" Why is it important to support Sonam Wangchuk? " I asked her during our routine morning walk today.  The scientist, social refo...

Ever since she came into my life, she has harbored a simple, ordinary dream: to have a house of her own. Ironically, in the Indian context, ...

The water   geyser in   one of our bathrooms had stopped giving hot water. Calling a plumber for a petty job was an expensive affair, and th...

It all started in my thirties. It is hard to recollect when I saw my first gray hair popping out of my silky bunch of black hair—something t...

My son sometimes dislikes my authoritative remarks to him when he truly loses his mind over petty behavioral aspects. Remarks such as, ...

You are never alone. Thoughts are always with you. They are present every moment. They can take you light years away. A ticket-less travel i...

In my 22-year long IT career, I was offered the chance to file a US work visa three times — three opportunities to move abroad, build a diff...

“ Mera beta bahut badi MNC mein Director hai. Aur chota beta sarkari afsar hai ,”   I heard an old man boasting about his kids amidst his re...

I am scribbling this story at 4:17 AM in the morning after a dream broke my sleep. The dreams that one sees at this time of the hour are har...

Once a pregnant woman and her husband visited a doctor with her 3 year old daughter. “We are not ready for a second child yet”, she told to ...

Being at the ocean always makes me feel guilty — guilty about being one of those rats from the mainland, endlessly racing against each other...

There it sits—one of the rarest photos of my father, lovingly referred to as Papa. Taken in our family home in Navi Mumbai during the 1990s,...

Last Friday, during the vibrant ongoing   Ganesh Festival , I set out on a full-day spiritual and cultural journey through the heart of Pune...

This year’s   Ganesh Festival   has been truly special for me. It was the first time I joined a   Dhol Taasha Pathak   – something I had dre...

Here’s a still from Shamika’s recent, self-choreographed Bollywood dance performance—a vibrant frame that captures the energy, grace, and se...

Yesterday was one of those nights that will be etched in my memory for a long time. It was Amit’s birthday — or as we like to call it, his 1...

I once read a story about a fisherman who was resting under a coconut tree by the beach. His boat was parked nearby, and he had just finishe...

She is the first member of   Generation Beta   (born between   2025 and 2039 ) in our family. Ishita, a bundle of joy, visited our home yest...

This is an incident from the year 1986, a time when I was a child just beginning to explore my fascination with the Mumbai railways. Our hom...

As a child, I was very fond of my   Nana .  Usually, grandchildren have fond memories of their grandfathers — especially their maternal ones...