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Taranna Khetpal

Taranna Khetpal

Articles by Taranna Khetpal

Hung up on a guy’s height? Short Kings are getting all the attention now

Tom Holland and Zendaya prove that short-guy-tall-girl relationships are cute too. (SHUTTERSTOCK)

Updated on Jul 10, 2026 12:01 IST

Listicle: 10 Indian foods that have gone international

Khow Suey Idli is popular in Myanmar. Locals dunk idli into rich coconut curries. (IMAGE CREATED USING CHATGPT)

Updated on Jun 26, 2026 11:56 IST

Bone appétit: Pet food is now so fancy, it’s even confusing humans

Pet parents are increasingly ditching traditional bakeries for specialised pet patisseries. (SHUTTERSTOCK)

Updated on Jun 12, 2026 12:30 IST

Off the eaten path: Why these global cuisines aren’t on Indian menus

To taste Russian borscht, you may have to drop in at restaurants run by expats in Goa. (SHUTTERSTOCK)

Updated on Jun 5, 2026 13:00 IST

Grande delusion: Why is the world overrun with coffee snobs?

Finland, which consumes the most coffee, is chill. They drink cheap Arabica. (SHUTTERSTOCK)

Updated on May 29, 2026 10:27 IST

Ewww, TMI: How much does your tech really know about you?

Your Roomba knows where you live, how big you’re home is, and when you’re away. Scary! (ADOBE STOCK)

Updated on May 15, 2026 11:04 IST

Heart of steel: Learn these lessons from break-up content creators

Content creator Vaishnavi Thakur has built a following recounting dating disasters. (INSTAGRAM/@THAKURVAISHNAVIOFFICIAL)

Updated on Apr 3, 2026 12:36 IST

Listicle: 10 new Indian board games to try this weekend

Set in 1631, Karigar-e-Taj turns you into a karigar competing for Shah Jahan’s approval.

Updated on Mar 31, 2026 10:05 IST

This beat goes hard: Why desi hip-hop is having a moment

Desi hip-hop hits different. Artists are responding to social issues and singing in multiple languages. (COVER DESIGN BY LEELA, PHOTO ILLUSTRATION DONE USING CHATGPT. ARTIST PHOTOS: INSTAGRAM/@BLUE_RAPPER_VIP, @HANUMANKIND, @CHAARDIWAARI, @SAGVEKAR.SHREYAS, @REBLEOFFICIAL)

Updated on Mar 27, 2026 11:34 IST

Listicle: 10 actors who delivered one hit film, then disappeared

Gayatri Joshi was a beauty-pageant winner who had turned down several roles before Swades.

Updated on Mar 20, 2026 11:09 IST

Lore bore: Why is every brand trying to tell us their story?

Updated on Mar 13, 2026 12:27 IST

Coming of page: Why every YA book you’ve read is being turned into a movie

YA stories such as The Summer I Turned Pretty are now mainstream successes.

Updated on Mar 6, 2026 10:51 IST

Bot else is new?: How CAPTCHA is training AI, reading ancient texts

Each time we click on a grid of images to identify parts of fire hydrants, bicycles or traffic signals, we are contributing to massive datasets.

Updated on Feb 20, 2026 14:34 IST

Listicle: 10 besties who kept our fav romcoms afloat

In About Time, Joanna is the reason Mary never walks into a blind date alone.

Updated on Feb 13, 2026 08:50 IST

Smitten with kittens: How Cat Lads took over from Crazy Cat Ladies

Musician Anthony Vincent wrote a song for his cat in 2023, called Cute Aggression. It went viral. (INSTAGRAM/@ANTHONYVINCENTOFFICIAL)

Updated on Feb 13, 2026 08:29 IST

Floating cities, shrunken rivers: World-building is taking off in Indian cinema

The Complex, the floating inverted pyramid home to the elite, in the complex imagined world of Kalki 2898 AD.

Updated on Feb 7, 2026 10:10 IST

Listicle: 10 onscreen couples who would not survive 2026

2026 Anjali would rethink her sexual identity, and post about queerness and neurodivergence.

Updated on Feb 6, 2026 09:13 IST

Off track: Is all this fitness data actually helping?

Does knowing how many steps you walked in a day really help you? Or does it make you more stressed? (SHUTTERSTOCK)

Updated on Feb 6, 2026 08:57 IST

BFF or backup spouse? Here’s why Marriage Pacts died out on screen

The marriage pact hovered subtly over films such as Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na and several rom-coms.

Updated on Jan 23, 2026 10:45 IST

Bro zone: Forget the Bachelor Pad and Man Cave. The Ken Den is here

As more men move out of the family home to live alone, decor for male spaces is changing too. (SHUTTERSTOCK)

Updated on Jan 16, 2026 08:54 IST

Final countdown: Admit it. It’s time to retire year-end rankings

Most Best Music lists focus only on mainstream stars such as Taylor Swift.

Updated on Dec 26, 2025 12:24 IST

Listicle: 10 actors who play roughly the same roles every time

Lindsay Lohan is always the lovable disaster girl, who keeps tripping up and still gets the guy.

Updated on Dec 19, 2025 12:41 IST

Call it a day: Who added these celebrations to the calendar?

There’s a Cat World Domination Day on June 24. We’ll let this one pass. (SHUTTERSTOCK)

Updated on Dec 12, 2025 10:19 IST

Sound check: Put a face to these familiar Indian voices

Who gave Dobby his squeaky charm in Harry Potter’s Hindi dub? Vinod Kulkarnni.

Updated on Dec 5, 2025 11:51 IST

Noise makers: How foley artists make films and ads sound good

In The Dark Knight, Bruce Wayne’s footsteps sounded different from Batman’s. That’s good sound design.

Updated on Nov 28, 2025 11:36 IST

Ride or die: What women bikers need to know before setting off on a journey

Aswathi Unnikrishnan was trolled and told that women don’t belong on the road.

Updated on Nov 14, 2025 10:38 IST

Listicle: 10 reality shows that are weird, but binge-worthy

Contestants dress up as monsters to find love in Sexy Beasts (2021).

Updated on Oct 31, 2025 12:33 IST

All vibes, no shade: Why Butter Yellow is the colour of the moment

Timothée Chalamet has been spotted in Butter Yellow. (INSTAGRAM/@GIVENCHY)

Updated on Oct 10, 2025 12:14 IST

Beyond cheap thrills: How thrifting became curated, cool and collectible

There are close to 400 registered thrifting enterprises in big cities. (SHUTTERSTOCK)

Updated on Oct 3, 2025 11:40 IST

Myth busted: Why online health advice is half-baked

Don’t take every piece of health advice you see online too seriously. Most of the information isn’t true. (SHUTTERSTOCK)

Updated on Sep 26, 2025 08:30 IST

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