Getting real about virtual reality

Tuesday 28 August '07

Mumbai student Adnan Patrawala’s murder by the friends he made on a social networking site has stunned and baffled all Facebook and Orkut members in India.

Surprised? It’s a real job

Wednesday 15 August '07

A company that promises to deliver a surprise any time, anywhere. Another that teaches salsa. These are jobs that were simply not there ten years ago

Archie gets a pal

Saturday 11 August '07

Raj Patel is not just Indian, he’s also cool

Twenty and the City

Sunday 12 August '07

Twenty and the City Chick lit finds witty utterance in India. But it may be still too early to cry ‘Delhi baby’

Comedy CENTRAL

Sunday 22 July '07

As comedy becomes serious business, a small tribe of stand-up humourists is beginning to make the right moves

Pottering around

Friday 20 July '07

Fans of Harry Potter need to wait just a day to devour Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and last book in the series.

Netting face time

Thursday 28 June '07

According to a recent survey on the workplace in America, executives spend two hours a day surfing the Internet at work.

The truth about magic potions

Sunday 24 June '07

So you have an anti-wrinkle cream that smells like a garden in bloom, strawberry scrubs for a fresher you and lotions that erase the tracery of age? Fact: few, if any, work. eye takes a hard look

Incredibly Indian

Friday 1 June '07

Heritage tourism in India is hobbled by a lack of imagination and business sense

Just ask for leave

Friday 25 May '07

There are days when all of us feel like bunking office. As Delhi slowly simmers, it requires a steely resolve even for the most motivated among us to haul ourselves out of air-conditioned..

Boutique babies

Sunday 20 May '07

Strollers that cost thousands, child-friendly furniture and international clothes brands. With the baby market booming, kids have never had it better

Seven-Year Novels

Sunday 6 May '07

Mohsin Hamid talks about the innumerable and thorough drafts his books go through

The bearable lightness of being  

Sunday 6 May '07

What does it mean to be naturally slim in a calorie-obsessed world? eye weighs the question

Missing the school bus

Friday 4 May '07

The trend of sending children by car to school needs to be discouraged

Sex education: how the world does it

Friday 13 April '07

In the US, surveys have found there’s no relation between sex education and promiscuity

Hills are alive

Saturday 7 April '07

You’ve been there. But there’s still a lot left to discover in Manali steer clear of the crowded marts, take a walk in a pine forest and dig into some amazing Korean food.

Freezing Point

Sunday 18 March '07

Hurtling across the frozen lakes of Finland and meeting Santa Claus in a village where it is always Christmas.

Midnight carnival

Saturday 17 March '07

Like most cricket fans in India, I can squat in front of a TV and watch a day-night match for seven hours nonstop.

Royals from across India troop in for Devyani Rana’s wedding

Saturday 24 February '07

In attendance Friday evening: Karan Singh, Gaj Singh of Jodhpur, Bhutan’s former king Jigme Wangchuk

School’s out

Tuesday 20 February '07

The rejection list read like a who’s who of the Capital

Are You Beyond Glamourous?

Sunday 11 February '07

The difference between an It girl and the rest? It’s the beauty regimen

Master of the game

Thursday 1 February '07

Sidney Sheldon’s books can be read, morning, noon and night

Kaun banega quizzer?

Thursday 25 January '07

I turned in to Star Plus after a year to watch Kaun Banega Crorepati on Monday night. When the game show started seven years ago, with its awesome anchor Amitabh Bachchan, it was a family treat.

All eyes on Desai at Jaipur literature fest

Saturday 20 January '07

On the sprawling lawns of Diggy Palace, a decrepit but charming old building of graceful proportions

Wanted: a rational response to Nithari

Friday 19 January '07

You can’t fight paedophilia by banning male school teachers