The Homo sapiens defend themselves from numerous bacterial attacks every second, ever wondered which is the “largest” armament of human body which dominates all these attacks? It’s the Skin-human Shield, Thinnest yet tenacious. Skin is our largest organ—adults carry some 3.6 kgs & 2 sq meters. of it. What’s more, it makes up about 16% […]Read More
Working through the dreaded Monday and the crumby Tuesday flick, you finally realise it is midweek. What tops your to-do list is to sit and plan the weekend with your gang and what you end up doing is prying on others lives on Facebook or strolling through the viral video lane on Youtube. And then […]Read More
It is a great honour to be asked to write the cover story for Made in India. It’s also a cause for butterflies in the stomach. That’s because, with a whopping 22 languages listed in the Constitution as official (the most for any country), India is a linguist’s nightmare (or a dream come true). Of […]Read More
Aaarghh!! The Queen!! How does she do it? I thought, with a pinch of envy though, as I was struggling to cope with a fit of sneezing. My remark had a lot to do with an article I had read sometime back on how the ever-so-graceful monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, at 76, manages to maintain […]Read More
If you’re travelling in India, and you need one dish you want to rely on, trust the masala dosa. It is available everywhere, can’t be messed up, and gets made in seconds. This is the solemn advice of a North Indian friend of mine. A south Indian dish may have conquered India today, but twenty-five […]Read More
Karthik had always heard about the world Down Under. For him, born in a small village in Southern India, a job secondment to Australia was by far, the biggest change in his life. Working in the northern countryside, finishing off the Friday, he entered the nearest drinking hole. Passing by the noisy crowd he parked […]Read More
How important is Facebook in your life? For millions, Facebook is a lot more than just a social networking website. People spend hours on this platform. Never has any other social networking site earned so much popularity. It all started in 2004 from a Harvard dormitory, where a college student built a platform so that […]Read More
Something happened in the world of cricket recently and everyone hopes it goes away and doesn’t ever come back again. Yes, we’re talking about N Srinivasan. Okay, no. We’re actually talking about fixing. That heinous crime where a player is paid handsome sums (even handsomer than his already well-groomed IPL fees and gorgeously coiffed endorsements) […]Read More
Many a brave man has worried about the impending arrival of a credit card bill after his wife’s recklessness at a sale. Ironically, a sale is supposed to save money. Try telling that to poor husbands and boyfriends across the globe! I guess there’s no two ways about it… Women love to shop. Which, if […]Read More
