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Ranjona Banerji
About the AuthorRanjona Banerji
The writer is a senior journalist who writes on media affairs, politics and social trends.
    Apart from tourists and misfits like us, serious shoppers rush past you to get to queues outside the brands of their choice. (Photo By Arrangement)Opinion
    Ranjona Banerji | Envy, or schadenfreude? Why I window-shop bling

    Murder mysteries. Scandi noir. Crime thrillers. Police procedurals (a phrase I learnt only recently). Fantasy sagas....

    5 March 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Book Review | Shocking study on drug regulation leaves us wiserLifestyle
    Book Review | Shocking study on drug regulation leaves us wiser

    What Thakur and Reddy have done here is a public service: To carefully lay out the problems we face when it comes to...

    26 Feb 2023 1:24 AM IST

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    Ranjona Banerji | Alpha, Boomer, Z, Gen X! Which is the coolest one?

    I have learnt so much from being addicted to Instagram reels. I would have watched that other short video app stuff but...

    19 Feb 2023 12:15 AM IST

    Scheduled domestic flights in India were completely suspended for a period of two months between March 25 and May 24, 2020, due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown. (Representational image: Twitter/@airindiain)Opinion
    Ranjona Banerji | Is flying in India safe for elderly?

    There are several philosophical sayings about journeys and travel. Some tell you the destination is the main thing. Most...

    22 Jan 2023 12:10 AM IST

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    Ranjona Banerji | A 60-yr-old’s adventures and snarling aunties

    Age is just a number they say. And the older you get, what they mean, I think, is that it is an unjust number. Like now...

    18 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

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    Ranjona Banerji | Tourist life, ‘real’ life and the fate of being...

    This is a game us locals regularly play. We look at the car numbers which pour into the city at weekends and abuse them...

    20 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

    Cover photo of Dangerous Pursuits by Suniti Namjoshi (Photo by arrangement)Lifestyle
    Book Review | Fables study climate, capital and the flawed beauty of...

    Dangerous Pursuits demonstrates the writer’s depth of thought and breadth of skill. We float effortlessly from satire...

    23 Oct 2022 1:30 AM IST

    Thukral said through this partnership, WhatsApp is committed to enhance the digital skills of the aspiring entrepreneurs and empower the youth of our country to create a safe digital environment for all. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Ranjona Banerji | Clubbing, cliquing and the fear of belonging

    It still irks, even though I really don’t care, that I got chucked out of a club. It was the only one I’ve...

    23 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

    Cover photo of The Ink Black Heart By Robert Galbraith (Photo by arrangement)Lifestyle
    Book Review | Rowling’s edgy whodunit isn’t all that controversial

    Warning: this may upset some people I first read a review of Robert Galbraith’s latest offering, The Ink Black...

    2 Oct 2022 1:05 AM IST

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    Ranjona Banerji | Is your apartment as sweet as its name?

    Even if I start with the Bard’s cliched line repeated endlessly, while a rose by any other name might swell as...

    25 Sept 2022 12:05 AM IST

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    Ranjona Banerji | Folks that make me highly ‘judgmental’

    Is being judgmental connected with age? I assume because I’m approaching a big birthday that I’m now in...

    28 Aug 2022 12:11 AM IST

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    Ranjona Banerji | Ageing to perfection sneering, the fine art

    Does one get crotchetier as one gets older? Or mellower? Does it depend on how crotchety you were when you were young or...

    23 July 2022 11:52 PM IST

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