Articles by Seema Goswami
It’s My Fault
It’s My Fault. That is what the video is titled. And with dry, even dark, humour it tells us about the many ways in which rape is a woman’s fault. She went out alone. She went out with boys. She wore a short skirt.
Updated on Oct 06, 2013 02:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Going by appearances
It might be tempting to sort women by stereotype, but it’s far more rewarding to see them as three-dimensional beingsspectato
Updated on Sep 28, 2013 02:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
The Show Must Go On…
Over the last few decades, politics has become a young man’s game in the West. Tony Blair was 43 when he became Prime Minister of Britain. Bill Clinton was marginally older at 46 when he was inaugurated as...
Updated on Sep 21, 2013 05:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Kitchen Confidential
The woman who cooks is dismissed as downtrodden; the man who cooks is seen as liberated. Why? Wonders Seema Goswami.
Updated on Sep 14, 2013 04:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Internet Addiction?
Oh yes, that’s a thing now; and what’s more, the Internet will help you beat it! Those who sign up for digital detox and will participate in group therapy sessions much like those addicted to alcohol, drugs or even sex, do.
Updated on Sep 07, 2013 06:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
A matter of ‘honour’?
It is time to debunk all the myths that have evolved around rape, writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Aug 31, 2013 05:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Spectator: are you being served?
The snooty sales assistant is alive and well, and ignoring you at that unfriendly neighbourhood designer store, writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Aug 24, 2013 05:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Spectator: cut and (blow) dry
Why do women have such a complicated relationship with their hair? Wonders Seema Goswami...
Updated on Aug 17, 2013 05:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Let me count the ways…
I have been thinking about all the other things that I should excise from my life on those very grounds. After all, more than half of my life is over and it really doesn’t make sense to waste what’s left.
Updated on Aug 10, 2013 06:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
The Baby Belly
Why is it even considered worthy of comment? Why do we allow society to hardwire these unrealistic images of how a woman’s body should look into our brains, so much so that we are astonished and astounded when we see a new mother put her ‘real’ figure on display?
Updated on Aug 03, 2013 05:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Age is just a number...
There’s one thing that the three reigning superstars of Bollywood have in common. And no, it’s not that they all rejoice in the surname Khan, though God knows that has been commented upon a million times. What binds Salman, Shah Rukh and Aamir together is that they are all 48 this year.
Updated on Jul 27, 2013 05:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
The End
So, to which author falls the distinction of having written a book that heads the list of the top five most abandoned – as in left unread till the end – titles? I am sure it will come as a shock for you to learn that it is...
Updated on Jul 20, 2013 05:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Call him Mr Ford
In a recent interview, Tom Ford tells a story about going to a restaurant. The waitress walks up to him, smiles brightly and says, “Hi Tom, I am ___, and I will be serving you today.” “Actually,” responds Tom, “I prefer Mr Ford.”
Updated on Jul 13, 2013 04:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Sunny side up
There is nothing I love more about hotels than a room-service breakfast. It seems so wonderfully decadent to lie in bed, with a plate of French toast (or eggs and bacon; waffles; aloo parathas; medhu vadas...
Updated on Jul 06, 2013 05:40 PM IST
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Domestic Goddess in a domestic…
Domestic Goddess. That was always how we were meant to see Nigella Lawson. Hell, she even put that helpfully in the title of her second book, How To Be A Domestic Goddess. Yes, we all feel for Nigella Lawson; but it’s time to back off and let her live her own life.
Updated on Jun 29, 2013 05:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Things I wish I knew when I was a teenager
In the unlikely event of time travel becoming a reality, I really would not want to be a teenager again. Yes, I know this has become a bit of a cliché, for middle-aged folks to claim that we have never been happier...
Updated on Jun 22, 2013 04:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Suicide is painless
Death is always hard to cope with but never more so than when it visits someone young and with everything to live for. So why do so many people attempt it? And why don't we ever talk about depression?
Updated on Jun 15, 2013 06:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
The bucket list
Very rarely do hotel bathrooms surprise me (if you discount the increasingly complicated shower attachments that take hours to figure out). The way they are designed epitomises the term, cookie-cutter.
Updated on Jun 08, 2013 06:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
The trouble with nostalgia
What do you do when you can never go back home? Whenever I drive down the Moolchand flyover in Delhi, I find myself looking out for a red-tiled roof on my left. It is another matter that the humble...
Updated on Jun 01, 2013 06:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Yes, we Cannes…
You can rock the sari and the lehenga on the red carpet; as Vidya Balan and Sonam Kapoor proved.
Updated on May 25, 2013 05:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Television quotes: decoded
What people say on television and what they actually mean can be two very different things. Seema Goswami decodes
Updated on May 18, 2013 06:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, Mumbai
Women project better public image than men
When you hear the words ‘iconic image’ what is the first picture that flashes before your mind’s eye? Is it the streak of white in a shock of curly black hair that Indira Gandhi made famous? Is it the pussycat bow and structured handbag that was such an integral part of Margaret Thatcher’s persona?
Updated on May 11, 2013 06:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Skin Deep
You may be judged by its colour; but it is also your window into the world of emotions Skin. Was there ever a word with more resonance? I don’t think so. Think of the many ways we use it in our everyday vocabulary.
Updated on May 04, 2013 07:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Is it okay to cry at funerals?
Since when did we start deriding people for crying at funerals?
Updated on Apr 27, 2013 05:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
The Kindle or an actual book
I’ve entered the world of the e-book rather late, but ever since I bit the bullet and downloaded the Kindle app on my iPad and Mac, I’ve gone just a little bit crazy. I stay up late trawling Amazon for titles by my favourite authors...
Updated on Apr 20, 2013 06:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Why is there nothing to watch on TV
As you may have gathered from my occasional references to my TV viewing habits, I am a big fan of TV shows. Offer me a choice between a Hollywood/Bollywood blockbuster and a box set of the most recent...
Updated on Apr 13, 2013 06:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Mind your manners
Just off the top of my head, these are some of the biggest bugbears: those who conduct long conversations on their mobiles while ignoring everyone else at the dinner table; those who let their kids run riot in public places without any attempt to discipline them...
Updated on Apr 06, 2013 05:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
I spy
It is a scary time to be the parent of teenager. You don’t just have to cope with the ready availability of drinks and drugs, though that is hard enough. With the virtual mainstreaming of porn...
Updated on Mar 30, 2013 06:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
As we grow older, do we seek comfort in the familiar?
As I grow older, I find myself turning into a creature of habit. I have the same breakfast no matter where in the world I am. I wear the same perfume, buying a new bottle when the old one looks like it will soon run empty.
Updated on Mar 23, 2013 06:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
11 strange mysteries of life
Yes, I know, I have mentioned these before: Those abiding mysteries of life that keep me awake at night. But you know what, I wasn't quite done. So, here's the next edition of what threatens to become a recurring...
Updated on Mar 18, 2013 10:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami