Vultures and Values: Reporting on COVID in India
India is a country that is not unfamiliar with disasters. Earthquakes, tsunami, political unrest, religious violence…they’ve hit this country with deadly fo
Lakshmi Palecanda
2021 is A Hangover & We Are Facing the Repercussions
Hey, the New Year 2021 is here! Yay! There were a lot of private parties and a few public parties, with both masking and unmasking happening, for sure. A lot of
Grace in Defeat Trumps All
As I watched the US election results make their agonizing progress to the end, the lines of a poem came to my mind. Do not go gentle into that good night Old ag
A House Divided
A household with four people – two parents and two children – is akin to the sea. There are high tides and low times, turbulence, and quiet days. Now morph
Emerging From My Corona Cocoon
Just like everyone else, I remember where I was when the COVID-19 lockdown was announced. It struck as the school year was growing to a close in India. Thanks
Corona Chronicles
I have a confession to make: secretly, I was kinda happy when India went into a total lockdown on March 25. Come on, I was feeling only what your average overwo
The Never-Ending Ides of March
‘I’d give my right arm for a day off work,” I thought. It was the beginning of February, and I was beginning to seriously regret my latest avatar, that
Of Wedding Bells and Hospital Bills
Not another invite,” I groaned, picking up a thick cream and red colored envelope. I could practically feel the weight of the tree that had gone into making
Slip Into Something Comfortable
In the 80s, a revolution swept through Southern India. It turned the life of women completely around, and changed the landscape everywhere. No, it was not the i
The Accursed Couch
My couch is cursed. Hold it, I am not off my rocker, nor am I steeped in superstition. It is the bald truth: a couch in our home is cursed. I trained to be a sc
Resolute With Good Intentions
The last days of December are the best days of the year. For most of us, it is the time to do all the things that we shouldn’t be doing, like partying, eating
Domestic Divas
What do most Indian middle-class women worry about the most? The answer was brought home to me during a social occasion soon after my move from the United State
