This sub-category is like a personal blog for writers. Writings primarily based in personal experience are part of this.
Life is mysterious. So is death. Moreover, death is inevitable and a possibility that can come to confront any of us all of a sudden. One moment you are enjoying a telephonic conversation with your dear ones, and the next one may be your last call. There is a saying, ‘Life is the greatest lie, while death is the most painful truth.’
April sets in. The air fills itself with the scent of ‘Kopou’ (foxtail orchid) blooming in all its beauty; the Kuli bird bursts forth in its full-throated melody, and the fields are ready to be harvested. But where are they? Their houses seem grey devoid of any merriment or feasting. Their kitchens don’t seem to…
On his 80th birthday, we are taking a tour back in time to discover how the great Al Pacino, one of America’s finest actors, rose to fame in the entertainment industry and has become a household name ever since. Acting, according to Pacino, is about “getting in a state that brings about freedom and expression…
Let me tell you a story Once there were two boys who lived in a strange country. Not only was the country known for its spiritual people and their love for mysticism, but also for their love for drama, over-the-top celebrations, and preference for the spectacle and spice-heavy intricate cuisine. Though considered a ‘developing nation,’…
Since mid-December, only one news appeared every day, and it was about the protests that had begun in response to the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019. At the beginning of the new decade, a new news item made it to prime time, and it was about the spread of mysterious, suspected cases of…
Ever since the COVID lockdown started, I came across a lot of social media posts about how this forced isolation could be a blessing in disguise. People were gushing about how Shakespeare had written ‘King Lear’ in quarantine, Isaac Newton had done groundbreaking research when he had to spend a year in isolation to avoid…
Growing up is a slow process. The pace at which we age, is mostly determined by the speed at which a tired out ancient planet moves around a hot ball of gas. We tire and retire along with it. In the process of narrowing down definitions trying to figure out whether we have grown up…
I was pacing in my dining room today, agonizing over my Ph.D. research questions when suddenly I spotted a large dark shape in my neighbor’s backyard. I stopped and looked again to see what the shape was and found a peahen standing on top of a concrete fencing post, staring off into another backyard. It…
Playing a sport had no space in the culture of the town or the household I grew up in. Watching a sport, yes. Obsessively commenting on it, double yes. But playing, nope. Choosing it as a career, blasphemy! Nevertheless, the sportsman in me never shied away from showing his passion to my family. I had…
In a country where women are worshiped as goddesses, we never realized when all that gender bias kicked in. In India, marriage is believed to be a sacred union of two beings. The two come together, take vows to be there for each other in sickness and in health, and decide to spend the rest…
These social media stalkers (monsters in disguise) are increasing in number day by day, like zombies, infecting others and making their victims suffer from mental agony. It is unlikely that such malicious behavior is removed by imposing strict laws.
A flag is a necessity for all nations. Millions have died for it. It is no doubt a kind of idolatry which would be a sin to destroy Gandhi Earlier in May an year ago, travelling from Bangalore to Srinagar, I planned to visit Amritsar, Amritsar is a holy city, for Sikhs, famous for its…
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