Having walked this earth for as long as I have, I feel like I have a strut going and maybe even a jog so I like to generalize. And...

We need rebels, we need hippies, we need aunties like me!

Me : How are you? ? How Have you Been? Hellooooo They : I just came back from Mumbai last night/ I was in Turkey and came back 3 weeks...

In Indian mythology, women used to have a room to be angsty in. I won't say women in general, but queens did. They could go weep, cuss,...

History is a complex weave of human stories, endeavor and experience juxtaposed on a grand canvas of geography and time.

As a society, we’re afraid of change, Weren’t we told that once homosexuals enter matrimony, it will be ruined for the man-woman variety?

Forget the gratitude in the bad times, I like to complain when I’m good.

I once heard (on good authority) that orphanages are often quiet places. Babies don’t cry for help nor attention because no one responds...

Regionalism, West Wing, Stephen Colbert, Tolkein, Eartha Kitt, NATO, Elon Musk, James Franco,

One of the things that I was completely unaware of, was the Pulitzer prize for criticism. It hurt! The moment  I heard this news, I was...

The ‘Houses’ of Delhi - Who built them and why?

Its not the birds that are hiding in plain sight, it is us are living with our eyes wide shut. Ecological mindfulness and urban birding.

Delhi-the City of Capitals - is littered with monuments. Some are well known. Countless others lie unseen. Symbols of a vivid past &...

Beyond the forts, palaces and tombs, Delhi is also home to many hunting lodges. Here are 4 that deserve a look.

My mom is like a Scotch-Brite dish washing scrub pad. She is all spongy and soft on one side but if she flips she possesses this thin...

This is going to be a short read. I recently came upon a tweet where the author wrote that suffering from a loss of smell and taste due...

COVID, Oprah, Desi, Milk, ketchup,

I have on occasion, dreamt of being an agony aunt. How hard can it be? People write anonymously to some magazine/newspaper/website about...

Diana, royal family, queen, Monarch, common wealth, the crown, Trump,

On a bus, crossing the central park on the 92nd street in uptown Manhattan, I am seated next to a lady in a smart skirt suit with the...