Essays

Who amongst us has not been at a concert where the singer kept on asking the sound engineer to adjust the volume? Worse yet, I remember...

Once again, it's that time of the year when we make new resolutions. Many of us reflect on the insights garnered over the last 12 months....

Writing personal narratives is hard. This article that I wrote about silence being an old friend of mine was a lot to do with...

“Have some more of this,” I urge with a loving smile as I scoop out a bit more of the vendakkai (lady’s finger aka bhindi or okra) curry...

Are children ready to make career choices when they are in tenth grade? At fifteen, my daughter was at a crossroads in her life. She had...

This article was written after the 2016 Rio Olympics.

There's never a dull moment at home and when there's a flight to catch, the drama continues all the way to the airport. When DH published...

As I prepared my Toastmaster Speech on"3 Tips to Marital Bliss", I realized what a challenge it was to make people laugh. But I must have...

As a child growing up in India, I had the luxury of reading and listening to stories from Indian epics such as Mahabharatha and Ramayana....

" There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine ."  P.G.Wodehouse The first few...

Musicians are sometimes asked to present concerts on a certain theme. The concert could be based on compositions of one particular...

One of my earliest memories of childhood is the sound of ghungrus – tiny bells that classical Indian dancers wrap around their ankles....

The verdict is out now. The parents did it. Or did they? That's what the court believes. The recent verdict in the Aarushi Talwar murder...

I used to scoff at William Wordsworth's lines ...."child is the father of man" when I read his poems in my youth. Truer words were never...

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When a friend suggested that I write for the title Chicken soup for the Soul: Indian Teachers soul , I didn't realize it would be a walk...

In the dead of the night, the six-year-old in pigtails begins her  . While the rest of the world sleeps, she practises under the watchful...

Last week a friend forwarded a review of her recent article in the Statesman. It was a scathing review and took her completely by...

If you plan on visiting your old uncle or aunt in the evening, think twice. Chances are their favourite serial is playing on television ...

Recently I had been to a Diwali party where a renowned dancer did an impromptu session of abhinaya for the song "Himagiri Tanaye",...