When we moved to Bombay from Amritsar in the seventies, my mother had her heart set on a bungalow on the Juhu beach but my dad did not agree. He wanted us to be far from the “Bollywood types”. We settled in the suburb of Chembur but as luck would have it we were...
Legends of Quintessence – a column that interacts with Science Fiction in a South Asian context. The year 2020 has been a very strange one. This year has made me reflect on things I hold dear in my heart. The first critical reflection was on people – family,...
I struggled with 2020. What was it all about? All over the world this year people weren’t just fighting COVID-19 and lack of freedom, but were also standing up against violence and discrimination. The year 2020 has been the first of many things: The first time we...
The year 2020 has been so dramatic that mere words are not enough to capture its uniqueness, absurdness, and plain scariness. It needs phrases. And not surprisingly, the top phrases of 2020 seem to fall into two neat catastrophic categories: health and politics. And...
Sukham Blog – A monthly column focused on health and wellbeing. As we draw the curtains on a tumultuous year and look forward to better times in 2021, we should pause to take stock. Let’s reflect on the year we’ve endured; acknowledge and accept the tough, troubling,...
