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Smile OK Please

Isn't it awesome when a stranger smiles at you? It makes your day, doesn't it? Okay. I know....

Written by Joanna Sam

22 Dec 2019 | Featured | Humor



Roots

'तुमच्या मुलीने मला आज रागावल' Your daughter scolded me today. A 6-year-old me scribbled this on a piece...

Written by Yamini Girey

24 Nov 2019 | Featured | Experiences



Bad Coffee in a Good Mug

I come from a conservative family in Chennai. My mom had a habit of maintaining checklists on how...

Written by Seema Gaurav

13 Nov 2019 | Featured | Experiences


EXPERIENCESSee more


संडे हो या मंडे, डाएट के रोज नये फंडे

“मिस्टर अँड मिसेस मोस्ट ब्युटीफुल अँड फिट कपल अबाव्ह फोर्टी प्लस” (!) (“Mr and Mrs most beautiful couple...

Written by डॉ. मेधा फणसळकर

30 Dec 2019 | Experiences | Humor



A full stop

It’s a horrifying sight, looking at a blank paper. Words are apparently supposed to be this magical cure;...

Written by Shankar Tripathi

30 Oct 2018 | Experiences | Ideas



The boy who cried depression

To begin with, I wanted this to be an essay with citations from journals and papers on psychiatry...

Written by Sharvari

2 Aug 2018 | Experiences | Ideas


EDUCATIONSee more


Adding magic to education

If any real magician decides to tell you the theory behind their trick, they’d be out of business...

Written by Saunved

30 Mar 2018 | Education | Humor



Motives, failures and beyond

From a young age, we are asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” And...

Written by Saunved

11 Feb 2018 | Education | Ideas



Fears of settling with mediocrity

Every child is special for their parents. That child is raised to believe that anything and everything is...

Written by Madhumitra

5 Feb 2018 | Education | English


HUMORSee more


Babies Are Hard To Please

I don't need any validation from anyone. Going out of my way to please someone? - No, thanks....

Written by Namrata Bodkhe

8 Dec 2019 | Humor |



SCRIPT: KAHAANI ‘HUMDRUM’ KII

Editor’s Note The uncanny resemblance of this script with actual Hindi daily soaps makes me wonder if Namrata...

Written by Namrata Bodkhe

25 Jan 2019 | Humor | Featured



Downsides of Downpours

When I used to walk to my school, I thought anyone on the road using any sort of...

Written by Namrata Bodkhe

6 Sep 2018 | Humor | Experiences


IDEASSee more


Are we “too inspired” to care?

From the pre-internet age of sleazy movie posters and magazine covers to the annoying online banner ads of...

Written by Saunved

20 Feb 2018 | Ideas | English



The Spectrum

While I was driving to college one day, I came across an advertisement for a famous show on...

Written by Sharvari

9 Feb 2018 | Ideas | English



The elements of a good conversation

During a discussion with my friends a few days ago, we came to the conclusion that our rate...

Written by Saunved

3 Feb 2018 | Ideas | Experiences


STORIESSee more


It’s a Woman’s World

I looked up as the doorbell rang. It probably is the newspaper girl, I thought as I opened...

Written by Shankar Tripathi

4 Mar 2019 | Stories |



Liberation

Amit woke up with the worst headache and groggily sat up in his bed. He had had too...

Written by Vaishnavi Sreenivas

1 Nov 2018 | Stories | Experiences



The final flight

Standing at the edge of the flight deck, the shimbu-tai, or Special Attack Unit insignia on my arm listened...

Written by Shankar Tripathi

19 Sep 2018 | Stories | Experiences


SERIESSee more


Daughter-in-law

For the first time in my life, my mother left me on my own at my aunt’s place...

Written by Minu Nymus

8 Feb 2019 | Series | Being woman, you know...



Surgical Strike: Part Three

There is a military adage: the first casualty after establishing contact with the enemy is the end of...

Written by Dr. Shreeprasad Sidhaye

17 Dec 2018 | Series | Surgical Strike



Surgical Strike: Part Two

On getting an instantaneous ‘yes’, the Government asked the Army to submit plans for approval. Now as the...

Written by Dr. Shreeprasad Sidhaye

9 Dec 2018 | Series | Stories


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