Itvara

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Letters from Tinni

Dear Hampi,

It has been eight months into marriage and Kartik and Naina were bit apprehensive on going on a trip to Hampi. Like many couples in India, theirs was an arranged marriage. They had dated other people before getting married to each other, but both of their love stories did not convert to what they had — read more

Dec 8, 2014
Dear Facebook,

The story-teller, There are few perks in working in a digital agency. Apart from surfing on social networking sites, I learn that a server somewhere has identified me as a part of a community and I am shown a communication because I am part of that community. Brilliant isn’t it! Millions of people are shown controlled — read more

Jun 25, 2014
What’s in the name?

One of things that I miss in India is calling cities by the names christened by the British. I love cities being called as Bombay, Calcutta and Madras. It can be argued that a name does not change anything. Ahem! Name changes everything. Bombay to me died the day it became Mumbai. Bombay was much — read more

Jun 6, 2014
India Today

I enter my office and while I cut across multiple cubicles, I glance though everyone’s computer screen. All my colleagues have some news portal open on their screen. My boss calls me and we discuss the agenda for today. When we come to Friday, we realize that there are no client meetings. He tells me, — read more

May 16, 2014