A steel almirah was a common feature in many Indian households until recent times. Parth Pandya takes a nostalgic look back at this storage house of memories.
A serious illness put Vibha Sharma through a testing time in 2018, but she has emerged with gratitude and values every breath now, she writes.
What makes a family? Are blood ties everything? Bhumika’s essay examines the dynamics of the family one is born into and the family one finally adopts to survive in this world, especially as an only child.
Why do you travel? Is it to find happiness outside the box? Is it to create meaningful memories? Or is it to provide answers to life’s issues? Anusha Singh reflects how globe-trotting this year helped her realise the value of the warm balmy feeling that comes from being much closer home.
Chandramohan Nair remembers the first library he joined – a place where he felt at home and which allowed his imagination to roam free.
At an early stage in her life, Anusha Singh experienced deep discomfort over her inaction in speeding up the death of an ailing life. Was it ‘right’ or ‘wrong’? Today, she realizes that such decisions cannot lie in zones of black and white, but in painfully complex shades of grey.
Suresh Subrahmanyan explores the complex subject of guilt, freely drawing from his own experiences as well as mining from the fertile field of English literature.
Mirnalini Venkatraman describes her journey so far as a full-time working woman who also happens to be a mother, and how guilt seeps in more often than she would like.
Think ‘India’ and what jumps to your mind? For Pulkit Singh, her country is as much about food as about all the other metaphors that define it. She looks back at all the gastronomic experiences she has had and shares her stories with you. And yes, she is talking about more epicurean delights than just the insanely famous butter chicken.