Some months back I visited the National Museum in Delhi. It is a place with sculptures and stories of people…
News of the World: A Book Experience
These are times when there is a lot of unrest in the world we are living in. Innocent lives are…
Grateful
How long does it take to build a relationship? Decades? Years? Months? Weeks? Days? The answer depends on the two…
A Cassata Story
At times it happens that fragrances and things dig up our past and bring a breeze of pleasure with itself.…
Puppets or Living?
As I travel to my office, I see women working as daily wage labourers on the roads of Delhi. They…
Call of the Siren
Everything comes at a cost. People who live in cities get far more exposure to the real and competitive world…
The Last Queen: A Book Experience
When we see the lives of men and women around us, particularly of a generation before us, there is stark…
खुद्दारी
दोपहर के २ बज रहे थे। मीना रसोई का चूल्हा करकट करके निपटी ही थी। दोपहर के समय दो घड़ी…
Murder at the Mushaira: A Book Experience
Mushaira means a gathering of poets. It largely dictates to Urdu poetry. Most of the people who either have an…
My Year in Books 2021
2021 marked the second consecutive year to the ruthless and inconvenient times imposed by COVID-19. In January 2021 the storm…
बस की सवारियां
बस टूटी फूटी सड़कों पर तेज़ तर्रार गति में चल रही थी। घुमावदार कोनों पर ऐसे फर्राटे में गुजरती की…
My Experiments with Truth: A Book Experience
It was on Gandhi Jayanti on 2nd October this year that I read a discussion regarding how the new age…
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane: A Book Experience
Historical fiction sprinkled with a family drama excites me as a reader. The last I read historical fiction with juicy…
A Day in a Hospital
Back when I was a schoolgirl, there used to come a show called “Sanjeevni” on Star Plus. The show was…
A Dive into Indian History
There is a lot we do not know about how things unfolded in the past. This past can be anything,…
Aali Pant 