Viswanathan Subramanian recalls fond memories of watching Tamil movies during the sixties and seventies.
The strength of a written piece comes from a writer’s structure, and his embellishments come later; Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty warns us against using ‘big words’ when we don’t need to.
Relationships need to evolve because the people in it change, says Bijesh Krishnadas. The easiest way to keep relationships sustainable and fresh is solitude and introspection. Read on.
Schooling is no longer the ‘take it easy’ thing that it used to be! Anupama Krishnakumar walks you through the interesting and funny sides of putting your little one into school and the detestable attitude that prevails towards competition.
The ego that is absent in a new born, becomes immensely powerful as the child grows up, thanks to various knowledge-imparting initiatives. Consequently, the absolute reality or “Brahman” is not experienced but thought about, thereby becoming a concept, when it is actually the reality that needs to be experienced. Surprisingly, thoughts that drive the world about us or the “intellect” is the biggest barrier to understanding the absolute truth. Viswanathan Subramanian discusses thoughts in the second part of the series on self-knowledge.
Who among us hasn’t been captivated by tales on silver screen? And more so, by romance that transports you to a different world altogether! Swetha Ramachandran pays a perfect tribute to movies in this genre – the ‘happily-ever-after’s and the ‘jilted-at-the-altar’s that many of us have fun watching!
Resolutions need not be always serious. You can make them for pure fun too! Vani Viswanathan takes a light-hearted stance on the whole idea of resolutions.
Vani Viswanathan isn’t a fashion freak by any measure. So, here she is, well, fretting over fashion.But, hold on! There’s something she has learnt to appreciate too. Read on.
The understanding of the “outer” should start from the “inner”. Shall we call this “self-knowledge”? Viswanathan Subramanian explores in a multi-part series.