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My Partition Inheritance
I begin this, my new entry for the 69th year of India's independence, with a memory of old. A memory so old, in fact, that it predates me. It predates my father too, through whom I claim kinship with...
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Father Davis Chiramel: The Priest Who Gave His Kidney
This article is from Open Magazine. By Madhavankutty Pillai On 25 February 2013, Father Kidangathazhe Sebastian got on a bus to Ernakulam at the town of Chalakudy. At a midway stop in Perumbavoor, a...
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Sridhar Gundaiah: Call of the Countryside
This article is from Open Magazine. By V Shoba In the run-up to Independence Day, as armchair bargain-hunters raided the cut-price shelves of India's major online marketplaces, 32-year-old Sridhar...
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How The Internet of Things Could Revolutionise Our Lives, Work
Imagine your home as a smart place that works by itself rather than you working for it. Lights, heaters and thermostats shut down automatically when you leave for work and start by themselves just...
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Healing From Child Sexual Abuse: Let Yourself Grieve, Get Angry
Healing is not a linear process. You may revisit a particular issue, say, the fear of intimacy, as you begin a new relationship. Or you may have to learn to set limits with your children if you have...
View ArticleAfghanistan, A Ticking Time Bomb In South Asia
Besmillah Jahed, a young development professional in Afghanistan, was returning from Bamiyan, when a massive explosion rocked the entrance of the Kabul Airport on 10 Aug 2015.He had narrowly escaped...
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So, You Want Kids?
Our society has a problem: we somewhat detest the 'live and let live' philosophy. Rather, we are followers of the 'live and let's tell others how to live' movement. And true to this ideology, if you...
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A Tale Of First Dates, Part One: The Playwright
A crisp November night. The by-lanes of Juhu smell of motor oil, imitation perfume and unbound opportunities for struggling actors. I meet him for a coffee at a second-world swanky café in the suburbs....
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Attention, World: The Ebola Fight Isn't Over
The race to contain the largest Ebola epidemic in history has been a marathon, not a sprint. One year ago I arrived in West Africa and found the virus tearing through the region. It was destroying...
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Resolutions For Pakistan On Independence Day
Pakistan has turned 68 years old. From 1947 to 2015, this country has come a long way and has an even longer way to go. Like all other countries on the world map, Pakistan too has had its share of good...
View ArticleTo Suggest Women Should Calibrate Ambition Is Sexist And Defeatist
This happened when I was in the 8th grade. Arvind, a boy in my class, spilled ink on my pencil box and ruined it. I got angry. He got angry. We both fought. Our teacher broke the fight and took me...
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What The Monsoon Session Tells Us About Modi And Indian Politics
If you heard or read the Prime Minister's Independence Day speech you may have noticed some references to his previous speech from Delhi's Red Fort, on the same day, last year. But there was no...
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NHRC, Being Speciesist Hurts People Too
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recently issued a statement saying that "human rights should weigh above animal rights". This action follows the death of a young child who was attacked by...
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We Need A 'Moto G' Of Windows Laptops
The last time I used a Windows laptop was before 2010. It's been half a decade since I switched to a Mac and haven't looked back. The most difficult question I have to answer today is when someone asks...
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Why I Ran The London Marathon During My Period And Didn't Wear A Pad Or Tampon
The following is the original piece I wrote about my marathon run, which in the past week has gained a lot of attention around the world. For the run, I made a decision about my own comfort that would...
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'Ghar', 'Masoom' And Lessons Of Life from Gulzar
I had bought the cassette from a posh music store on Birhana Road in Kanpur on my 13th birthday. I had heard one of its songs on TV and had fallen in love with the poetry. Lucky for me, my birthday was...
View ArticleAlphabet And The Rewriting Of Google's Business Model
For the last two months, the media has been carrying news about our dysfunctional Parliament, terrorist attacks in Gurdaspur and Udhampur and various scams. We yearned to hear some good news and it did...
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Adding Up The Value Of 69 Independence Days
"We were huddled under the berth in the train, and through the gaps in the planks, we could see outside. I wish we hadn't." The train was carrying my father-in-law who was seven years old then. The...
View ArticleEnter Rahul Gandhi With All Guns Blazing
While Sholay completed forty years, we completed sixty-eight years of independence. Like Sholay, revenge - a pet Bollywood theme played in the Indian Parliament. But, with several twists. Wo 44 aur tum...
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Podcast: How The Parsi Community Can Help Find A Cure For Migraines
Given our advances in medical science, it might surprise some that a condition as prevalent as a migraine headache is something that we still don't have a cure for. Sure, we've linked it to several...
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