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You Can Check out, but Never Leave

This eccentric hotel in Kolkata brings its guests back again and again for the inimitable ‘Fairlawn experience’

The Giggler on the Roof

Laughing is fun, more so when it is forbidden. Welcome to the world of inappropriate gigglers.

Box of Surprises

Move over, truffle chocolates. This year it’s baklava from Turkey, pavlova from New Zealand and dates from Jordan. As Forrest Gump’s momma would say, you never know what you’ll get next

A Brief History

From the humble langot to G strings, funky trunks, boxers with Superman prints... male underwear in India has come a long way.

What Ails Women

An alarmingly large number of urban Indian women are reporting a similar set of ailments. What’s up?

Misplaced Priorities

Call this a far-fetched analogy if you will, but I am given to believe that the Indian penchant for all things ‘phoren’ stretches beyond the realm of human existence to the world of flora and fauna as well.

On Which the Sun Won’t Set

Calcutta Clubs are quite simply in a class of their own. There’s a good reason for that. And also for why their charmed existence is destined to last forever

Embrace of Life

A low-cost alternative to incubators promises to save hundreds of thousands of infant lives in the poorest regions of the world.

One for the Monk

There is something about the ‘budha sadhu’ that defies classification—something pure and trustworthy about his no-nonsense spirit.

The Furious Phase of Facebook Friendships

Everybody is everybody’s pal and having 500 friends is routine. But who are these strangers sitting smugly on your friends’ list?

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