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Talking Shop: Last sporting chance
26 March 2023 11:49 AM GMTThe India men’s cricket team and its major players are toggling their minds, for the end may well be nigh. Two World Cups beckon, or their world is...
Talking Shop: Economic sense, anyone?
19 March 2023 6:42 PM GMTThese are dire times, with politics and the economy clashing head-on. Jobs are going, as are savings — so much so that Indians are even changing...
Talking Shop: Time to be Togo
12 March 2023 3:24 PM GMTIn 1925, diphtheria devastated Alaska, leading to a serum-run in sub-50-degree blizzards. The dog that ran lead can teach us a few lessons in today’s...
Talking Shop: Star-struck and obsessed
5 March 2023 11:44 AM GMTIt is great to celebrate, even revere those who achieve stardom and success in their chosen fields. But when that fascination borders on mania, it is...
Talking Shop: Quite the mockery
27 Feb 2023 4:17 AM GMTThe last week has been a mixed bag, with bad news coming in on most fronts. I trudged along and hoped that succour would come, but somehow, it just...
Talking Shop: (K)Notting (C)Hill
19 Feb 2023 10:06 AM GMTI watched this immortal movie for the nth time yesterday, only to bemoan all that I have not done in this life. What a total waste of what could have...
Talking Shop: Dumbfounded and fumbling
12 Feb 2023 11:40 AM GMTWe are thrust into mire that is beyond comprehension, grappling to figure out why the Himalayas are falling apart. Maybe, it is because we are...
Talking shop: Life was once simple
5 Feb 2023 11:30 AM GMTGrowing up was a fun affair, full of joy and excitement. Today, life is different. Let’s focus now on the many fronts where we are heading into a deep...
Talking Shop: Traipsing in diversity
29 Jan 2023 11:39 AM GMTI am a vexed breed, for I hail from the South but was bred in the North. This is a unique way of living a very befuddled life, much like millions of...
Talking Shop: Ugly side of sports
22 Jan 2023 11:38 AM GMTWhy should politics and its cronies enter the sports arena—only because some gentlemen have no other way of making an appearance or a manly
Talking Shop: Promised succour
15 Jan 2023 11:53 AM GMTThe economy doesn’t seem to be on much of a visible bounce-back, but people in power are still claiming otherwise. Is redemption really around the...
Talking Shop: Freaking times
8 Jan 2023 1:54 PM GMTToo many topsy-and-turvy events are confronting us. In this second column of the year, let me enlighten you about what’s happening around us at this...