What Goes My Father?

When the ex comes back to haunt...

editor@ibnlive.com — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:35:25 +0530

Nisha and Gaurav have been friends for six years now and have been dating each other for the last two years. Gaurav had been in love with Nisha from the

The pimps of pain...

editor@ibnlive.com — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:22:17 +0530

...OR Misery means a million bucks... Or a million hit counts, or maybe even four. 'Bad news is good news', and it hasn't been truer than it is today.

'Vag Berger' sold here...

editor@ibnlive.com — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:30:04 +0530

And you can see the sign for yourself: At one of the coffee stalls at the international terminal, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi. Welcome to India. "You can

A Smoker's Diary: The First Rush...

editor@ibnlive.com — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:56:20 +0530

... to getting hooked. So I had announced in the 'Do only bad girls smoke post?' that I was meeting a doctor who'd help me quit smoking. I

Good girls don't smoke?

editor@ibnlive.com — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:34:01 +0530
Any woman traveling in autos in Delhi will tell you that men around will stare at her, whether they are in cars, on bikes or sitting on a cycle rickshaw.

You still cannot rape the press

editor@ibnlive.com — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:44:09 +0530
One hadn't planned out this post. In fact after Mishraji's declaration that it was the Internet - and people like yours truly - who are responsible for the Indian youth

Sex is against the Indian culture

editor@ibnlive.com — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:46:39 +0530
It was a perfect January morning till the madly chiming doorbell woke one up. After no interaction with one's elderly neighbour Mishraji for a fair bit, there he was, standing

Real-life horror stories...

editor@ibnlive.com — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:17:39 +0530
... and how common sense beats molestation The earlier article giving practical, tried-tested suggestions to tackle molestation -- A woman's guide to fend of molestation --- received some peculiar

Real-life horror stories...

editor@ibnlive.com — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 07:53:11 +0530
... and why common sense beats molestation The earlier article giving practical, tried-tested suggestions to tackle molestation -- A woman's guide to fend of molestation -- received some

Marriage or a million bucks?

editor@ibnlive.com — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:46:33 +0530
Most random conversations over coffee eventually lead to relationship-talk, is what one has figured in 2007. Fashion designer, free lance writer, brother, aspiring model, senior editor, dear friend,

Happy New Year 2008: World is coming to an end

editor@ibnlive.com — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:29:47 +0530
Read Chapter 5: Catrina K's secret and Salma Hayek "They are saying the earth will enter a black hole and in a month. If it's true, I want

Catrina K's secret and Salma Hayek

editor@ibnlive.com — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:04:12 +0530
Mrs Mishraji yelled, "Oh my god no, aji sunte ho!" at the top of her voice and it was an incident of international proportions that finally broke the silence in

Meri Christmas ya teri...?

editor@ibnlive.com — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 03:33:23 +0530
The atmosphere in the Kohli household - Canada-returned and celebrating Christmas - was quite jubilant and spirited. Since Mrs Kohli refused to buy a plastic Christmas tree "to save mother

Have you enjoyed sex?

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:02:19 +0530
One had mentioned in an earlier post (Did Papa murder Rizwanur Rehman?) how one had been told categorically that if one were ever to present before Papa any such

Meet love's Enemy No. 1

editor@ibnlive.com — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:36:04 +0530
The mood in the Mishra household has been somber for the last two days. For those who missed the earlier post, Mishraji's 19-year-old daughter - Pinki ji - declared

But I love Sam, Papaji!

editor@ibnlive.com — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:30:53 +0530
The wedding season has been good for one. It kept Mishraji quiet busy and the patriarch could not find much time for our regular let's-bash-the-media (read me) sessions. But then,

Liar, liar, pants on fire OR...

editor@ibnlive.com — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:19:21 +0530
The river bleeds black Circa September 2007: River bank, semi-naked men, soaking gods It's noon when we reach the banks of the river. And yet the harsh sun

Did Papa murder Rizwanur Rehman?

editor@ibnlive.com — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:57:18 +0530
Dear Papa, hope you don't misunderstand this, if and when you do read this. I had always thought it was Papa's 'over-protectiveness' that made him dislike the idea of

Mishraji and the Prime Minister's...

editor@ibnlive.com — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:37:40 +0530
Mishraji was bellowing. It was 7.30 am and there he was, standing at the gate, leaning on our common boundary wall and bellowing. A tad irritated at having one's early

