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Jayalalithaa represents the awe of inscrutable power, of politics as persona created through distance, isolation and indifference.
IIT/IIM have become anointed symbols for the cult of middle class aspiration, replacing the neo-colonial public schools of yore. Who cares if they do world-class research or produce PhDs?
Women suffering from mood swings during pregnancy is rather known. But if their partners exhibit similar behavioural patterns, it’s time to get deeper. If findings of this study are anything to go by, would-be fathers get involved with their partners so much that they become more emotional.
In the age of Ragini MMS, Big Brother is not just watching. He is in bed with you and he wants to go viral.
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Take a year off, do something odd, write a book about it. That seems to have become the strange new formula for literary success.
After the Faustian deal between cricket and the Devil at the auction table four years ago, the game is no more the same. The dil maange more philosophy driving the IPL and Twenty20 cricket is killing the game’s beauty and vitality. Worse, it seems cricket can no more produce another Sachin Tendulkar.
A look at Mamata's cabinet shows she is just the latest politician to make history as a woman and then leave her sisters behind.
Doomsday prophets have been horribly wrong before. So why is this one getting so much attention?
Her name means 'Sweet Language' but the many ways in which it's phonetically tortured is anything but sweet.
An exclusive excerpt from Palash Krishna Mehrotra's highly anticipated new book, "The Butterfly Generation:A Personal Journey into the Passions and Follies of India's Technicolour Youth.
Mumbai University has a perplexing discriminatory policy for awarding 'gold' medals to toppers in various disciplines. It all unravelled at this year’s convocation.
What happens when a group of Kashmiri stone-pelters falls madly in love with a young and beautiful police officer? Here is a tale of the human heart caught between love and war.
The Congress scion's flip-flop pales in comparison with the Karnataka governor's political somersault. So why does one political "adjustment" attract more flak than another?
Statistics show that American Hindus happen to excel at making money and earning degrees.
Mamata Banerjee has inherited a decaying brand that lost its cosmopolitanism years ago. But Kolkata wants to play catch-up with New Delhi and Hyderabad. With Didi in the Writers' Building, the question everyone's asking is: Can Kolkata get its groove back?
The IMF chief is not a 'great seducer' but a serial sex offender whose misdeeds have been veiled by a conspiracy of silence.
Our readers today our angry about politics, and nostalgic about Kolkata...
We love funny viral videos. From a remixed Yam Ah Mee speech with a legal clause repeated 26 times, to GotchaMedia's compilation of the Osama/Obama media goof-ups, these are our picks for the day.
As #verdict11 became clearer across the five states that went to polls, you watched, listened, tweeted and commented.
Mamata Banerjee has been called the Maoists' friend by the Left Front. But as chief minister does she need the Maoists any longer or do they need her?
'I think this is brill no one writes about sex in India" and more. Our daily round-up of Firstpost favourites.
Kanimozhi has a touch of a tainted Cinderella with her brothers playing the structural equivalent of the ugly sisters.
Sandip Roy, Culture Editor Firstpost, spoke to National Public Radio about Mamta and the ongoing Bengal elections. You can listen to his interview here.