Dextra Aria

Via Darjeeling and Aarushi

editor@ibnlive.com — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:21:33 +0530

Recently read about a new movie Via Darjeeling. The story is about a honeymooner Ankur who disappears in Darjeeling. A couple of years later, the investigating officer discusses the case

Rain, rain go away!

editor@ibnlive.com — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:11:07 +0530

"Rain, rain go away, Come again another day, Little Johnnie wants to play, Rain, rain go away." This was a rhyme I had never understood as a child. Who

Redevelopment woes!

editor@ibnlive.com — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:31:35 +0530

She was waiting in the lobby outside the MHADA chief's office. And like most people who wait outside offices of elusive bureaucrats, we struck up a conversation. Savita was here

Feel the pinch!

editor@ibnlive.com — Sat, 03 May 2008 07:01:43 +0530

Visiting the chana wala once a week is a ritual. So there I was last week to have the spicy chana. "Bhaiya paanch rupaye ka banana," I said. He got

So you are a journalist

editor@ibnlive.com — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:58:31 +0530

Disclaimer: The following are some real life experiences peppered with some imagination. Every one of my colleagues has faced this question sometime or the other. Its asked with awe,

The making of the (anti) hero: Raj Thackeray

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:16:11 +0530

It was during my student days in Pune that I first came to know of Raj Thackeray. That was the time when he first started making noises against Uddhav Thackeray.

A Dream called Home

editor@ibnlive.com — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:43:54 +0530

"My dear girl, only a tenth of Mumbai's population can actually afford a home," a prominent realtor told me when I was interviewing him for a story on the costliest

Touchy Indians Inc.

editor@ibnlive.com — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:35:48 +0530

It was the umpteen call from my editor to cover an umpteenth protest. Frantically he yelled over the phone, "Where are you? What's your plan for today?" And before I

Blame it on EVE

editor@ibnlive.com — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 04:54:00 +0530

There is sin all over? What is the world coming to? The youth is losing their morality. Nothing is good anymore. Why is there so much sin in the world?

Modi and Gujarat - interchangeable?

editor@ibnlive.com — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 09:50:47 +0530

Having lived in Gujarat for 22 years of my life, I am probably more Gujarati than a South Indian. And outsiders' reactions to this state post 2002 never seem to

Doctors' Strike...Greed or Bureaucracy?

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:26:43 +0530

In 4 days Mumbai has seen two doctor strikes. First it was resident doctors at peripheral hospitals in Mumbai and then it was resident doctors at medical colleges across the

The Fatal Default

editor@ibnlive.com — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:11:47 +0530

It was just a few days ago that Prakash Sarvankar's death brought to light the strong arm techniques used by bank recovery agents. It was a case where heavy losses

The Fatal Default

editor@ibnlive.com — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 02:50:15 +0530

It was just a few days ago that Prakash Sarvankar's death brought to light the strong arm techniques used by bank recovery agents. It was a case where heavy losses

Chai Sanju Baba

editor@ibnlive.com — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:21:42 +0530

It was a long wait...after a long chase...Sanju Baba was finally out and the media was waiting to get a statement from him. So there we all were, camping

Orkut - To ban or not to ban

editor@ibnlive.com — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:11:05 +0530

May your soul rest in peace! Sympathy pours out on the popular social networking site for Adnan Patrawala, the 16-year-old Mumbai boy, who was abducted and later killed by his