New Year’s Eve Archives

The Final Countdown: So is 2020 the New Decade or Nah?

This year, New Year’s Eve isn’t just the biggest party on the calendar, it’s also fodder for a heated debate – a debate that has driven a wedge between logic and emotion. Is January 1, 2020 the start of a new decade, or not?

Dushyant Shekhawat June 20, 2016

POV

Can We Resolve to Stop Stinking in 2018?

2017 ignored the problems that are technically issues, but don’t quite qualify because not enough people feel strongly about them. It’s time we brought some of these issues to the fore in 2018: Vegetarian seekh kebab for instance and people who smell bad.

Ramjaane May 18, 2016

POV

“Papa Nahin Aane Denge”: Why I Miss the Excuse that Saved Me from New Year’s Eve Disasters

I am in Mumbai without parental guidance and am expected to have a banger New Year’s scene. The only problem is that I am a Parvati who was never Poo to begin with. In fact, I am that next-level accha baccha who sits at home enthusiastically watching year-end award shows.

Abha Mehra April 26, 2016

POV

Why 2020 is the Best Year to Stop Celebrating New Year’s Eve… Forever

If there’s one good thing that can come out of 2020 (apart from the latest Taher Shah song), it is that we don’t need New Year’s Eve parties anymore. As we approach the last day of the year, no one is asking “31st ka kya plan hai?”

Hardik Rajgor April 23, 2016

POV

A New Hope for the New Year: How to Thain Thain Your Way into 2019

It might look like the world is coming to an end, but this is the first day of the new year. We hope the indomitable spirit of “thain thain” will be with you. In the days that follow, if you find yourself in a hopeless place, remind yourself, as the police officer did, to always keep punching.

Hardik Rajgor April 10, 2016

People

The Unsung Hero of the New Year’s Eve Party

Spare a thought for the Delhi bartender, that poor sod in charge of making your shots. This is the guy in the line of fire, when trigger-happy Dilliwalas set out to party.

Parthshri Arora March 15, 2016

Pop Culture

The Sad Demise of the Greeting Card

The greeting card’s contemporaries, like Phantom cigarettes and board games have been canonised as priceless relics of our past. But the humble card has unfortunately missed its spot in listicles that “Only ’90s Kids Will Get!”

Aditya Bhalla March 5, 2016

People

74 Days and Counting: How We All Have Failed the Trapped Meghalaya Miners

Though the half-hearted response of the Meghalaya government in organising rescue operations for the miners trapped in a rat-hole mine in Meghalaya is appalling, let’s not hold the politicians to a higher standard. Our apathy cannot be ignored; in fact, it only highlights the disregard we have for the lives of the poor in our country.

Kyrmenlang Uriah March 2, 2016