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First impressions are not always accurate. They seem to inveigle themselves to being known as ‘last impressions’ but I have learnt that such opinions don’t always measure up in the long run

Nisha Jamwal | Can’t judge a person on the first meet

Don’t let your first impression of someone be your last impression, or you could lose out on a beautiful relationship

11 Sep 2020 7:36 PM

Actress Neena Gupta, a source of inspiration for many single women, has, however, been quite vocal about choosing the less trodden path in her life

Tough world for mums: Masaba Masaba brings focus on single motherhood

Through Neena’s side of the story, the show again brings focus on single motherhood and how it is still considered a stigma

05 Sep 2020 4:54 PM

Friends of Furries, a collective of animal lovers, is working to provide succour to dogs and other animals in the city. Representational Image

The Duchess Club goes all out to help stray animals and abandoned pets

COVID-19 has affected people and animals alike, around the world.

01 Sep 2020 7:06 PM

Naomi Leight-Giveon, the founder of PodSkool, a company in the Los Angeles area that assists parents looking to form pods, said the reaction to the concept has been overwhelming. Especially for younger children not always able to engage in online learning, the learning pods provide much-needed socialisation. (Photo | PodSkool)

Traditional schools done for? ‘Learning pods’ come up as response to online learning

These learning pods are occurring because many parents realise that their children are not doing well with online learning.

30 Aug 2020 6:25 PM

The late actor’s therapist talking freely to the media and disclosing the nature of his mental illness raises serious questions about the privacy

Why isn't Sushant's doctor respecting his privacy?

Client privacy is sacrosanct, and mental-health professionals especially need to understand the ethics of guarding it

25 Aug 2020 6:51 PM

Vidya Malvade

With devotion undimmed

People are going the extra mile to ensure that the piety and sanctity of the 10-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival remain the same

22 Aug 2020 7:23 PM

Commodore BK Ahluwalia with wife Anju Ahluwalia

India’s Midnight’s Children

Stalwarts of the Indian Armed Forces who were born in the year that India gained freedom talk about growing older with the nation

15 Aug 2020 5:29 PM

Parents of pre-schoolers and kindergarteners are especially a harried lot as their children are too young to operate technology

The travails of schooling online amid a pandemic

With regular classes unlikely to restart soon, schools still resort to online lessons. But how are the kids faring?

14 Aug 2020 7:11 PM

Pentala Harikrishna with Wife

Winning is a habit; don’t lose it says Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna

Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna reflects on his latest win and talks of his life after marriage

12 Aug 2020 7:13 PM

As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, it looks like robots are indeed here to replace humans

The rise of robots in the hospitality sector

Automation is slowly but steadily setting into various roles in the hospitality industry. How would that affect workers?

10 Aug 2020 7:11 PM

Sahithi Divi with a weaver

Weavers left high and dry

A pandemic and the reduced demand have driven the weaver community, known for their exquisite craftsmanship into dire state

06 Aug 2020 4:58 PM

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Lockdown creates more troubles for kids with special needs

The lockdown has aggravated the erratic behaviour of kids with disabilities making it more difficult for parents to handle the situation

05 Aug 2020 4:07 PM

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How do you say ‘I do’ underwater?

Move over Thailand, Bali and Maldives, Chennai is making a bid for a place on the map of underwater wedding destinations

03 Aug 2020 5:49 PM

A woman waits for buyers in her wholesale rakhi shop in Dharavi in Mumbai. As Dharavi is a coronavirus containment zone, people are rarely coming out to shop. (DC photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

Amid COVID-19 siblings refrain from visiting each other, rakhi sales see massive drop

Pepaa, a recycled paper product company, would normally get 15,000 orders but thi his year, the number came down to less than 5,000

31 Jul 2020 1:58 PM

In India, Bollywood actors and filmmakers like Karan Johar, Alia Bhatt, Sonakshi Sinha and others have been at the receiving end of the Cancel Culture over the nepotism issue

Is the cancel culture going too far now?

Is the Cancel Culture that has gripped the world noting but latent aggression welling up in the COVID and its restrictions?

27 Jul 2020 7:03 PM

Sushant Singh Rajput

Sushant's spirit talking to an American? Not possible, say Indian paranormal experts

Indian paranormal activity investigators condemn paranormal activity expert Steven Huff’s claim about speaking to Sushant Singh’s spirit

26 Jul 2020 7:50 PM

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Parents fear online learning will handicap their kids further

Parents are categorical that mere online learning will put children with disabilities at a major disadvantage

22 Jul 2020 6:01 PM

Many stories highlighted the rampant unprofessionalism in these “creative” fields

Horrible bosses, toxic work culture exposed online

Employees call out bosses on social media, anonymously, questioning toxic culture prevalent in most industries

21 Jul 2020 8:09 PM

A health worker collects a swab sample from a young girl for COVID-19 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test at Madan Puri, a containment zone, in Gurugram. PTI Photo

With the pandemic still raging, it’s no time to throw caution to the winds

Avoiding close face-to-face contact is the best way to reduce virus spread, say experts

19 Jul 2020 7:37 PM

By not adhering to safety precautions they are, inadvertently, helping in the community spread of the virus. Representational Image

If you're rich, spread wealth, not COVID-19

There have been several reports recently about how partying has spread the coronavirus around

19 Jul 2020 7:14 PM

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With the pandemic in full-flow, it's no time to party

It’s been difficult to curb the jet-setting crowd from organising parties and society events. Photo source: Twitter

Horrible bosses, toxic work culture exposed online

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The late actor’s therapist talking freely to the media and disclosing the nature of his mental illness raises serious questions about the privacy

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Without fail every morning, an orderly (please don't call them ward boy) came by to change my bed clothes. (DC Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

My life in Covid-19 quarantine

Having made Mumbai’s streets his canvas and DSLR camera his paintbrush, photographer Star Udyawar’s narration of everyday life in the maximum city is riveting. As can be seen in his various portrayals of the city like the historic Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), Dhobi Ghat with its colourful backdrop, and the famous Sea-link. For Udyawar, perspective is key as it defines the in-depth relationship between the objects in a picture along with the dimensions that a viewer perceives.

Framing the Mundane

A model walks the runway at the Pamella Roland fashion show during New Yo)rk Fashion Week at Pier 59 Studios on February 7, 2020 in New York City. (AFP

The best pictures from New York Fashion Week

T K Sandeep is a photographer whose work consists of moody video poems and photo poems. One of his recent projects was a calendar in which he got hijras and transgenders in Kerala to tell him their dream professions, and then he photographed them dressed as those professionals.

A selection of photographer TK Sandeep's work

The dress featured a fairly simple silhouette with a plunging neckline. But the drama is brought by the feathered veil/cape element. It also had a bow at the neck for added drama. (Photo: AP)

Valentino fashionably interprets A Midsummer's Night Dream

A man sports a colourful headgear with traditional motifs. (Photo: AP)

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