
Morocco has everything, from seaside towns to modern cities, and plenty of places to curl up with books like Lessons in Chemistry. ADOBE STOCK
This is my first column of 2024. But this week I am looking back - and giving you a taste of all that made 2023 (despite its many miseries) bearable for me. Here, in no particular order, is my best-of-2023 list.
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Things are going south
Two of India's surprise obsessions, benne dosa and donne biryani, come from Bengaluru. Try both. It's not about history or bragging rights. It's just good food

Grab a spoon
Pastries with a French accent, ice-creams with a Japan visa, rasgullas with Italian connections, viral American cakes, home-grown faves. Track India's dessert revolution in five viral bites

Spots and a bit of frenzy
Zoom in. Bharti Kher's works are dotted with meaning. And every bindi represents her connection to India and the spiritual

Please take a screen test
It's difficult, but not impossible, to do a digital detox. Set boundaries, resist the impulse, and tuck your phone away

Terms, but with conditions
Dating is hard. New labels make it worse. Ghosting. Nanoship. Pocketing. Let's just focus on the people, shall we?

Have you learnt to spell?
10 incantations that make us all secretly feel like wizards and witches. By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth! Here they come

Varun Sood
personal agenda - Actor, @VarunSood12

These notes hit different
What happens if a flute and guitar have a baby? Or when a violin gets an extra string? Hear from four musicians whose inventions can't be beat

Unhappily ever after
Unrequited love, unfulfilled longing, romances that didn't work out. These 10 onscreen couples broke each other's hearts, and ours too

When a shrink needs a shrink
Is your therapist judgy? A tattletale? A bully? Spot these red flags before you sit on the couch. All healing starts from a safe space