These are times when every one of us is suffering from a house arrest whether we are liking this or not but we all have to bear the brunt. This is taking a heavy toll on a lot of people’s physical, mental health. I am a single mother who lives...
Read moreA Romantic Morning
There came a day in my life, when instead of rushing to get ready for work, I slipped into a pair of loose pants and flip-flops, grabbed a book, and went out for a walk. I just moseyed along the street with no agenda. A tiny voice in my mind was...
Read moreExperience of a Head Master in Kolkata
It seems that our beautiful world has almost come to a standstill on the tenth day of lockdown declared by our honorable prime minister in his televised speech for the nation at 8 p.m. on the 24 th March.
Read moreThe Last Goodbye
Saying goodbye can often be bittersweet. But when you say goodbye for what you know to be the last time, it’s on a whole new different level. Especially when you’re eight.
Read moreCOVID19: Why we shall not ignore the gender role in fighting the pandemic
Coronavirus Pandemic is the biggest threat in terms of the viral disease since the Spanish Flu of 1920. With the changing world around us, we still choose to not notice the pandemic with the lenses of Gender. Especially, in a country like...
Read moreAre jokes persona non grata during Covid-19?
Coronavirus times. As the infection is sweeping across country after country, toppling people, economies and virtually the world as we know it, it is being made clear to us that we need to recalibrate ourselves, our beliefs, our lifestyle.
Read moreThe Swell of Spring
Last night, the brave, lone peeper sang confidently out of tune. His notes echoed through the damp spring air. It didn’t matter if he made mistakes, only that he sang with passion. I abandoned the urge to applaud, knowing that he would stop...
Read moreCollective Wisdom
There is an interesting incident in the first #Ironman film. Tony Stark, the genius billionaire, high tech arms manufacturer and overall modest human being, gets captured and forced to work on a missile by his enemies.
Read moreMemories of Another Day
I clearly remember the day, though it happened many years back. My best friend and I had bunked college and gone shopping in Commercial Street, a hub of Bangalore, on her bike. Parking in a bylane, we started hunting for a pair of black shoes for...
Read moreOne Micron Life
To be honest, I hadn’t really taken the ‘That-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named’ virus seriously at all, even though it freakingly fitted with every word of the prediction made by a competent clairvoyant back in the 1960s. A well meaning friend had shared...
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