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UAE exam season: Why school tests still haunt me every day

UAE exam season: Why school tests still haunt me every day

I can empathise with parents and I am reminiscing about those harrowing days when education was anything but fearful

My grandson is my valentine: How the day of love is more than just romance

My grandson is my valentine: How the day of love is more than just romance

In times past, we never celebrated Valentine's Day. We hadn't even heard about it though it must have been there in other parts of the world.

'Karama Zindabad': How Dubai mastered the art of Indian food

'Karama Zindabad': How Dubai mastered the art of Indian food

For food lovers, anything else can wait. Rather, should wait.

Dubai's lost dog: Why the Dh100,000 reward did not bite me

Dubai's lost dog: Why the Dh100,000 reward did not bite me

A child is born from two willing hearts committed to raising them together — and having a pet is no different. Love fails when even one person isn’t on board

Do we still need finger bowls at restaurants when dinning out?

Do we still need finger bowls at restaurants when dinning out?

Kindi service in restaurants is an upgrade to the finger bowl, an upper-class culinary culture in the US, England and India in the early 20th century, though historians trace this dining element to the Middle Ages

Do dreams have an expiry date? What has age got to do with dreams?

Do dreams have an expiry date? What has age got to do with dreams?

Some dreams are not meant to be realised. They are better kept on a pedestal as a beacon, as a north star that will make you purposeful in life and help you in character building

My conversations with Dubai cabbies

My conversations with Dubai cabbies

Musings on every day life

An ode to Dubai's past: These are the greatest storytellers of the city

An ode to Dubai's past: These are the greatest storytellers of the city

They remained a mute witness to the historical making of a metropolitan city with all that's avant-garde

Why Karama is an oasis for people-watching in Dubai

Why Karama is an oasis for people-watching in Dubai

The marble seats that have sprung up in every nook and corner of the other quarter of Karama are vantage points for free-of-cost crowd watching.

Fireworks: An explosion of memories

Fireworks: An explosion of memories

Through the lens, lightly