India, May 3 -- Dear Reader, Writer and foreign correspondent Pallavi Aiyar opened up about grief and illness with the wit and honesty and the deeply personal journey behind her latest book Travels i... Read More
India, April 26 -- Dear Reader, Yesterday, a stranger walks into our house. A tall man with a sunburned face and heavy-set eyes, he takes off his chappals at the doorway and proceeds to walk in, casu... Read More
India, April 19 -- Dear Reader, In Manali, the light streams in early, lighting up our bedroom at 5:30 am. It's deliciously cozy under the quilt, but I think about my to-do list. Time to head downsta... Read More
India, April 12 -- Dear Reader, A woman full of thought comes home she places her rucksack on the dining table her bunch of keys, her laptop, her notebook she puts them down on the table. she pu... Read More
India, April 5 -- Dear Reader, "I wanted to speak at length about / the happiness of my body and the / delight of my mind, for it was / April, a night, a / full moon and - " says Mary Oliver. And th... Read More
India, March 29 -- Dear Reader, Three hours after we take off from London, the plane begins to lurch. At first, I don't notice; I am half asleep. Then the seat belt sign flashes on. I look around at... Read More
India, March 22 -- Dear Reader, At Chicago's Art Institute, sunlight pours in. It illuminates 9th century stone statues of Durga and Vishnu, Grecian urns, and along the wall, a magnificent mural enti... Read More
India, March 16 -- When Time magazine named Safeena Husain one of 16 Women of the Year 2026, she was standing outside at a Mumbai philanthropy conference, looking up at a sky so clear she could see th... Read More
India, March 1 -- Dear Reader, The road ahead of us curves steeply upwards. As the car turns, I see that an entire section of the road is broken, as if a landslide has cut away the hillside. Cement s... Read More
India, Feb. 22 -- I am in Bombay, downstairs in the garden, journaling at the wooden table. All around me, the birds cheep, chatter and squawk. Bright green parakeets take off in flight; a brown-grey ... Read More