Laxmi Hariharan

"If it were not for Gandhi we would have made much more progress." These were the provocative words my Dad often mentioned in jest, when I was a child growing up in Bombay.

So, let me start by saying that I am quite neutral to Gandhi. As a rebellious teenager...

Quick close your eyes

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It was India which invented the bow & arrow" my Dad blustered over the phone from Bombay, "remember Arjuna's skill at archery so he could focus and shoot a bird through its eye from many miles away...

I caught myself checking the time on my BlackBerry for the first fifth time in an hour. Yes he should have landed, I thought. Maybe not, yet. Should I wait another ten minutes and call, perhaps he is still stuck in the long queues at immigration... Uh! Give it another...

It was this tweet from Amitabh Bachchan aka God in Bollywood which first caught my attention "...And Oprah in sari... looking lovely !!" Of course I promptly retweeted it first, then paused to check out the veracity of picture.

It really was her. The goddess of chat-shows looking slightly uncomfortable...

It's not a coincidence that I ended 2011 with an unhealthy fascination for dragons. Watching The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, fascinated by the dragons in the HBO series Kingdom of Thrones, and finally this week meeting up with 10 other dragonesses.

Many of them entrepeneurs...

"Madam you want to enroll in Shoppers' Stop loyalty program?" asks the boy at the cashier.

"Uh!.... no." I say.

Then glancing at my BA Amex Card he exclaims "Oh! You live abroad Madam...?"

"Uh! Yes" I say feeling uncomfortable as a glimmer comes into his eyes. Before he...

So Khloe Kardashian is pregnant again with a baby bump watch on her website. A pregnant Beyonce is performing a Christmas special for ITV. A very pregnant Jennifer Garner has been spotted in two outfits in one day and Shilpa Shetty of 'Jade Goody - Big Brother fame' is pregnant...

Dear Demi,

Days after your sixth wedding anniversary in September, when your husband allegedly cheated on you in Las Vegas, you posted a photo on twitter. It's a self-portrait in bed with your eyes closed with the cryptic message 'I see through you'.

The reason I mention it is not...

So apparently she is single again. And all the men are rejoicing at another shot at being one step removed from the most celebrated Royal couple on this planet. But I digress, for this piece is about the other Middleton girl.

Speculation is rife that her now ex-boyfriend couldn't cope...

1. My friend Priya bubbled over with delight. She was looking forward to her upcoming marriage nuptials. 1111 guests (just another normal Indian wedding) would be attending, which would be solemnised on 11-11-11 at 11am. The venue was her father's palatial home in Surrey (every estate agents' wet dream come...

The tweets are abuzz with the sound of Kim Kardashian's divorce. Move over the 7 billionth baby on this planet, the twitterati is getting its knickers in a twist at a very different set of numbers. 10M dollars spent on the wedding of Kim and Kris, 450 guests attended, she...

I just got off the phone with my dad in Bombay. "It's that guy, what's his name...Bettel...Vettel who won. Karthikeyan only came in 17th." He said a little crestfallen before perking up "Its an amazing success for India, the track is supposed to be the best in the world."