Amaji’s home in Shaminala
Amaji lived in a village (6-7 houses) at a place called Shaminala about 5km from Manali and 2km short of the bigger village of Jagatsukh on the west bank of […]
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Blind men and their Elephants
Ramkrishna Paramahamsa once shared this parable: A number of blind men came to an elephant. Somebody told them that it was an elephant. The blind men asked, ‘What is the
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To the Spirit of Mumbai
Today, the 14th of July 2011. 3 blasts in Mumbai. Kabootarkhana, Zaveri Bazar and Opera house. 21 dead and 101 injured at last count. So, by now, newspapers, TV Channels are
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Reply to the letter to me on Kone Nakshatra
Yesterday, I wrote a letter to the VHP. Taking up on that, a mother of two daughters wrote another to me expressing some concerns she has. I appreciate the efforts
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A Life in Clothes – Part 5 : Shehari
Earlier: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 Returning to the city was trauma. Big time. I was a fish out of water. I lost track of the times I
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A Life in Clothes – Part 4 : My Terms
Earlier: A Life in Clothes part 1, part 2, part 3 While my first escape from home was an epic in insecurity, I had learned a lot from it. Most
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School Reloaded
This article takes off from the previous one exploring the natural rights of children that are abused casually. So here, I am looking at schools. Let me say upfront that I am
Police state and illegitimate citizens
We as a society seem to be getting more and more repressed and judgmental, even as the government seems to be making more and more rules to fix problems. Living
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A Baloch Voice
I often get messages and tweets from Baloch people sharing information about their plight in Pakistan. I decided that it was time to end my reluctance to write on Balochistan,