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Its Raksha Bandhan. In a typical Indian home, the whole extended family has gathered - grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins of various ages. All that hullabaloo, gupshup, jokes and teasing is interspersed with a load of sweet savoury treats. Then the moment turns...

Good Vibes Only

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YouTube’s singing sensation, the 25-year-old Gurashish Singh sends forward his good vibes for Hong Kong as he gears up for a stellar performance this Friday. “I’m very excited to be there and vibe with the audience,” says the ‘1 Beat Mashup’...
The last news on Café Coffee Day Founder VG Siddhartha is that he was found dead nearly two days after he went missing. Yesterday, the police recovered his body in Netravati River near Mangalore. Its been a while since I thought of...
There could not have been a greater contrast between how the two semi- final games played out. The India vs New Zealand game was a thriller that was effectively decided only in the 49th over when Dhoni was brilliantly...

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...