13 Tweets By Amitabh Bachchan That Went Over Our Heads
Amitabh Bachchan's career graph has seen more ups and downs than a road during monsoons in India. Be it TV shows, films, endorsements, and most recently singing for free, Bachchan's has juggled several...
View ArticleDear Hema Malini, Please Get Off Your High Horse While Talking About Suicide
Have you found yourself wondering why people kill themselves or try to? Oh, let me rephrase. If you are among the fortunate few who haven't had to struggle with any kind of mental illness or agony,...
View Article#TalkToMe: What My Father Taught Me In A Six-Minute Conversation
When I sat down to speak with my father, a retired Delhi University teacher and my personal hero, as part of HuffPost's new parent-child interview series Talk To Me, I wasn't sure whether I would...
View ArticleHow One Man Is Trying To Get Truck Drivers To Sleep And Why It Matters
Years ago, at a conference in Istanbul, Ramesh Agarwal was listening to a presentation on transport when suddenly he heard the speaker say, "India is world's number one." Agarwal, the chairman and...
View Article13-Year-Old Sells His Revolutionary Carpool Website In All Cash Deal
In a deal that is likely to encourage young minds to invent and explore, a 13-year-old student, Akshat Mittal, sold his start-up to a popular website Orahi for an 'undisclosed amount'. The Class IX...
View Article6 Bad Habits That Are Preventing Indians From Sleeping Well
It is incredible what a single night of blissful, uninterrupted sleep can earn you: a productive day at work, excellent (and faster) work-out results. If children get a good night's sleep everyday,...
View ArticleWhy Workplace Flexibility Is The Way Forward For Asian Companies
Many Asian companies, be it in India or elsewhere, often suffer a dilemma when it comes to managing their workplaces in changing times. On one hand, they aspire for their young workforce to perform in...
View ArticleTwo Million Meals On, Here's What We've Learned From Our Online Ordering...
We were primarily a content/media product company until about mid-last year when we launched our online ordering (delivery) service. We weren't a newcomer in the space, though, back in 2005 (long...
View ArticleHurray! India Lost!: Cricket As A Mode Of Kashmiri Resistance
A few days back when India lost to West Indies in the T20 semi-finals, Kashmiris displayed their anti-India stance in full glory on social media. They heralded the West Indians as worthy allies who had...
View ArticleMallyagate Is What Happens When You Bet On The Wrong Horse
Once upon a time, Vijay Mallya, Rajya Sabha MP and entrepreneur extraordinaire, straddled the corporate and the sporting worlds with practiced ease. His passion for all things royal, including horses,...
View ArticleHere's A Radical Marketing Strategy Inspired By The Otherwise Insipid 'Ki & Ka'
This is not a review of the movie. If it was a review, I would probably harp about how heavy-handed it was; something not expected from R. Balki of Cheeni Kum and Paa fame. I would probably also...
View ArticlePakistani Newspaper's Stinging Claim Has Opposition Parties Furious At Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has come under attack from a united Opposition after a scathing report in a Pakistan online newspaper claimed that "India used the Pathankot attack as a tool to expand its...
View ArticlePratyusha Banerjee Suicide: Rahul Raj Singh's Lawyer Neeraj Gupta Walks Out...
The Pratyusha Banerjee suicide case has taken yet another curious turn, a day after boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh was booked for abetting the Balika Vadhu actor's suicide. Singh's lawyer Neeraj Gupta has...
View ArticleJungle Book Gets U/A Certificate Because Pahlaj Nihalani Thinks It's Too 'Scary'
Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book has been one of the favorites of children across the world. That was in 1894. Since then it has been shown in different shows--as TV shows and movies. However, the...
View ArticleLK Advani's Wife Kamla Advani Passes Away
Kamla Advani, the wife of BJP veteran L K Advani, died today at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) due to heart failure. After she complained of chest pain, Mrs Advani was admitted to...
View ArticleDelhi, Goa, Mumbai On High Alert Following Terror Warning
Major Indian cities were put on high alert on Wednesday after the Delhi Police issued a warning about the entry of three heavily armed Pakistani terrorists, who might be suicide bombers, into the...
View ArticleChetan Bhagat Is Right To Call NIT Srinagar Students 'Heroes', Just As JNU,...
A group of students, protesting with a fairly legitimate set of demands, gets roughed up by the police. Sounds like Jawaharlal Nehru University? Or perhaps Hyderabad University? Sure it does. Only,...
View ArticleThis Health Search Feature Google Just Launched In India Is Super Useful
India has become the third country in the world where a simple Google search will throw up extensive information on more than 400 illnesses or health conditions such as tuberculosis, malaria or cardiac...
View ArticleMy Three-Year Break From Work Empowered Me
As I crawl back to corporate life, I find myself reflecting on the three years' gap I took. Prior to these three years, my life was like that of any busy working woman trying hard to strike that...
View ArticleNeed For Speed: Why Policymakers Need To Give Air Travel Top Priority
Last month, a relative of mine returned from the UK after five long years. When I asked him what he felt coming back to India, he gave an interesting reply. He said that it felt like travelling in a...
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