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What’s the Answer?

What’s the answer to man’s quest for meaning in this vast universe? What is the source of true happiness? Vishal Anand meditates on a very relevant topic and in the process, tries to seek answers.

Home – The Changing Contours

The idea of home has undergone many changes in the last ten years for Lavanya Pathmanaban. A non-resident Indian, she tells us about the transition.  

She and She

When a woman becomes a mother, the expectations from her go many notches up. And most of the times, there are two ‘shes’ battling within her. Anupama Krishnakumar reflects on the endless dilemma that a mother faces – her children versus her own dreams, accompanied by a guilt that never ceases to be.

Biriyani and Birthing

Subha Srinivasan talks about the looming crisis of Caesarean-sections becoming the default means of giving birth in urban India. It’s time women start understanding and taking control of how they give birth, she says. Read on for an engaging take on the issue.

Left Behind

When Gauri Trivedi was leaving India along with her husband and baby to settle down abroad, her mother raised a very simple yet pertinent question. Gauri shares what the question was and how her perceptions about moving out of India have changed from the time she left years back to now. Here’s a writeup in which a daughter opens up to her mother and introspects. Read on.

Marriage in the Social Era

What’s it like being married in the social era? Vani Viswanathan, as a relatively new entrant into the institution, reflects on the public glare of social media on marriage.

Musing Over a Song and Love

Music and love are inextricably linked, believes Anupama Krishnakumar. She picks one of her favourite romantic songs in Tamil whose lyrics she loves and begins analysing the lines on the go while the song plays in the background. Here’s the result of her experiment.

In Berlin

What magic do big cities hold for a budding traveller? Vani Viswanathan talks about why Berlin held her enthralled, dripping with history in its nooks and corners, under the theme ‘Travel’.

It Gets a Million ‘Wows’ a Year

Visiting the Leaning Tower of Pisa was more than a tourist’s delight; it leads one to think about science and the times we live in, writes Subbaram Danda, under the theme ‘Travel’.