India, June 28 -- In an essay written years ago, I rhetorically claimed that certain illnesses do not get enough resources because they are gender-specific - women dying or ailing, because of endometr... Read More
India, June 6 -- 'When people are fighting for democracy, we should support them.' Marjane Satrapi wrote in a letter to the French government in January 2025, barely six months before Israel bombed he... Read More
India, May 31 -- It's that time of the year. Airfares compete with mercury in soaring higher and higher. I end up spending my summers, year after year, checking flights and hotels from my bed, paralys... Read More
India, May 23 -- Bernadette's daughter asks her not to come to her school theatre performance because she wouldn't be able to handle its heightened emotions. My husband and I looked at each other imme... Read More
India, May 17 -- Can fashion give us the theory of everything? (Stop reading if you happen to be a fashion denier. Or maybe swallow your pride and go on!) The answer is a resounding, enthusiastic yes.... Read More
India, May 10 -- "I like the idea of being proved right, I'm not necessarily curious about the subject," my teenager, currently in the throes of her final exams, said about mathematics, a subject she ... Read More
India, May 2 -- Whether Kangana Ranaut remembers him all the time is moot; Diljit Dosanjh is slowly inching towards the portal of the unforgettable in the global culture scene. From chartbuster albums... Read More
India, April 26 -- There is a particular cruelty in the way the world insists on continuing. Even before my youngest aunt's bier was out of the house, tea arrangements were being made for everyone. Pe... Read More
India, April 19 -- Earlier this week, I was on a national TV panel to discuss the Women's Reservation Bill. Along the expected lines, the most interesting and thought-provoking lines were spoken in th... Read More
India, April 11 -- 'There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.' There are only some things good literature can't make better. For everything else, there is Shakespeare. Make what ... Read More