – Irrfan Khan in London and Rishi Kapoor in New York
02 May 2020 5:00 PM
Shobhaa De: Should Muslims vanish? Shun hate amidst crisis
Prejudice creeps in stealthily when nobody is looking
18 Apr 2020 2:30 PM
Shobhaa De: Diya jalao, folks! Diwali in April!
Get ready to celebrate the festival in April. The coronavirus can take care of itself.
04 Apr 2020 9:43 PM
Dear Nagriks — Seeti bajaao… taali bajaao
What we were handed out was a school master’s lesson in model behaviour. The PM could easily have emailed it.
22 Mar 2020 7:39 PM
Thana ‘welcome desks’? End cop-neta nexus
Someone did the maths and figured at any given time, 194 Mumbai constables will be busy smiling and offering water to the public.
07 Mar 2020 7:05 AM
Trump bhaisaab aayega: Aapun ke vaastey kya?
“The wall” in India is being mocked as aggressively as the other, more notorious wall in America.
22 Feb 2020 3:16 AM
Is the BJP paying attention to the voices from Shaheen Bagh?
The rest of the disturbing and depressing domestic news involves comical clips that would have raised a chuckle had they not been so bizarre.
08 Feb 2020 3:09 AM
Conversations by women, about women
Delhi’s “Shaheen Bagh model” is being efficiently cloned from Lucknow, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Prayagraj to Kolkata.
25 Jan 2020 5:52 AM
After JNU attack, bring on the black bands
Citizens had started to believe that this foul, vitiated atmosphere based on belligerence and muscle power was here to stay.
11 Jan 2020 6:29 AM
Am I a citizen of India? Dunno! I am still scratching my head
The Assam agitation will polarise India like no other political development since Independence.
14 Dec 2019 6:12 AM
Columns
Narendra Modi said he would restructure the bureaucracy but nothing has been heard of it since then
Today India invites foreign investment in arms and ammunition but it restricts investment in health, education and people’s rights
The present confrontation in Ladakh shows that China deceived India by making New Delhi complacent
That's how the ruling party gets to enjoy so much legislative and executive leverage