Articles by Seema Goswami
Weight And Watch
Society is rather unforgiving of fatness. We still equate slim with attractive and fat with frumpy. And we still remain as size-ist as ever. Seema Goswami tells us more....
Updated on Apr 25, 2009 10:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Are you kidding?
Why can’t parents keep their children under control – at least when they are in public spaces? writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Apr 18, 2009 03:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
Truth Be Told
.... Or have we become a society that lies as a matter of course? This sense of denial extends to those who drink too much as well, writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Apr 04, 2009 07:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Spectator | Seema Goswami
Mind Your Manners
Don’t you sometimes get the feeling that good manners are being given a quiet burial in our increasingly combative world? I certainly do, writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Mar 28, 2009 04:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Spectator | Seema Goswami
Why so serious?
When it comes to prejudice and bigotry, the only thing that works is ridicule. To do anything else is to play into the hands of these bigots, writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Mar 23, 2009 03:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
Life is no fairy tale
The truth is that life is no fairy tale. And we do our kids a huge disservice when we bring them up to believe in the moral of these stories, writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Mar 16, 2009 06:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
Review: The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay
About half-way into the book I gave up looking for some redeeming qualities and concentrated on just getting through the damn thing. The purple prose marred it all, writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Mar 17, 2009 08:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Standing Beside Him
Would you give up your career to support your husband’s? A new book suggests that’s the key to happiness. Seema Goswami plays a little game...
Updated on Mar 07, 2009 09:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Alpha Woman, Beta Man
Can relationships between them ever work? I don’t think so – and nor does Freida Pinto. Seema Goswami tells more.
Updated on Feb 28, 2009 06:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
The rights of passage
We are willing to share every facet of our lives in public: weddings, births, funerals. But when it comes to the actual act of dying we seem unable to confront its reality. Seema Goswami examines....
Updated on Feb 24, 2009 11:36 PM IST
None | Seema Goswami
Forget about it
Would you want to erase a painful memory by popping a pill? Asks Seema Goswami.
Updated on Feb 24, 2009 11:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
A life less ordinary
Forget about being special; we may be much happier if we embraced our inner ordinariness, writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Feb 14, 2009 04:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
Who’s Your Daddy?
What happens when a man finds out he’s bringing up someone else’s kid? So, what really makes a man a father? Seema Goswami tries to find out.
Updated on Feb 07, 2009 03:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Spectator | Seema Goswami
Famous for being famous
Are you as flummoxed as I am by the faces that constantly crop up these days in our newspapers and on our television screens? Seema Goswami wonders.
Updated on Feb 02, 2009 06:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
The decline of the bosom
From being celebrated and worshipped in India as a symbol of femininity and fertility, the bosom has vanished from the arena of popular culture, writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Jan 27, 2009 05:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | The Spectator | Seema Goswami
It’s A New Year
It’s the beginning of a whole new year and probably the best time to begin work on a new you, writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Jan 03, 2009 08:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Breaking news, not views
The resentment over the way TV channels cover events has been building for a while. The 26/11 attacks were just a catalyst for people to express long-standing grievances, writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Dec 16, 2008 09:33 PM IST
None | Seema Goswami
The Naming Game
Given that nobody ever uses the new names given to all cities, what is the point of this exercise? Seema Goswami finds out why...
Updated on Dec 15, 2008 03:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Spectator | Seema Goswami
After The Terror
My favourite image of the past week is that of the Leopold Café opening its doors to customers once again, writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Dec 06, 2008 07:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
The buck stops where?
Our reaction to a terror strike was to hit back hard — not at the shadowy perpetrators of this massacre but at the politicians who we blame for having turned India into a soft State, writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Dec 02, 2008 09:03 PM IST
None | Seema Goswami
Let’s Talk
No sooner are the four little words “We need to talk” out of a woman’s mouth than the man in her life is hot-footing it out of the door, writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Dec 02, 2008 05:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Battle Of The Sexes
We are all very familiar with all things that women hate about men, but what do men hate about women? Seema Goswami tells more...
Updated on Dec 01, 2008 03:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Namaste, Everyone?
It may be time to revive the traditional Indian greeting - Namaste, suggests Seema Goswami.
Updated on Nov 15, 2008 08:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
Style Staples
We ordinary folk don’t restrict ourselves to Indian clothes all the time. So, why should our politicians, wonders Seema Goswami.
Updated on Nov 08, 2008 07:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
I can’t help myself!
Everyone’s an addict these days – whether it is to sex, shopping, coffee or cake, writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Oct 20, 2008 07:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
Who’s got talent?
It’s hard to say, given the abysmal performances of the participants in our talent shows, writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Oct 06, 2008 01:51 PM IST
None | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
Are filmstars revealing too much information?
There is no better measure of how much the Hindi film industry has changed over the decades than its attitude to love affairs, writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Sep 30, 2008 07:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami, New Delhi
To Dye Or Not To Dye
My advice to all women of a certain age: Bring on the hair dye; you have nothing to lose but your years, writes Seema Goswami.
Updated on Sep 02, 2008 05:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
What’s On Your List?
There’s no better way of remembering things than putting them down on paper. Seema Goswami gives us some tips...
Updated on Aug 25, 2008 12:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami