Indian societies are unbelievably sensitive towards and hushed up about most discussions around sex and pleasure, but Vani Viswanathan enjoys seeing how the internet is making it a little better – especially for women.
Chandramohan Nair realises how lucky he was to get two carefree years of boyhood in Nepal that were long on play but short on studies.
There’s this issue that attacks women every month before their cycle of physical torture and has no cure whatsoever: the Pre-Menstrual Syndrome (PMS). Mridula shares how PMS dramatically unfolds in her life.
People change; so do cities, for better or worse. Chandramohan Nair shares memories of the Madras he knew as a young man and reflects on the changes that he now sees in the city.
Pulkit Singh contemplates her daughter’s lack of regular exposure to the city life as she lives in a small town. A trip to a big city with the daughter adds a realisation that Pulkit writes about here.
What is the role of creative writing in today’s world? The contributors of our 100th issue’s non-fiction pieces tell us.
There’s an urgent need for young people to start reading and writing in the regional languages, and not just English, opines Suchitra Ramachandran, pointing out that forgetting a language and its literature is to forget where we came from.
Deepa Venkatraghvan writes about a practice that is very close to her heart – one that she believes has to be handed down to future generations in order to inspire them and make them better people.
Suresh Subrahmanyan takes an amusing, if exasperated, look at exhibitions and fairs in our country. Do we come out of them enlightened or merely bone weary?