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Comfort Khana

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There is a quaint place I stumbled upon and thought I made a big discovery! But apparently, people are well-aware of the little eatery ‘Sharmaji’ in Hung Hom. The reason I write about it because almost everything here took me by surprise...
So after five weeks of intense competition, the four semi-finalists have been identified - Australia, India, England and New Zealand. What remains to be determined is the semi-final pairing. There are two possible scenarios that can play out depending the...
Originally published in Hebrew in 2011, the English translation of Sapiens came out in 2014 and was translated into 45 languages by June 2017. Bill Gates ranks it among his favourite books. The Guardian listed it among the ‘10 best brainy...
So, we are down to the business end of the group stage - this is where the battle for semi- final places nears its climax. For a change, the last week witnessed some fascinating games and unexpected results, building...
Hong Kong may be small in terms of house size but the ingenious ones, like Meenakshi Gupta, manage to find space and resources to indulge in hobbies they are passionate about. She shares how easy it is to grow...
Now that Twitteratis have had enough of the infamous yawn and India's victory over Pakistan, let's talk numbers again. With the group stage having reached beyond the halfway point, this is a good time to assess the semi-final prospects...
The beauty of diversity, especially in our city, is that it allows us to experience life with refreshingly new perspective from time to time. Brinda Khandwala had the unique opportunity to interact with three amazing women who choose to...

Dad-less Daughter

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Tomorrow is Father’s Day and I write this to explore what am I able to feel for this day. I wonder what’s more painful, not having a father or having one and not having any relation with him. June 21, 1986, my mother died...
Last week saw the weather play spoil sport with four matches washed out by rains - the maximum number of washouts so far in a World Cup and we are not even halfway through the games of the group stage yet. The...
Once again, cricket expert Aravind Mahadevan gives an update on what’s going on with the World Cup and analysis on where it may be heading… After a somewhat tepid start with a few one lopsided games, the World Cup heated...