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Unpacking For The Last Time: Reflections In Retirement
This year will be different for me, even special. It will be my husband's first year in retirement, and thus, by extension, mine too. His retirement comes at the age of sixty, after 35 years of service...
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5 Ways Of Raising Funds for Cancer Treatment
Cancer is indiscriminate in its choosing. Every year, 11,20,000 people are diagnosed with cancer in India. Almost half of this number succumbs to this disease, with only 30% of cancer patients being...
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Podcast: Transporting And Transplanting A Heart
We've come a long way from the times of boring a hole into people's head, which is believed to be the world's oldest surgical technique. Today, surgeries are commonplace, and we're constantly coming up...
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The Price Of An NRI's 'Privilege'
Everyone had been talking about the new glittering international terminal of the Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport and they were not wrong. It was a lovely experience to embark on the airport...
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Shit, My Best Friend Is a Muslim
My childhood memories are full of innumerable trips with my god-fearing family. From Vaishno Devi in the north to Rameshwaram in the south, I have done some serious worshipping, passively. Yes,...
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From Atheism To Violent Extremism: The 8 Stages Of Religiosity
Today, in the frightening milieu of religious extremism, intolerance, and terrorist attacks, one gets a little uncomfortable even mentioning of the word "religion". Very often, in TV shows and debates...
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The Sky-High Valuations Of E-Commerce Companies -- And The Inevitable Crash
Experts have pinned India as one of the fastest growing e-commerce markets. With the ever-increasing penetration of smartphones, the e-commerce world, according to a KPMG report, is set to touch $100...
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Pure Primaries
My earliest memory is of a coat. Turquoise, with a pattern of broken white lines running through the weave, and round plastic buttons like the white saucers in a doll's tea set. The lining was a deeper...
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Putting The 'Men' In Menstruation
Living in a society in which the respectability of a family revolves around avoiding 'shame', and where the standard of this shame is based primarily around the behaviour of women, places an...
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Photoblog: After Chennai's Darkest Hour, Nightlife On The Beach
Two weeks after unprecedented floods and rain wreaked havoc in Chennai we embarked on a quest to capture the fighting spirit of the city through a photo essay about vendors on the beach, who continue...
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Unpacking Jamini Roy: A Private Collection Goes Public
On 29 January, more than 30 years since his death, about 80 paintings and drawings by Jamini Roy, India's first modern master were unveiled at Dhoomimal Gallery in New Delhi. "Carved Contours" is a...
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WATCH: PhD Candidate Who Filmed Viral Video Of Police Attacking Students...
By Manira Chaudhary On 30 January, the day Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula would have turned 27, students from different universities came together at Ambedkar Bhavan to conduct a march, in continuance of...
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Why The Modi Govt Was Smart To Not Lower Fuel Prices
India couldn't have been in a better position than it is today, thanks to the crash in crude oil prices. The crash has helped the Indian economy at a time when countries like Russia, Taiwan and Brazil...
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Congratulations, You Are Not Casteist! Now What?
So, you are that unicorn. You are not only outraged at the current state of discrimination against Dalits, but are also willing to acknowledge your own privilege as an 'upper caste' individual. You are...
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The Enigma Of Return: The Quest For Roots In A Rootless World
In 1987, the Nobel Laureate, V S Naipaul wrote a brilliant tome titled, The Enigma of Arrival. In the nature of an autobiographical triptych, Naipaul, the genius, weaves a narrative on life in...
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The Data Is Unambiguous: The Odd-Even Policy Failed To Lower Pollution In Delhi
The Delhi government's two-week-long odd-even rule ended on 15 January, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announcing that the plan will return in a revised form in the near future. There have been...
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A Pigeon Or A Parrot?
Every day from my 9th floor balcony I see many things. I see the runway with hundreds of big and small aircrafts glistening in the sun, I see the highway with thousands of cars whizzing past at frantic...
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Dear Modi Bhakts, You're Not The Choudharies Of Nationalism
To every 'hyper-nationalist' out there irrespective of his/her political affiliation: You are not the choudharis of nationalism. I have the right to question and criticise. It doesn't make me an...
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Smart Cars, Intelligent Traffic Management And The Road To Urban Mobility
Indians are taking to consumer technology in a big way, most obvious in the adoption of mobile devices and smart phones in particular. Consumers are enjoying the benefits of digital mobility and the...
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Mehdi Hasan's Misguided Thanks To Obama For Mosque Speech
I often agree with the opinions of noted journalist Mehdi Hasan, but I was left shaking my head in disbelief when I read his Al Jazeera article, titled "Thank you Obama for your mosque speech." The...
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