Yes, that might actually work in a world where phubbing has becoming a relationship killer
Using a cellphone in bed is a common point of discord among couples
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Are you a texter or a talker?
I guess we text with some and talk with some, but this business of going to great lengths not to make a phone call seems a bit much. Perhaps I should actually make phone calls to unsuspecting friends and try to have a conversation. Here is my piece in today’s Brunch
The youth of today will go to extraordinary lengths not to have a conversation
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Wine: 100 Point Dinner
Dining with the perfect wine An amateur taster’s notes from the 100-Point dinner in Bengaluru, which featured some top-reviewed wines Last Published: Sat, Jun 23 2018. 12 49 PM IST Shoba Narayan The Wine Connoisseurs at the 100-Point dinner. Photos: The Wine Connoisseurs (TWC) The first wine of the evening is a 2010 vintage M…
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Has this happened to you?
We inhabit cyber space with ever-changing norms and rules. How do we keep up?
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Puneet Chhatwal profile
Journalists love scoops, and this was a good one— first interview given to a journalist and one in which he spoke very candidly. And I learned a brand I didn’t know: Cove & Co. Puneet Chhatwal: Taking ‘Tajness’ to new heights In his first media interaction since taking charge, Puneet Chhatwal. the CEO and…
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Mothers and Sons….
I loved writing this piece. Cos it is a theme I have seen— played out time and time again.
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Vacation planning
This is happening right now in many Indian families. The NRIs want to plan months in advance and the Indians cannot even plan the next week. It all depends on whether the plumber shows up 🙂 We aren’t a commitment phobic people. We are just interdependent on multiple moving parts.
In the Abilene Paradox, a group does something that nobody wants to do because each person thinks that everyone else wants to do it!
The Saturday Interview: Divya Spandana
Unlike BJP, Congress doesn’t hit below the belt: Divya Spandana Ahead of Karnataka elections, Congress social media head Divya Spandana in an interview spoke of giving the grand old party a new and young voice and BJP a run for its money Last Published: Fri, May 11 2018. 07 01 PM IST Shoba Narayan Divya Spandana…
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Summer pleasures
Come summer and I think of the time my grandmother and I got drunk together. Our libation was the sap of the palmyra tree and it appeared like clockwork this time of year. Called padaneer in Tamil and neera up North, this sap of the Borassus flabellifer tree tasted of jaggery, coconut, and water. The men who sold it to us insisted that it had “no kick,” but was full of “strength and vitamins.”
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Snapchat and Musical.ly
Living our lives on social media may be great for our personal brand, but it also means giving up a bit of our soul
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