This article first appeared as a featured post on Women's Web in March, 2023. Often discredited as being one of India’s most backward states, Bihar…

This article was first published as a featured post on Women's Web in April, 2023. TW: grief, loss It was a planned second pregnancy, like…

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/readersblog/waltz-of-words/our-fledgling-heroes-53241/ A couple of days back I was rummaging through some old files, when I came across both my sons’ school report cards. As I…

Recently, I read about a furore created over the word ‘aunty’. Apparently, the aggrieved person had barely stepped into her forties and hence, vehemently rebuffed…

I still remember the first time my husband, then a young Flying Officer in the Indian Air Force, went to Punjab on what was known…

Aah, the race for a resolution. The end of the calendar year, any year, fills me with an uncanny trepidation and angst. As the year…

Just the other day I bumped into an old friend, my college mate – we were meeting after like, what would easily be a year.…

It is that time of the year when our young adults are prepping hard for various examinations – regular annual exams in school, the final…

It’s been exactly a year since I woke up to the devastating news of a bright 18-year old girl passing away by suicide. We had…

As the coronavirus lockdown moves from one phase into the next, I realise that I don’t seem to get as agitated or alarmed as I…