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Abhishek Asthana

Abhishek Asthana

Articles by Abhishek Asthana

A ‘liberating' feeling: Travel as antidote to our exaggerated problems

In Bellagio, an Indian may see snatches of home — minus the pressure-cooker whistles.

Updated on Jul 5, 2026 01:59 IST

Street food as theatre stages its own reality

Street food is not just food, it’s theatre.

Updated on Jun 21, 2026 01:19 IST

GT Express: Journeys in character building

Train journeys build character, forged in a furnace called the great Indian sleeper class. (HT Archive)

Updated on May 30, 2026 16:17 IST

An age of loneliness, of permanent afternoons

Relationships and marriages often devolve into transactional setups. But the affection for your child remains pure. (Shutterstock)

Updated on May 9, 2026 15:31 IST

The fever news channels catch on counting day

Exit polls are like horoscopes, you believe them only when they predict good results for you. (@ECISVEEP X/ANI)

Updated on Apr 25, 2026 17:07 IST

A little bit of Japan in the lives of Indians

For Indians, Japan is a unique country to visit. Almost unknowingly, we have prepared all our lives for that Japan trip. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Apr 4, 2026 16:21 IST

The great Indian flying experience

The only bearable part about flying is when you are 35,000 feet in the air, casually sipping something. Everything before and after that is miserable. (HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 14, 2026 17:49 IST

The university-brand trap, for students & institutions

The age-old desire of students is to study at a place known to their relatives. (HT Archive)

Updated on Feb 28, 2026 16:16 IST

Seeing places anew, as a traveller of means

Paris will look and feel very different when you don’t faint buying bottled water, and can afford a taxi and don’t have to drag your luggage to the subway. (AFP)

Updated on Feb 7, 2026 17:27 IST

Adjusting to Delhi-NCR pollution, with a smile

Though the pollution issue has been raised prior to quite a few elections now, our politicians have realised it isn’t a deal breaker for the voting populace. (ANI)

Updated on Jan 17, 2026 18:39 IST

A New Year resolution: Eschew comparisons

Much of the fear of missing out (FOMO) is induced by social media. (AFP)

Updated on Jan 3, 2026 16:10 IST

Internet Dhurandhars and the battle of opinions

fter the state elections, the latest bone of contention is Dhurandhar. (Getty Images)

Updated on Dec 13, 2025 16:09 IST

Songs as time machines and bookmarks of memory

Purvanchal’s migrants carry the music of 1990s with them to this day. (HT Archive)

Updated on Nov 22, 2025 16:49 IST

What matters most at Indian weddings

Attending a wedding is like time travel. You meet relatives who held you in their arms and cousins you grew up with. (HT Photo)

Updated on Nov 8, 2025 16:37 IST

The Bihar narrative, between the decades

We did the best job in the country of preserving the British Raj. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Oct 18, 2025 16:26 IST

Why the NRI doesn’t do much for India

Of the 1.5 million jobs created in the US annually, H-1B accounts for 60,000 (Shutterstock)

Updated on Sep 27, 2025 15:38 IST

Is the smartphone, as we know it, set to disappear?

A smartphone is like a screwdriver now. It’s done. Anything more is an overkill. (REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 13, 2025 15:26 IST

How the corporate life spawns entrepreneurs

Workplace friendships are fleeting; they depend a lot on common misery. (HT Photo)

Updated on Aug 23, 2025 15:21 IST

What elevator use says about the Indian psyche

Nobody teaches lift etiquettes, though; it’s like an email sign-off you copy from others. How you behave in the lift is learnt the hard way. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Aug 2, 2025 16:42 IST

Changing nature of neighbourly bonds

Earlier, neighbourly love was fuelled by scarcity - from power outages to sugar. There is no scarcity now. Each high rise is self-sufficient. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 19, 2025 18:00 IST

Credit, and contempt, for the paths to quick riches

The academic path to wealth is the most common — the one that generates the least wealth at a young age and yet expects 70 hours of work a week. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Jul 5, 2025 13:22 IST

Spotting Purvanchal of 1800s in the Caribbean

Cricketer Nicholas Pooran, on being asked if he wishes to some day return to his ancestral land to search for his roots, didn’t seem very interested. (AFP)

Updated on Jun 21, 2025 13:01 IST

One-way ticket to that lonesome town

All the songs on the road are of despair, maybe a way for the driver to express job dissatisfaction (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 7, 2025 13:14 IST

Pakistan’s delusion drip must stop for its own sake

Pakistan needs to confront its past, and be comfortable with it (REUTERS)

Updated on May 24, 2025 13:57 IST

Costs of a semi-war, and keeping hope

There is another carnival during the time of war called TV news (PTI)

Updated on May 9, 2025 17:52 IST

Across the border: An army’s rising desperation

Dealing with such a force is tricky for a democracy (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Apr 26, 2025 15:17 IST

The quintessential Indian, value-maximising parent

For parents, a child is always a 10-year old. He may be a skilled engineer or a doctor, but is still a child when it comes to managing money (stock.adobe.com)

Updated on Apr 12, 2025 15:37 IST

Bringing up innovators, inventors and scientists

You need to build enough corpus so that your children can spend more years in college and happily “opt-out” of final placements to be the inventors and creators they need to be (Bloomberg)

Updated on Mar 29, 2025 14:44 IST

A bookmark for your memory called cricket

The goal is to win so much that there comes a time when there is emptiness in victories (ANI Photo)

Updated on Mar 15, 2025 13:35 IST

Learning linear algebra, courtesy the local salon

Even when you are old enough to earn your bread and pay for your haircut, the childhood trauma ensures you don’t really know how to brief the hairdresser (REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 1, 2025 13:45 IST

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