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Whitney Houston, superstar of records, dies at 48
Houston's publicist, Kristen Foster, said Saturday that the singer had died, but the cause and the location of her death were unknown.
Cheetahs, elephants and warthogs: Tales from a safari
Ever fantasised about going on an African safari? Here’s a diary from the Serengeti.
Unfriending: the new friending
The Facebook friends list is getting shorter. Just pray that you are accepted in the circle of life, owned and created by Google.
Eight lessons marketing professionals can learn from Kolaveri
While it may not be possible to give into client demands and churn out more "Kolaveri" videos, there are some valuable lessons that marketing professionals can learn from the video's runaway success.
Want Loyalty? Don’t focus on rewards.
Ramu Dosawala has a loyal customer base, and no, he doesn’t have a rewards program. There is an important lesson here for marketers.
Govind Tiwari - India's Rebecca Black
Who is Govind Tiwari? An 18 year old having fun from his home somewhere? A hacker who managed to game the Twitter trending engine? A marketer who has managed to capture the collective imagination of people trawling social media channels?
Curry Bashing blues
The drop in Indian students in Australia, a loss of about 70 million AUD, has caught the government's attention. And it is moving pretty fast to provide security for its little cash cows.
Going to Goa with an elephant on my back
An NRI heads to Goa and finds himself stuck between scary tattooed Russian mobsters and obnoxious NRI families in the pool of the five star hotel.
Mumbai meri jaan: This is home, this was home
An NRI wants to kiss the ground of his old janam bhoomi. But can you really ever go home again especially with a 21-month old baby, diaper bag and other paraphernalia in tow?
Top Gear India: Why some of us found it funny
Watching an entertainment programme like Top Gear doesn't make you dumb - it's just personal taste and desire for a distraction. Top Gear understands what it does, and understands its viewers so well that it is one of the most popular BBC exports worldwide.
An ode to the Werewolf: fantasy fiction's most popular shape-shifter
Werewolves are creatures who are victims of unlucky accidents; regular humans who have inadvertent contact with the supernatural.
Lokpal and its other pals
We all know and hoped for the utopian Lokpal. What we got instead were the Jokepal, Thokpal, Chokepal... and many other versions. Which one is your own favorite?
It takes a village to fight HIV: a success story in Kolhapur
A small movement in a village in Kolhapur could become a beacon of hope in the fight against HIV. Sathya Saran visits Kodoli village where the red ribbon symbol shows up in the rangoli.
I never prayed again after Smita's death: Remembering Smita Patil 25 years later
Smita Patil's death was a huge loss to films but it also shattered one Bombay schoolgirl's world. On the 25th anniversary of Smita's death today, Deepa Deosthalee remembers how their lives had briefly touched.
My uncle, Dev Anand: An intimate remembrance
Sohaila Kapur offers a look at the private side of Dev Anand, his marriage: family relationships, Zeenat Aman and much more.
Masterchef India: Guaranteed to cure you of any desire to cook
The horror that is Masterchef India is back and it’s even worse than before.
My grandma can kick your MasterChef's ass
Forget all the brouhaha over MasterChef Australia. Indian cooks face far more rigorous tests each day in their own kitchen. Tests that most Michelin starred chefs are likely fail.
If you want privacy, you must be evil
The problem with logic systems that assume that only people who have something to hide want privacy is deciding who gets to conceal, and who gets to pull away the mask.
Who needs the Olympics when you have Angry Birds?
Lost in the competitive circuses of the games in our phones, we forget that the original circus was more than just about buying and selling.
My husband, Muzaffar Ali: an honest look at a celebrity marriage
We've all read those interviews with celebrity wives, gushing about their perfect husband, marriage and life. Well, this isn't one of them. Meera Muzaffar Ali offers a rare peek into a Bollywood marriage that looks astonishingly like ours.
Why books are a great reason to escape
Ardent readers are parasites upon the current of history: we live for the drift, the doze, and the dream; we hope someone else is doing the steering.
Mother knows best: Neetu speaks out on Ranbir Kapoor
A wild child who nearly drowned the maid. A mother's best friend who helped her through the roughest time in her marriage. Meet the Ranbir Kapoor you never knew.
The eternal oomph of Helen: A Canadian drag queen's fan letter
She's not a great actress, not even a great dancer. But Helen is a real star. That's why a Canadian drag queen is shimmying into that amazing 'baithe hain kya' costume.
Why Edward Said and his writing matter
Edward Said was a prolific writer. The key to reading him is following in his footsteps: construct a chronology, track trajectories of thought, torment yourself with text until you locate context.
Privacy and us: We are all hypocrites
We do not expect privacy; we have to choose it by defining our settings. We don't expect privacy until we are the ones being poked by a camera lens.
The iconic food writing of MKF Fisher
Ms Fisher's writing highlights the enjoyment and the experience of food, rather than the making of it. Her recipes, as a result, are quick, quiet affairs: a short list of ingredients and an illustrative description of how they are to be combined.
Why I hate breakfast meetings
Why can’t we keep work out of meals? What is so important that you have to talk with your mouth full of bread and eggs?
Must-see guide to Hollywood serials
Many of the offerings may seem dismal, but there is some good news to be found this season. For starters, 'The Good Wife', which stars an Indian-origin character we can all root for.
Bollywood's botox bubble of denial
Enough with middle aged stars playing college kids. Enough with heroes who think as long as they have a six pack they can pull off a romance with a heroine, a generation younger. Middle age is just a number. Embrace it.
Why do we spit on security, then complain about the lack of it?!
Transparent bins are one among many elements that help improve security because historically they been quite popular with terrorists as ideal locations to plant explosive devices.