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Oh God! Not Again!

I have started reading “The God Delusion” by Richard Dawkins. I was already familiar with him, having read his “The Magic of Reality” and watched a science documentary starring him and another scientist, whose name I unfortunately can’t recall. I…

Paving the way

I enjoy reading Sameera Khan’s insightful articles in the Hindu. However, her last published on 14 Nov ’17 left me feeling so unsatisfied that I’m compelled to air my counter point. Her article was about hawkers rights on pavements. Which…

Not a cup of woe

I discovered about menstrual cups in the newspapers and was intrigued. I read up some more and became aware of the problems with sanitary napkins and how menstrual cups can help resolve them to a great extent. This is the…

Angry Parents

Like most mothers, I like to think that I am a loving mom who dotes on her child. I see to his well being and safety at all times. I ensure that he is well fed, well clothed, well educated,…

Unschoolers

I read an article in the Indian Express about a small band of courageous parents who not just not send their kids to school, they don’t school them at all! I read it with great interest. I knew of course…

Barfi Review

I’m actually writing a review for a movie that has released very recently.  Wonders will never cease! Right, so Barfi is a sweet tale of people with disabilities finding friendship and comfort. It’s not sickly sweet. It’s nice. The narrative…

Autobiographies

I have thumbed through some autobiographies over the years and have always come away feeling touched, inspired, enriched. What always amazes me is how contrasting our perceptions of celebrities, leaders, luminaries can be to what they actually might be.

The Music Room

The Music Room by Namita Devidayal is a beautiful book. The book unveils the journey of a girl (Namita) living in Mumbai and studying in an English school and discovering, accepting and loving a parallel world of classical music. The author unfolds the story…

Gavkos

My blogs are turning out to be travelogues not by prior design but by accident. This one too is about a place called Gavkos that I recently visited. Gavkos is a lovely privately owned farm-land and farm-house which has been…

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