DWS Extra

While fans in Japan are eagerly buying the third volume of Haruki Murakami’s best-selling multi-part novel 1Q84, those across the world will have to wait for their chance.

We have received some detailed comments from our readers of the original Deathly Hallows plotholes story, and we thought instead of publishing them in the comments and drowning them, it might be a good idea to publish them separately here. So here we go. 1. A Submitted on 2009/12/22 at 7:46am Something you all have [...]

If citizens of modern countries can keep their countries clean, why can’t we?

BY MANALI ROHINESH I saw the funniest standup English comedy show recently and no..it was not a reality show on television. It was ‘Walking on Broken Das’ at the Nehru Centre, performed by Vir Das. He is India’s sole answer, at the moment, to Jay Leno and the whole gang which kept us entertained in [...]

I have nothing against TV ads – le’s be clear. They are required, they bring in much needed moolah, and some of them are really creative, some make you think, some make you laugh. And there are some which make you want to kick the TV, pull the actors out of the TV set and [...]

I am not a native of Delhi – landed here only a couple of years back. On my first trip to Dwarka, I did not have any idea how to get there. I had to go to Mahavir Enclave, a dusty crowded place next to Dwarka. The instructions were, while you are on the flyover, [...]

Been thinking about this for a while. Why not create some funny malayali t-shirts and try to sell it online? If it works, great and I make a lot of fellow mallus happy. We all get to wear mallu t-shirts! What can be better than that? On the other hand, if nobody wants to buy [...]

Update: News sites are now reporting that 2 people were killed, and 18 injured in the blast. This just in. There has been a bomb blast at Jahaj Mahal flower market in New Delhi. According to reports, 5 people have died and 50 injured. The injured have been rushed to Safdarjung Hospital and AIIMS in [...]

As if one has to re-state this. You would think everyone would agree. But the current state of media reporting of car or motorcycle accidents, and the attitude of society, and possibly the judgements compel me to write about this. I am not a Delhiite – but I have been here for two years, and [...]

The Electronic Cigarette or E-Cigarette that has been developed in China by Hon Lik of Ruyan is gaining in popularity in India among smokers who want to give a shot to quitting without getting rid of their nicotine fix.