Articles by Seema Goswami
Do you have a fetish for high heels?
I have to confess that with each season, shoe-shopping becomes more difficult, downright traumatic, sometimes even painful – quite literally. And for that I blame high fashion, writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Mar 20, 2010 09:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
Spectator | No reservations
To reserve seats for women is to push them into a political ghetto rather than empower them, writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Mar 13, 2010 04:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
Weighing in
Fat is not a feminist issue. Or even a fashion issue. It has simply become an issue that everyone feels entitled to weigh in on, sound off on, or even trade insults about.
Updated on Mar 06, 2010 06:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
Have money; will spend on botox
How the affluent classes will soon start to look a lot younger than regular folk.
Updated on Feb 27, 2010 04:54 PM IST
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Keep it down, will you?
And try not to break up in restaurants while you are at it.
Updated on Feb 20, 2010 07:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
Spectator | Travel advisory
Every woman who has ever stayed alone in a hotel will have experienced that odd moment of complete vulnerability. Walking down a long, endless corridor to your room can be an unnerving experience.
Updated on Feb 13, 2010 06:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
Spectator | Guilty as charged
Why do we feel guilty about so many things and so much of the time?
Updated on Feb 06, 2010 07:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
The usual suspects
Why is it that no matter where you go, you end up meeting the same people and having the same conversation?
Updated on Jan 30, 2010 08:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
Missing out on family time?
What do you do once you get home every evening? Have you ever wondered what family life would be like if we turned off the TV and logged off from the computer? Read on to know what others said.
Updated on Jan 23, 2010 06:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
Thanks seems to be the hardest word
Why is there such an absence of good manners in our country?
Updated on Jan 16, 2010 08:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
Down Memory Lane
Have you ever wondered why we remember some things and not others?
Updated on Jan 10, 2010 04:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
Out With The Old
We are now free to start over with a clean slate, make a fresh start in the New Year, in the hope that this one will be a little better for us. So I thought that I would devote my first column of 2010 to this very theme: new beginnings.
Updated on Jan 01, 2010 07:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Second chances
If life came with a do-over option, would you take it?
Updated on Dec 19, 2009 04:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
The Tiger’s tale
When it comes to cheating, men and women are equal opportunity offenders, says Seema Goswami.
Updated on Dec 12, 2009 06:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
Fashion at forty
If life begins at forty, does fashion end at the same age? That’s the question that tends to come up at ladies’ lunches an awful lot as women creep up to the dreaded Four-O.
Updated on Nov 14, 2009 06:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
Does your baby make you look fat?
Pregnancy has gone from being a time about babies and the joy they bring to becoming a time of worrying about the extra weight that comes with them. Now being pregnant is no excuse for being fat.
Updated on Nov 07, 2009 08:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
Are you having a mid-life crisis?
It’s not about how you have missed the bus; but how other people have zoomed ahead in their Harley Davidsons. It’s not about how your life sucks; it’s about how everyone else’s life is so much better.
Updated on Oct 31, 2009 06:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
What’s in a name?
Growing up, my first name was a cross that I bore as patiently as I could. In every classroom I transited through, there were inevitably another three – if not more – Seemas, and the opportunities for confusion proliferated.
Updated on Oct 24, 2009 06:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
The show just goes on!
We may go on about how such shows herald the end of Indian culture as we know it. But when it comes to the crunch, all of us plop down on our couches to watch this rubbish, writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Oct 03, 2009 07:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
Here's what men are upto...
If you thought it is only women who have always suffered in the cause of beauty, may be you need a reality check. Read on to find out what the men are upto...
Updated on Sep 26, 2009 07:04 PM IST
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The empire strides back
London is now a corner of England that is forever India, writes Seema Goswami
Published on Sep 24, 2009 03:34 PM IST
Seema Goswami
The empire strides back
London is now a corner of England that is forever India, writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Sep 19, 2009 06:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Fat is a fashion issue
Muffin top. Tummy roll. Wobbly bit. Call it what you will, but a little roll of fat has had the fashion world convulsed over the past fortnight or so. Seema Goswami tells more.
Updated on Sep 12, 2009 08:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Home Alone
However much we may enjoy being around friends and family, there’s something peculiarly liberating about being on your own, feels Seema Goswami.
Updated on Sep 05, 2009 08:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Why do women talk more?
Women tend to get a bad rap for talking too much. We’re always on the phone nattering away with our girlfriends. But are men really any better? Seema Goswami discovers some secrets...
Updated on Aug 01, 2009 10:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
What a 'sari' state of affairs!
The sad truth is even powerful, famous, high-achieving women find it difficult to command respect in our society – and increasingly, in the media. So what hope is there for the rest of us?
Updated on Jul 25, 2009 09:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
No Laughing matter
Isn’t it time that Bollywood realised that homosexuality is not just one big joke? Explores Seema Goswami.
Updated on Jul 13, 2009 05:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
Welcome to the First Wives Club!
These days it seems you have to be both sleek and stylish to make your mark. Seema Goswami tells more about the 'looks' and 'style' quotient for wives of political leaders...
Updated on Jun 13, 2009 09:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
What's next on the 'bitch' list?
I’ve always maintained that there is no such thing as a sisterhood when it comes to women who work together. Seema Goswami on the recent Sonam-Aishwarya episode...
Updated on Sep 18, 2009 09:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Hang up now!
Surely, life went on even before the mobile phone was invented? Is our addiction to mobile phones getting out of hand? So maybe it is time to ditch the mobile phone, says Seema Goswami.
Updated on May 25, 2009 10:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami