3 most important reasons why persons with disabilities are not seen in developing countries In 2010, my son who has Down’s Syndrome (DS), spent his first birthday in an Indian hospital due to severe pneumonia. During late evening of the same day, some sisters from the...
Coffee and Cafes have taken over our lives. It is supposedly the most loved beverage after water. We love to spend time at trendy coffee shops, warming the chairs with a hot cup of coffee in hand, saying cheers with friends. Or alone, working on our laptops while...
Fishing among Crocodiles and Rhinos Dusk settled stealthily on the banks of the East Rapti River, sandwiched between Nepal's Chitwan National Park (CNP) and the picturesque tourist village of Sauraha. A group of men loitered around the thatched mud hut of Rishiram...
On the gradual degeneration of memory and self, brought about by the debilitating diseases of Alzheimer’s, Dementia and Schizophrenia. We have known families whose loved ones have never come back, as we see at the end of Aparna Sen’s film 15 Park Avenue. An ending...
Bright blue skies with White cotton clouds; Emerald fields laden with Gleaming white blooms of feathery kaas, Bend in cool autumn breeze To herald a dawn of hope. Words & Image: Sravasti...
11 important points on social behaviour Covid-19 has brought out some stark realities in our social behaviour. It has made some of us learn how not to behave in public spaces. Pandemic or not, these insensitive behaviours have been plaguing us for ages. However, this...
Virtual Learning Process During COVID-19 Teachers have bravely risen to the challenges thrown by the sudden tectonic shift from physical to virtual classes due to COVID-19. All teachers, including the technologically challenged, are traversing the world of home-based...
A narrow room led to another very dark room on the terrace of my Dadu’s (maternal grandfather) house. It always aroused our curiosity. The elders would tell us it was a dark room. Obviously, it was a dark room! – we would think. But why was it so dark? Well! For one,...
Drug addiction! Words we have always dreaded growing up. In the middle of this chaotic lock down which is turning our worlds upside down, have we thought about the addicts and how they are managing? Or even their families? We spoke to Advocate Renu Singh from the...
The taxi driver was excited to know that we were Indian tourists! He phoned his mother from the car to tell her that he had Indian passengers! She welcomed us, excitedly. That was something new to us. Indian tourists are not always liked in most countries. So, I was...