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It Takes Just One Teacher To Change Your Life

When my parents expected me to pursue medicine, my tuition teacher pointed out to my mother that I had a flair for English. Today, I find myself in this beautiful place in life where I tell stories for a living. It’s true: All it takes is one person to believe in you.

Karima Khan May 2, 2016

Modern Family

The Best Gift Today’s Mothers Can Give their Children is Some Unmonitored “Me Time”

The constant supervision to create a model kid, robs children of solitude: A solitude that will overwhelm them with its monotony before getting them to move their ass to experiment in the kitchen, scribble Rupi Kaur-like poetry on their notepads, and perhaps discover the true meaning of life.

Purba Ray April 20, 2016

POV

Return to Neverland

I had been away from Lucknow for only four years. Memories of the city simmered inside, relived like moments with a long-lost sweetheart and shorn of all blemishes.

Naved Ahmed April 12, 2016

Culture

My Favourite Part of Durga Puja? Remembering the Pujos of My Childhood

Growing up, Durga Pujo was all about garnering a shot of freedom, of carefree behaviour, every single year. But adulting compromises the novelty of Pujo. Now, as an adult, reminiscing about the Pujo of my childhood is possibly my favourite Pujo activity.

Runa Mukherjee April 10, 2016

Culture

Parsi Diary: Moving to a Baug is a Lot Like Moving to a New City

Unlike most Parsis in Mumbai, I’ve not had a “colony childhood” – I haven’t been brought up in a baug. After moving to Dadar Parsi Colony after marriage, I feel like quite the outsider. I sometimes need Google Maps to navigate through the many by-lanes and more people recognise my husband’s pet than me.

Huzan Tata April 10, 2016

Modern Family

The OG #FamJam: Why We Need to Bring Family TV Time Back

Family TV time was when we’d bond by making hapless attempts at answering KBC questions, laughing at each other’s awful guesses, and asking about each other’s day at school and office during commercials. But now, I can’t seem to remember the last time my family turned on the flatscreen in our living room.

Nihal Bambulkar April 6, 2016

People

Remembering Vijaya Mulay, the Woman Behind the Legendary DD Film “Ek Anek Aur Ekta”

Those who grew up in the ’70s and ’80s, learnt about national integrity and unity through a seven-minute animated film that aired on Doordarshan called Ek Anek Aur Ekta. The woman behind this little film with a big heart, Vijaya Mulay, passed away on Sunday, at age 98.

Chandrima Pal March 27, 2016

First Person

“Yeh Dukh Kaahe Khatam Nahin Hota?”: Why Some People Feel More Pain than Others

From the devastating images of the coronavirus crisis emerging from across India to the rise in intolerance, I struggle to cope with how the world is breaking – physically and in spirit. Sometimes I feel too much for matters that are beyond my control. And this debilitating inclination to push empathy on overdrive isn’t easy to live with.

Sangeetha Bhaskaran March 10, 2016

Pop Culture

Why the Enduring Myth of Mary Poppins Didn’t Need an Update

Raising children is never an easy business. Parents need all the help they can get. There is a reason why my father would once think of our original Mary Poppins VHS tape as a sound investment. Transfixed for the 140 minutes that it played, my sister and I would be out of his and my mother’s way.

Shreevatsa Nevatia March 2, 2016