No, don’t get me wrong, Kidzania, an indoor, interactive  theme park is for kids from 4-16- but I am writing about how a kid who is mentally 16 (or more) can also do justice to his time, considering he’ll have a lot of it this summer! So, The Insider was invited (read disclaimer) to take a taste…

The times of the Raj, since its establishment in India in the late 18th century, has been the subject of many an Indophile’s book- seminal amongst them are those of Charles Allen, Kipling, Dalrymple, Philip Mason, Forster etc. Themes for their writings, ranged from military to familial to the mutiny…

The Insider on the launch of MP Joseph’s, ‘ My Driver Tulong and Other Tall Tales from Contemporary Cambodia’ unveiled in the Capital My Driver Tulong and Other Tall Tales from a Post Pol Pot Contemporary Cambodia M P Jospeh, was launched  in the presence of Mr. Shashi Tharoor as the guest of…

If, like me, you’ve grown up on a staple diet of Nancy Drews, Hardy Boys, The Famous Five and The Five Find Outers, you are a sucker for a good whodunit for life! As an adult you would have graduated to the Doyle’s, the Brown’s and the Christie’s and many…

Lina Ashar, Chairperson, Kangaroo Kids Education Limited  chats up with The Insider on all things parenting, on  the heels of her latest book Drama Teen- A Cool-Headed guide for Parents and Teenagers! A book for parents as much as it is for teenagers! Read on:  The book is based on a lot of scientific research like…

Think Summer, think  Chikankari! We heart the ace designer’s adaptation and interpretation of ancient techniques and craftsmanship in a contemporary grammar! The Insider has covered Manish Malhotra’s previous collections extensively- be it his The Empress Story or the Regal Threads or his show where Fawad Khan was the show stopper at the ICW.    In the latest sartorial offering, Manish…

The Insider’s Priya Roongta, was there to see what the hoopla around the new store launch of I Say Organic South Point Mall, Golf Course Road in Gurgaon. Blogging about my most loved hobby “FOOD” couldn’t have been better when HEALTH was added to it. Organic is how Mother Nature intended our…

So the Insider was invited to see why Malaysia should be our next ‘sustainable travel destination’. We were curious-so here’s the lowdown from Priya Roongta‘s quill!    The opulence of the event- South Asia Travel and Tourism Exchange (SATTE’17) was enough to make Malaysia my next travel destination. But the evening had much…

Sarika Salil  I am ardent admirer of Sufism and I went whirling like a dervish to ‘Charbagh’ the moment I saw that there was a session on Khawaja Muinidddin Chisty or Gareeb Nawaz (the helper of the poor). The panel had Sadia Dehlvi in conversation with Syed Salman Chishty, Imtiaz Ali…

Khullam Khulla, Rishi Kapoor Uncensored- offers an insight into the actor’s life, but is equally an ode to Raj Kapoor the dad and the filmmaker!  Much before you read the book Khullam Khulla, Harper Collins, India- a tome on and by-yesteryear’s as much as today’s popular –actor, Rishi Kapoor, you would have…