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Spectator by Seema Goswami: Decoding the modern shopper

Shopping is enjoyable, but also intensely personal. How you shop reveals a lot about who you are. Check out these types

There are many different types of shoppers. In Hustlers (2019) Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu shop in high-end stores, where Wu pays $1,000 in cash for her purchase, proving she’s clearly not a needs-based shopper.

Updated on Jul 25, 2023 02:34 PM IST

BySeema Goswami

Punjab schools directed to apply for scholarships online

The state education department has directed all schools to apply for central and state government sponsored schemes through E-Punjab portal in order to ensure that the benefits of these schemes reach the deserving students

The department asked the school heads to encourage students to apply on the portal.(representational photo) (HT FIle Photo)

Updated on Apr 22, 2023 01:02 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Fit and fine by Kamal Singh CSCS: New Year fitness resolutions

Remember that making small changes leads to success and this can be built up on

The gym owners love the month of January. In their enthusiasm to make a change, people sign up for annual membership every January and then barely make it to the gym

Updated on Jan 10, 2021 08:15 PM IST

ByKamal Singh

Goodbye to all that? I’m not so sure

The honest truth – and you’ve probably guessed it by now – is that I’m going into 2021 with a little trepidation or, if that’s too strong a word, more than a touch of hesitation.

The silence and loneliness of being on my own is no longer intimidating. In fact - and I know that sounds a little perverse – I’ve enjoyed it. So this morning I feel I don’t want to lose it. At least, not completely.(HTPHOTO)

Updated on Jan 02, 2021 06:55 PM IST

HT Chandigarh Readers’ Take: Equip police with high-tech gear, give them better pay, training

Chandigarh police personnel need to be equipped with the latest crime-fighting technology; given reasonable working hours; better salaries, improved skills/academic training in public dealing and the ability to take challenges head-on, say readers

Better equipment, skills and on-the-job training and salaries to match makes for an efficient police force.(HT Photo)

Updated on Sep 11, 2020 10:36 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent

World’s first cement suit has been designed in India to fight coronavirus. Here’s all you need to know

Somesh Singh, Co-founder of Craft Village, India Craft Week and former director of The Institute of Apparel Management has designed the world’s first Corona suits made of cement, CoValor-21, to protect doctors, paramedics and police force engaged in saving us from the coronavirus pandemic.

Somesh Singh, co-founder of Craft Village and its initiative India Craft Week and former director of The Institute of Apparel Management, who has in the past transformed mundane concrete into functional objects has designed the world’s first corona suits made of cement, to protect doctors, paramedics and police force engaged in saving us from the coronavirus pandemic.

Updated on Apr 09, 2020 10:32 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySrishti Jha

‘Million new Indian followers, wife panicked’: Paine on Pant’s ‘babysitter’ post

Paine’s wife Bonnie took part in the banter and continued the episode by sharing a picture of Pant holding the captain’s children.

Rishabh Pant with Tim Paine’s(Bonnie Paine/ Instagram)

Updated on Jan 15, 2020 11:35 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

I’ve had enough: Kunal Vijayakar on food trends to retire in 2020

Kale, avocado, food with activated charcoal — the author lists all the food trends from 2019 that need to go and trends like cross-cultural and hyper-regional cuisine that are emerging

Why do we need a black burger bun or a scoop of ice-cream that looks like a ball of grease?(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on Jan 03, 2020 07:57 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKunal Vijayakar

The core of the Ayodhya judgment | Opinion

Work simultaneously for both parties, ensure tangible action, and answer questions on funding

The most important “far-sight” in the judgment was the court’s recognition that the Muslims were wronged in 1992(Biplov Bhuyan/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Nov 12, 2019 06:59 PM IST

ByGopalkrishna Gandhi

Keeping fit is all about discipline: Manoj Bajpayee

The actor swears by home-cooked food, dinner by 6pm and daily yoga.

‘Mutton curry, which I cook myself, is my guilty pleasure,’ says actor Manoj Bajpayee

Published on Jun 15, 2019 05:33 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMadhusree Ghosh

Table for one

Eating out alone has its pleasures – but it’s not the only activity you can enjoy on your own

The writer loves people-watching while eating alone so much that she has coined a phrase for it – ‘catching the cabaret’(iSTOCK)

Updated on May 05, 2019 12:50 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySeema Goswami

Opinion | Blame TV for our perception of netas

The problem begins with our television talk shows which encourage politicians to quarrel. They seek to portray the tamasha of politics, its theatre and spectacle, rather than its content and substance.

if programmes are designed to inform and not entertain, our perception of politicians will quickly change(SHUTTERSTOCK)

Published on Apr 28, 2019 04:03 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Thane bumps into April 29 reminder

Pranav Patil, president of NGO Paper Revolution foundation (PRF), said, “Many people think voting is a waste of time. We want to tell them that picking the right person can change our city for the better.”

A group of students from Thane is all set to remind people to vote by holding placards at different locations in Thane over the next three days.(PTI)

Published on Apr 25, 2019 02:02 AM IST

Thane | ByArvind Walmiki

Mumbaiwale: Making sense of life in a metro

Big city, big problems? One collective is bringing mind, body, spirit and nutrition experts to address our urban burdens

Perhaps the most insidious attack on our lives is the sheer pressure from making small choices.(Kunal Patil/HT)

Updated on Jan 12, 2019 12:50 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByRachel Lopez

International Literacy Day: Turning uneducated women into literacy champs

Sixty-year-old Shiv Kanti of Karouni village, on the outskirts of Lucknow, was an illiterate woman till a few years ago. She even did not send her children to school, engaging them in farm work instead, and was against the idea of her granddaughter attending school, which she thought was a waste of time.

Published on Sep 08, 2018 01:12 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByRajeev Mullick, Lucknow

Turning 18 with HT: ‘Brightest Indian minds prefer working abroad’

Banyan Tree School captain Karman Singh has his heart set on becoming a pilot in Australia and says corruption, nepotism and biases are leading to brain drain

GOAL-ORIENTED: A non-medical student, he is a goalkeeper, dog lover and an avid reader, meet Karman Singh, the school captain at Banyan Tree School, Sector 48, Chandigarh, who aspires to become a pilot.(Sikander Singh/HT)

Updated on May 03, 2018 11:09 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByAishwarya Khosla

Rain alert! Happy Bhag Jayegi cast’s quick thinking saves the day

Director Mudassar Aziz is shooting for the sequel of Happy Bhag Jayegi in Malaysia. This is how they made the best of the rainy day.

The film Happy Bhag Jayegi Returns is being produced by Aanand L Rai.

Updated on Apr 29, 2018 06:15 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByYashika Mathur, New Delhi

A frightful mess: Rashid Irani reviews Truth or Dare

Expect neither story, craft nor logic. You’d be better off playing the game, alone.

The story of Truth or Dare starts with the titular party game, which unleashes a demonic entity.

Published on Apr 19, 2018 04:42 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByRashid Irani

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