Of Light and Darkness
This Diwali was different. Not in the way that we didn’t burst crackers or that we didn’t light up the house. That we’ve never been big...
Dripping with Commitment
I met Dr. Anjali Mehta at the Kalam Conclave held at Lucknow, a few months ago. It was there that I first heard of her organization...
A Balanced Love
This piece was originally written for and published on Bonobology.com It was going to be a first for all of us, I realized; as I packed...
Grandma's recipes for life
This piece was originally written and published in ThnkMkt Magazine. This Holi, as I stood in line for an hour to buy the overpriced...
What a sumptuous spread!
The following piece was originally written and published in ThnkMkt Magazine. If there really is a ‘melting pot’ of cultures, anywhere in...
The Freedom to be 'Us'
The following piece was originally written for and published in ThnkMkt Magazine. For as long as I can remember, we have been a country...
Charred, yet not scarred
The following piece was originally written for and first published in ThnkMkt Magazine. Monika Singh, an NIFT student, worshipped...
Sharing is caring - A note from a proud mother, this Eid.
This piece was originally written for MumbaiMom and published on their website. My son stood staring at a fall of lambs tied to a tree,...
Cotton and The Monsoons : How my myth got busted
Monsoons and cottons aren’t a good combination. That’s what I have always heard from my mother and grandmother. And coming from a long...
Strength – Courage
My dear son, Growing up, I had a friend, a few years older than me. She lived three houses down from ours. We were thick as thieves. She...
