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Do marigolds have blues too? And do bougainvilleas, bored with being flowers moonlight as stars?

  The parijata drips white-red scented rain…drip. drip, drip The earth, kissed by the parijata rain, cracks in ecstasy And la...

(Or Six Reasons Why Men Should Wear Jewellery) Let me make it very clear. I’m talking about serious jewellery. Not the odd, namby-pamby cuff...

  “When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now, Will you still be sending me a Valentine, birthday greetings, bottle of wi...

  I guess it was the all the blah-blah-blah about OSO being a tribute to the 70’s era og Hindi films that put me in a nostalgic mood. So, ...

“Throne is only a bench covered with velvet.” Napoleon Bonaparte It is common knowledge, accepted in the most sophisticated scientific...

Bottled Black “Unless we have silver hair or are a poet laureate, don't ever call us ma'am”. Mindy Kaling, actress and writer of the...

The Whole Six Yards “Throughout (Ancient India), women are depicted in painting and culture as naked to the waist while on the other hand th...

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Wishing All my Friends Peace - in the centre of the photo is the Jain Tirthankara, Shantinath or Lord of Peace Prosperity - to the right is ...

It was December 24th, 1914. Christmas Eve. Across hundreds of miles in Ypres in Belgium, the Germans troops lay in their trenches and within...

“Ram Gopal Varma ki yahi kamayee Do sarkar banaye, ek girayee.” On SMS Bungee jumping. Paragliding. Skateboarding. I mean – yawn. Because on...

Has anyone noticed that by the mere shifting of the letter “i” by just two places, “marital” becomes “martial”? And my point is? That even t...

Night I lie softly curled In my mosquito-net cocoon Watching The shaman-witch wind Weaving a shadow play With the light from the street lamp...

“The Guide says that there is an art to flying,” said Ford, “or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the grou...

“Biologically speaking, if something bites you it's more likely to be female.” Desmond Morris “The power to charm the female has been in...