( NOTE — from the archives, written in 2020, publishing now) Yesterday in a mall’s play area where my five year old was enjoying rides with her father, I was baby sitting my toddler. A lady walked up to me and said, “Ma’am your baby is crying”, and gave me…

What is ‘arranged marriage’? Two strangers get hooked and end up getting married. And like many other, that has been my love story… But whether it is arranged or a love marriage, life after the holy rituals is just so different…! It’s much beyond the dreams that you see…

“A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.” — Dave Meurer The book written by author Meera Ravi reflects her deep understanding of relationships. The title of the book however can make the reader pick it…

I am an occasional reader who has picked up a hobby of reading books to keep myself in a ‘positive bubble’ in otherwise negative times. I thoroughly enjoyed the fresh start, hence thought of inspiring people like me who always fantasized about sitting in a coffee shop with a book…

I was sitting in the reading area of the reception lobby of a hotel when a voice came — “Your daughter is very beautiful just like you..!!”. I looked up to the gaze of a handsome middle aged man with a flirtish smile. Seeing me quizzed by his compliment, he…

'Modernism' nowadays seems to be a term misunderstood… Sitting in a college canteen after ages as I look around, my eye catches a glimpse of a very young girl sitting with a boy who probably looks like her boyfriend with their body-language. Hope you understand what I mean when I…

“ Babies are born as a piece of raw clay, it is upto the parents to mould them the right way..!! ” Beauty of life is that it begins from a nascent state — babies are born in the form just like that of a raw clay. They are moulded…

The evolution of products and art forms in a region are a direct representation of its changing culture, history and design techniques since ancient human civilizations. Art is an expression that can take a form of painting, sculpture, embroidery, etc. Embroidery is an age old skill with rich cultural past…

It was late night when the mom in me went to check whether my kids were sleeping sound in their room, just like an everyday ritual. As I kissed on my daughter’s cheek, her body was dissipating so much heat. To my shock, thermometer reflected high fever. I started her…