A dozen reasons to love India

editor@ibnlive.com — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:28:34 +0530
So we know a whole lot of things we want to change about her, but what are the things that make us love her? India...? 1. A full

Children of an Abused Nation

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:11:40 +0530
Statutory warning: What lies ahead is unpleasant. Perhaps. It could also be familiar. It's a common sight to find a traffic jam on a fly-over in Delhi. Most

aka Gai hamari maata hai

editor@ibnlive.com — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:03:39 +0530
Congratulations countrymen and women. We are now officially the top of the food chain. The only mammal species that destroys its young for reasons other than hunger. Poor

Blame it on the Media

editor@ibnlive.com — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:12:18 +0530
Addressed to the Readers: Hello, can one talk to you, Could you spare your minutes few? This is about the Media, And sincerely one had no

Maaro s**le ko... ?

editor@ibnlive.com — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:41:02 +0530
Nathnagar (Bihar): In Bihar's Bhagalpur, a man became the victim of mob fury, with the authorities not even lifting a finger. The man's hands were tied behind his back and

Will you be my friend?

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:00:59 +0530
It was 9 am and one could hearing roaring from Mishraji's house. Knowing that Mishraji is rather anti-anything-that-growls (read animals, particularly pets), one wondered what was the cause and who

My right, your wrong

editor@ibnlive.com — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:34:34 +0530
Filling-up online quizzes is a lot of fun: The personality tests, the know-your-destiny ones (big frauds those), the are-you-fashion-conscious, do-your-friends-love-you, etc. The general awareness and current affairs' quizzes are duly

Munnabhai, the lord of war?

editor@ibnlive.com — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:59:51 +0530
Hello People: Long time, no write and the reason was simply that all our bloggers/ reporters/ scribes here were writing most of the things that I wanted to talk about.

Who wants a con-dom?

editor@ibnlive.com — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:03:39 +0530
The biggest problem with us Indians; is our big mouths. We talk too much. But when it comes to action, we're too tired from all that talking to really do

Rajini, the Man IS the Boss

editor@ibnlive.com — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:03:23 +0530
Life is a constant learning graph, or so they said. I had stopped believing that after my initial five years in the media: No one was interested in teaching you

Spot the Indian

editor@ibnlive.com — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:20:44 +0530
With pending deadlines for stories - blogs are not KRA - I would not have written another post. But two reader responses made me. One, said that my

I Love You Superhero ji!

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:18:41 +0530
Hmmm. The weekend's here and I really want to watch a movie. The problem: With most movies being about superheroes or super-men, I don't know what to see. My indecisiveness

The wonder of wonders

editor@ibnlive.com — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:28:13 +0530
Choice, I tell you, is a bad thing. Give people too many choices and you will never get a clear mandate. Look at our political scenario for instance: if ideology-less

But you cannot rape the press!

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:36:07 +0530
So, we have yet another Rape Report, and this time, the purported felon is a designer fellow by the name of Anand Jon. He is a man Newsweek

Tulsi 2: Return of the Bahu

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:19:46 +0530
We are all such hypocrites that we deserve another Tulsi to happen to us. First, we crib about the fact that Indian soap operas - particularly the ones dished out

I see married men

editor@ibnlive.com — Wed, 30 May 2007 01:20:59 +0530
Like Cole Sear in Sixth Sense - M Night Shyamalan's (only) scary movie - sees dead people all the time and is understandably spooked, I am spooked too.

Hollywood bound: Ability, Stability, Sale-ability

editor@ibnlive.com — Sat, 12 May 2007 04:46:30 +0530
That's it. I am going to Hollywood. I have had it with working in the Indian industries and not being recognised for all that I can do. Just like poor,

One Wedding And A...

editor@ibnlive.com — Wed, 09 May 2007 03:37:48 +0530
One Wedding and Some Significant Break-Ups is what the last month or so was for Bollywood, what with the roses and wreaths that were doing the rounds, romantically speaking.

One Wedding And A...

editor@ibnlive.com — Wed, 09 May 2007 03:37:10 +0530
One Wedding and Some Significant Break-Ups is what the last month or so was for Bollywood, what with the roses and wreaths that were doing the rounds, romantically speaking.

editor@ibnlive.com — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 12:00:00 +0530