Let's celebrate the intangible as well

"You're looking all dressed up, Pheroze; going someplace for dinner with the missus?" curiosity got the better of Lady Flora as always, as she...

Fiona Fernandez

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Nurture children with care, not the cane

A survey by a Gurugram-based non-profit has shown how over-worked and prejudiced teachers, who do not have the requisite training in disciplining...

Mid-Day Online Desk

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Jawhar's artists turn (sk)inward

Apart from being a day-long picnic spot near Jawhar hill station, the Khadkhad dam site is not otherwise, considered a tourist attraction of...

Sumedha Raikar-Mhatre

30 yesterday

Maratha quota no longer a state issue

The state is all set to grant the Maratha community a quota in education and jobs. The Backward Class Commission has endorsed the community's claim...

Dharmendra Jore

3 yesterday

The guru you called by first name

There was an old Bombay and there is a new Mumbai. A significant part of that old Bombay died when Charles Correa passed away; Alyque Padamsee's...

Rahul Da Cunha

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Bypassing the womb

In Buddhist and Hindu mythology, birth from the female body brought one into the circle of life and death, or samsara. So, the womb-born, or...

Devdutt Pattanaik

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Hats off to us

The other day I had an unusual conversation with a friend from college, about what kind of young women we had been. She began living away from...

Paromita Vohra

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L Man, the superhero

So, for once my cable guy Lobo Lobo showed up at my doorstep, to repair, not rant. "Lobo Lobo, my cable is not working, can you just see what's...

Rahul Dacunha

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Our short-term attention spans

I spent an hour or two tracking timelines of some of the men whose names cropped up during the surge of #MeToo revelations a month ago. It was...

Meenakshi Shedde

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More Sunny Days, please!

VVS Laxman has kept himself busy after quitting the game in 2012 — India Premier League team mentoring, commentary, Cricket Association of Bengal...

Clayton Murzello

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Small children must be supervised at all times

A heart rending report in this paper once again throws the spotlight on adequate security at construction sites. An 8-year-old boy was found dead in...