My Big Red Bag

We continue our quest to present one interesting woman from each of the FIFA World Cup countries, this time with the hugely talented Group D.  Click [...]

So why do we need to understand Indian feminism in the first place? Is it perhaps to have a trump card in drawing room conversations?  Maybe because [...]

When was the last time you wrote a letter to a loved one – not on the computer, but by hand? Or took the trouble to buy a birthday or anniversary ca [...]

There is so much pleasure to be had from travelling alone! As the MBRB Editors (and some of our favourite contributors) will tell you, there is really [...]

Far from being the thief of Time,  procrastination is the king of it  - Ogden Nash The good thing about reaching middle age is that you stop pret [...]

Chances are you know Alison Bechdel through the Bechdel Test, a simple heuristic to determine whether a piece of pop culture is gender biased or not. [...]

More maternity leave might sound like a great idea, but as long as mothers are the only parents taking leave, longer stints at home actually wors [...]

I’ve finally come to realize this simple fact: Sexism is not a quality of individuals, it is a quality of the society we live in. It exists in every [...]

For the last seventeen years, Anjum Chopra has been one of the stalwarts of the Indian Women’s Cricket Team. Cricinfo compares the lazy elegance of [...]

Where we love is home – home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts. Home. That special place we return to – often times after a long weary [...]

Where do we get ideas for our dream homes? For bibliophiles likes us, the inspiration comes from the books we grew up reading. The house we own would [...]

If last week had us chortling in glee at the thought of three entertaining movies, this week has us despairing over the state of Bollywood again. Let� [...]

how could someone who made us laugh so hard be so sad? This is how most netizens are reacting to the sad news about comic and actor Robin Williams’ [...]

It will increase police accountability but also cause a lot of heat due to the pressures of [police] response time. One has to be prepared for it. Th [...]

The Good: Federal Bank David Ogilvy famously remarked that a good advertisement is one which sells the product without drawing attention to itself. T [...]

Tech Journalist Arikia Millikan travelled the world- 62 cities in 19 countries- last year, with “two suitcases and a laptop bag.” In our favourit [...]

That women get a rough deal at work is no longer a matter of contention. Numerous studies have demonstrated that women have to work harder to “prove [...]

Fact 1: Did you know it was mandatory for all listed Indian companies to hire a woman director on board? Fact 2: Did you know that as many as 755 of [...]

This was inevitable. Over the last two weeks, we’ve been enjoying a peak into our friends’ reading habits with their lists of 10 Favourite/Most I [...]

Every once in a while we come across a story that breaks our heart into a million pieces. Your Daily Read from the Atlantic today is one such piece. T [...]

[...] to foster an appreciation of Indian textiles and traditions that can be worn by every one. MBRB Recommends: These yellow palazzo pants put together two of our favourite things- comfort and the [...]

Yeh mausam ka jaadu ha mitwa…. There’s a big Cheshire grin on our face and an uncharacteristic bounce in our step. The culprit – the impending [...]

Its raining, and the thought of eating dal chawal for the tenth time this month seems oddly unappealing. You remember the crisp pakodas of your childh [...]

If Sammy Cahn had been born in India, he would have written “Let It Rain! Let It Rain!” instead of his iconic Christmas song. More than cricket, [...]

[...] There was a time when not finishing a book was an unforgivable offence for the MBRB editors, unless it was something written by Harold Robbins. But over the last decade, our track record [...]

[...] performance?), but how well do we know our other sporting heroes and heroines? The MBRB Editors have long argued that it’s time for us Indians to stop obsessing over cricket and spread [...]

[...] from Ann Wroe, the obituaries editor of The Economist: The point is love As for the MBRB Editors, as always, we’ll turn to Calvin & Hobbes to express our beliefs: My Big Red Bag  [...]

[...] Fida Hussain? To celebrate the birth anniversary of the prolific and colourful painter, the MBRB Editors have painstakingly shortlisted 10 modern Indian artists that every art lover should know as [...]