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...
Among the many memories I have of Baba, one of the most enduring is of him going to the local market or ‘baajaar’ (market) at 7 o’clock sharp every morning. The market was full of small-time vendors or ‘phodes’ as they are called. They travelled by the local trains at...
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...
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...
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...
While we were still reeling under the Corona storm, the Amphan Super Cyclone lashed out in Bengal and Orissa, to deal a harder blow on May 20th. Is it just coincidence or workings of some numerology that the year 2020 is playing Twenty-20 with us? We have to wash...
Simla House. 85A Amherst Street, Kolkata. Now…Raja Ram Mohan Sarani. A decrepit mansion. Very few walls remained of the upper floors of the colonial Georgian style architecture. Creepers and banyan trees had taken over most of what remained. We went past it quite...