Oped

Neha Tara Mehta interviews Dr Satwant K Pasricha, a NIMHANS Professor of Clinical Psychology and a leading national authority on reincarnations.

Love — the unrequited variety — is usually the raison d’être for reincarnation in Bollywood, writes Sushmita Bose.

The raw beauty of Ladakh and its Buddhist serenity are a unique experience for visitors, writes Kshitij Prabhat Bal.

This speakee-English syndrome has got to do with what American writer Saul Bellow said about the French, that they have a ‘Larousse mentality’, writes Renuka Narayanan.

One has been awarded a knighthood, the other a CBE. Sir Salman Rushdie and Shami Chakrabarti are two of a kind, yet as different as they come, writes Vijay Dutt.

Nature can play good and evil as one drives up the treacherous trail from Manali to Keylong, writes Jatin Gandhi.

Jain food, glittering casinos and bargain shopping make for a heady holiday on the high seas, writes Rahul Sharma.

Over the years, the only thing constant in Nagpur has been the scorching summer sun, writes Sujata Anandan.

I’m sure Pakistan-US relations won’t suffer after the American Secretary of State called the Pakistani PM a “gigolo” in 2005, writes Indrajit Hazra.

Indians don’t have sex and some Indians are born from nodding flowers and raging fires (watch your Hindi movies carefully next time), mocks Mousumi Sengupta.

The fact that Behen Mayawati has secured overwhelming support is supposedly an endorsement of her declared challenge, writes Kiran Bedi.

French flair gets a Tamil twist in enchanting Pondicherry, where diverse cultures exist in harmony, writes Rahul Singh.

If Mother’s Day is to have any real meaning, it must go beyond platitudes. Years after the women’s movement hoped to bring about equality, nothing much has changed, writes Namita Bhandare.

Two girls, a purple scooty, in search of adventure and Portuguese food on the winding roads of Diu writes Neha Dara.

Like any other tourist city around the globe, Athens springs surprises every now and then with its bewildering mosaic of contradictions, writes Srinand Jha.