Cross Connections

The celebrated lawyer has refused to apologise after a Supreme Court bench held that a couple of his tweets constituted a contempt of court....

She was articulate, but helpless too. "My having a love child is a scandal, but X as a celebrity is considered bold," she said...

As news spread about the Supreme Court scrapping Section 66A of the IT Act, the media started propping up the heroes responsible for it. N...

When a comedy show that has managed to bring out the closet bad taste in comedy elite to openly vouch for it offers unconditional apolog...

Twenty five percent of women make up the Modi cabinet. Are we sexist if we question the credentials of some of these women, as much as w...

Fine dining, by definition, is exclusive. Can a foreigner bar Pakistanis from his restaurant in Pakistan, their country? The obvious r...

The verdict is out. But this is only another beginning. Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, parents of 14-year-old Aarushi have been pronounced guilt...

Have we exhausted all options that political parties are fighting over who spoke about sanitary facilities first? If this is a necessity, t...

There was a knock on the door. A young man stood there assuring me, “Don’t worry, I am not selling anything”. Great. So, why was he here? ...

Right said, Premji? Pic: The Telegraph Azim Premji is the right type of man. India deserves every bit of him and his contribution, bo...

Weddings are probably occasions when people have every right to indulge in all their fantasies. Around this time of the year, when...

We talk about corruption in India, of sycophancy, of using influence. We are ready to take those who commit financial irregularities to co...

Nothing much needs to be said here. But, for money they will divide their own gods. And, do note that it is about being king of Mumbai – M...

"To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom." - Andre Gide India com...

'Friends of Rajat Gupta' is not the sort of thing you’d read about, much less imagine it as a movement.  But in the closed world of...

I hate missiles. They are inhuman. But, of course, you might say, that is the idea. I hate missiles because I like a fair fight, if at all....