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Padma, Meghan, Tara, Tanushree, Serena

The Indian media were quick to follow suit, and our papers splashed Meghan's stepping out of line, as it were, quite...

8 Oct 2018 5:41 AM IST

So there we have it. The burning question that has been troubling British citizens for donkeys years has been finally settled. As many as 79% of the survey sample were of the opinion that milk should be added last, while the remaining 21% preferred to pour the milk in first, followed by the dark brew.

Milking the tea for all it's worth

Hands up those who have heard of the YouGov Omnibus survey.

24 Sept 2018 12:54 AM IST

First off Rahul Gandhi, after his touted kick ass speech in the Lok Sabha, walks up unannounced to the Prime Minister sitting in the Treasury benches, across the well of the House, and proceeds to hug Modi, his head resting touchingly on the startled PMs shoulder, catching him completely off guard.

Nudge, nudge, hug, hug, wink, wink!

Ecstatic Congress Party faithful hail Rahul's taking the Prime Minister for a huggy pillow a master stroke of left field...

3 Sept 2018 12:54 AM IST

Once I got past the Eureka moment, it was the work of an instant to reflect on the respective merits of each players beard and its contribution to his personality, if not to the teams performance.

Bearding the lion in his own den

Comparatively, Indian players looked scruffy.

27 Aug 2018 2:31 AM IST

One has a vague idea that the great saint composer was a devotee of Lord Rama and that a majority of his magnificent compositions were in praise of his beloved deity.

Have we stopped listening to the music?

The issue of faith paled into insignificance against the mellifluous vocalisation.

13 Aug 2018 3:55 AM IST

Howzzat, Mr. Prime Minister Imran Khan!

Your correspondent has been trying in vain to cadge an appointment with the great man, but no dice.

30 July 2018 2:23 AM IST

In my callow youth in Calcutta during the 70s, the football season meant just two clubs for all the tea in China - Mohun Bagan and East Bengal.

How English is the English Premier League?

The world's greatest footballers, the likes of Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar do not feature in the EPL.

18 Jun 2018 5:52 AM IST

The shutterbugs will have a whale of a time. As for Ronaldinho, he will have to buy two of everything during the games - popcorn, ice-creams, soft drinks, sausage rolls etc.

The singular affair of Ronaldinho's bigamy

Some weeks ago, former Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho, announced his dramatic nuptials to two of his lady loves.

11 Jun 2018 5:56 AM IST

After the recently concluded assembly elections in Karnataka, one channel kept on crowing about how they got all the numbers pat - BJP, Congress, JD(S) right down to the Independents.

You saw it here first, and second and third

Television is highly susceptible to this kind of jumping-the-gun tendency, because of the 24 x 7' immediacy involved...

21 May 2018 6:13 AM IST

Representational image

Here come the elections and the party canvassers

Depending on the type of person ringing your doorbell, your response will have to be suitably calibrated.

7 May 2018 6:00 AM IST

If you have tears, prepare to shed them now

Steve Smith looked like a bashful schoolboy, caught with his hands in the cookie jar

27 March 2018 12:17 AM IST

Even during my school days in the 60s, playing marbles was a hugely popular sport among the boys.

Spinning like a top, have we lost our marbles?

In an illogical association of ideas, the word top' in that song sets me thinking about spinning tops.

5 March 2018 1:47 AM IST