Team L&M The weekend didn’t dawn on a happy note for comedienne Bharti Singh and her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa as the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) conducted raids at her Mumbai residence. For a few months, NCB has been probing the alleged drug nexus in the Hindi film industry after the death of actor Sushant Singh […]Read More
Team L&M Before the abrogation of Article 370, who were the actors in Kashmir theatre of the absurd? The youngsters who could not escape abroad had to play self-destructive roles decided by manipulators sitting in Pakistan. This rivetting narrative delves deep into how Muslim families lost their moorings. A teenaged boy turns to militancy in […]Read More
Team L&M Writing can be a lonely profession, writes Ruskin Bond in How To Be A Writer (HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks; Rs 299). But when there is “someone who has survived as a writer for seventy years” with you to guide and advise and has “something to offer by way of ‘tips’ or the lessons learnt from all […]Read More
Inspired by a male friend who felt under-represented as a diaper changing daddy and the diaper-changing woes of women, Mumbai mom Almas Virani started a petition urging Pampers to include fathers in their brand packaging. With Covid-19 adding to the pressures of household chores, new moms have been doing the heavy lifting with cooking, cleaning, […]Read More
Team L&M It was almost a month back that a joint committee of Parliament comprising 20 members from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha and led by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi issued summons to Twitter. The summons sought an explanation in form of an affidavit from Twitter, taking strong exception to the […]Read More
Team L&M With eight teachers and 11 school children found Covid-19 positive in Narwana town of Haryana’s Jind district along with 19 kids tested positive for Covid-19 in Kund village of Rewari district of the state, the debate has once again sparked whether reopening of educational institutions is a safe move or not. And not […]Read More
Team L&M To recognise and celebrate excellence in non-fiction writings on modern/ contemporary India, the New India Foundation has announced the shortlist for the third edition of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize. The six shortlisted books are a testimony to the quality and diversity of non-fiction writing about India. The Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize celebrates […]Read More
Team L&M Ever thought that groundnut shells could be used to develop eco-friendly smart screens? Perhaps not. But the same has been made possible by Indian scientists that not only would help preserve privacy but also conserve energy by controlling light and heat passing through it and reducing air conditioning load. A group of researchers […]Read More
Team L&M Just as evening set in Delhi-NCR, dark clouds gathered and started thundering. This was followed by lightning for almost half an hour. Then it started to drizzle. Even as tweet regulars of the National Capital started updating the world about the latest in their city, there arrived a few tweets about “oil rain”. […]Read More
You can find your inspiration in your past, as Sarah Ban does in her book – Something More- excavating your authentic being. To do so, you need to revisit earlier years. The acronym DICE – will be helpful in the following exercise: D – Dig down. I – investigate what you have unearthed. C – […]Read More
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