Family – Strangers
My dear son, Affiliation, as I have come to realize, is an odd concept. So comforting in the security it offers; and yet at the same...
Morning dew and fireflies
Some times, we don’t even know when a moment first lodges itself indelibly in our minds. It is only after it keeps sneaking up on us,...
Real Stories
My dear son, What can a mother who is a writer tell you, other than stories? Although this happened a while back; I remember it like it...
Courage Is Grace Under Fire
A few days ago, I finally had the opportunity to visit Sheroes Hangouts in Lucknow. It is a cafe run by acid attack survivors and had two...
Check your backyard…
From the Archives: On Aruna Shanbaug’s death anniversary May 18th, 2015: I was just fiddling with my phone earlier today, when the news...
Brown paper packages, tied up with strings…
Some memories are a lot, lot more than just that…memories. A few days before the start of a new session at school, my paternal...
Women, Art, and Empowerment – The Journey by Radhika Maira Tabrez
https://incrediblewomenofindia.wordpress.com/2016/03/15/women-art-and-empowerment-the-journey-by-radhika-maira-tabrez/ Gaius Plinius...
Try and try, until you succeed…
It was a busy day. I had a Book Launch at a Women’s Day Celebration event planned for the evening and was also to give a speech. Our...
Another life lost. Who cares?
Exactly a fortnight after Harish Nanjappa’s death comes Vikas Sonia’s. A 22 year old life snuffed out on the road. By the bus that hit...
All you need is Love!
We have always been too lazy about Valentine’s Day. Besides, everything is so inordinately expensive; every place too crowded, sodden...
