Christmas

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What say we take a leaf out of the blissfully ignorant book of the most average Joe of all, Joey Tribbiani? (Photo By Arrangement)

Shreya Sen-Handley | At the end of this year, hit refresh

In the year’s dying days, let’s celebrate the life we’ve shaped. Commemorate the things we got right, and discount our mistakes

25 Dec 2022 9:32 AM

File photo of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. (Photo: AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Food or warmth? Tough choices on Hedgie’s watch as Christmas nears

The inflation crisis is called the cost-of-living (CoL) crisis as the price of everything is going up by leaps and bounds

24 Dec 2022 12:00 AM

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | Bleak Christmas in Sunak’s Britain

Mr Sunak has little cause to celebrate his days at 10 Downing Street surpassing the short-lived tenure of his predecessor Liz Truss

17 Dec 2022 12:15 AM

In Britain, which has certainly been demographically transformed into a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-faith society in the last 50 years, it has become customary to ask first-generation immigrants where they come from without any malice intended. (Photo: Twitter)

Farrukh Dhondy | Where are you from? UK row erupts on royal racism, abuse

Can we understand an 83-year-old privileged lady being unaware that her attitude and persistence amounted to “abuse”?

17 Dec 2022 12:00 AM

The next lines of the verse whose first line’s words are “Christmas is coming…” are “Please put a penny in the old man’s hat? If you haven’t got a penny, a ha’penny will do…” (Representational Image)

Farrukh Dhondy | Will a wave of strikes in UK take the joy out of Christmas?

At every Tube station, on every main street and outside most supermarkets, the poor man’s/woman’s hat/metal bowl is extended. Bad days

10 Dec 2022 12:05 AM

Farrukh Dhondy | Ringing in 2022 amidst the spectre of Covid, Omicron

My Christmases and New Years are pleasantly haunted by the ghosts of Christmases and New Years past

01 Jan 2022 12:25 AM

With all the calorie-intake, everyone’s now off on detox breaks. (AA Image)

Deepavali Detox

First came the Deepavali indulgence and then the comfort food binge with the onset of rainy weather, and now everyone’s in detox mode

24 Nov 2021 4:44 PM

Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has warned Hindus against visiting churches during Christmas in Assam’s Barrak Valley, saying if they go they “will get brutally beaten”. (PTI)

VHP threatens to 'beat up' Hindus if they visit church for Christmas

Nath said he was 'outraged' over the alleged shutting down of Vivekananda Centre in Christian-majority Meghalaya state’s capital Shillong

06 Dec 2020 9:06 AM

A Classical Christmas

Indian Classical musicians too happen to be in a festive mood, and they have their repertoire to show for it.

27 Dec 2019 1:03 AM

The April 15 fire caused the roof and spire to collapse although the main bell towers and the outer walls were saved, along with religious relics and priceless works of art. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

For the first time in more than 200 years, no Christmas mass at Notre-Dame

No Christmas mass at Notre-Dame for the first time since Napoleon.

26 Dec 2019 1:37 PM

With no more roof to keep the massive stone structure stable, the cathedral's surviving vaults are crucial to keeping it standing, but they are vulnerable. (Photo: File | AFP)

'Today it is not out of danger': Fragile Notre Dame Cathedral might not be saved

Some 50,000 tubes of scaffolding crisscrossed the back of the edifice at the time of the fire, and some were damaged.

26 Dec 2019 9:42 AM

Christmas decoration at Select City Walk in South Delhi

When Santa stopped by

The capital was decked in boughs of holly as Delhiites had a very merry Christmas.

26 Dec 2019 12:00 AM

Officers also told local media that there was no indication that Oliver was armed at the time of his arrest. (Representational Image)

US man robs bank, throws stolen cash at people and wishes ‘Merry Christmas’

A man, identified by police as 65-year-old David Wayne Oliver, was arrested in a nearby Starbucks.

25 Dec 2019 5:36 PM

“You may have mistaken ideas, you may have made a complete mess of things, but the Lord continues to love you,” the pontiff told crowds gathered at the Vatican for his Christmas Eve midnight mass. (Photo: File)

‘God continues to loves us all, even worst of us’: Pope Francis on Christmas

Francis will at noon on Wednesday give the traditional Christmas Day mass -- his 7th -- addressed to world in front of St Peter’s Square.

25 Dec 2019 1:55 PM

The first church was built on the site of Jesus's birth in the fourth century, though it was replaced after a fire in the sixth century. (Photo: AFP)

Pope Francis ushered in Christmas celebrations with midnight service

Pope Francis kicks off Christmas celebrations with midnight Mass.

25 Dec 2019 11:37 AM

History repeats itself: census, citizenship, refugees, insiders and outsiders.

Mystic Mantra: When God came down to be counted as citizen

She is betrothed to carpenter Joseph, who is forced to rush to Bethlehem, his janmabhoomi, to enrol himself and his family into government records.

25 Dec 2019 2:25 AM

Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Ajay Devgn, Kajol, and Salman Khan are among those celebrating Christmas in the maximum city, harbouring high hopes for their end-of-year releases.

Spreading Christmas cheer

With festive vibes all around, here’s a look at how your favourite residents of tinsel town are celebrating the end of the year.

25 Dec 2019 12:14 AM

Back at Santa's village, complete with mocked-up presents and rounds of jolly Christmas songs, the last holidaymakers leave the grotto for the evening and the red- and green-clad elves move the countdown on the wall one day closer to Christmas. (Photo: AFP)

Finland’s Santa Claus village faces woes of tourism

Tourism's gifts and woes for Santa and Sami homeland.

24 Dec 2019 5:46 PM

Tonight, after eight (ideally at midnight), bells of cathedrals and churches in towns and villages around the world will start clinging loud and clear.

Mystic Mantra: On Christmas, experience God’s free gift of peace

The uplifting melodies inspire people get into a spiritual disposition.

24 Dec 2019 1:44 AM

Unconventional Christmas

For those looking to shake things up this festive season, there are plenty of new and exciting activities.

23 Dec 2019 5:41 AM

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