When the sunrise was not something I took for granted and the sound of birds chirping in the morning made my day complete before it had even started. When soft guitar chords would float around me as I waited patiently ...Read More
Whoever said women were permitted only one act in a lifetime?
Do 20 extra kilos, scars of an invasive surgery, dental implants and some somnolent muscles mean you are done for in this life? Would it be fair to say that ...Read More
As I turn 25, looking quarter-life crisis squarely in the eye, I’ve realised that my life has not been short of its share of drama. Just going back four years could offer to be one of the most thrilling roller coaster rides ...Read More
Pic by Kunal Karan Kapoor
Sometimes, the merest thing can trigger off memories- an image, a sound, the whiff of a perfume. I recently viewed a photograph of Mumbai….endless tall buildings, a grey snaking road and a bird soaring in the ...Read More
Was it yesterday that I beamed at the fact that I had turned 18? I remember standing in one of the corridors of Seshadripuram College huddled with my friends, celebrating a milestone that added an extra zing to the already ...Read More
It is a girl. She is walking down an uneven path on the barren hillside, placing her feet carefully on the loose stones. Her thin brown fingers are curled around some ferns with white spore smeared undersides that she uses to stamp Christmas ...Read More
Once in every while, you should remember the things you did and liked long, long ago. When you were younger than you are now. I remember how my first nail colour was a shade of lavender with glitter. And then ...Read More
She, the immaculate Marianna Sharon Joseph could barely stand the sight of herself. She looked like something the dog had dragged in. She switched on the light to see if it made any difference… but no, she still looked like ...Read More
10 PM. Our day has just started. Things don’t look too cheerful; there is a dingy slum, right before our eyes. The street light has a habit of illuminating all the things you don’t want to see, like a child ...Read More
“The film is strictly for adults,” said Aamir Khan in what looked like a mix between a Tata Sky ad and an anti-smoking campaign as the three actors of Delhi Belly teased him about ruining his own reputation. While MBA students are ...Read More
Statistics prove that India’s potential to emerge as an economic and a socially responsible power in the next three decades rests on the Indian youth. That 47 per cent of Indians are under the age of 20 and 10 per cent ...Read More
