Is This A Triumph?

Is This A Triumph?

We as a collective have a long journey ahead… Saw a poster on social media of Mamata Banerjee as goddess Kali holding the severed head of what looks like prime minister Narendra Modi after the recent election results. I am not really a Modi supporter and I have...
Parenting in a Pandemic

Parenting in a Pandemic

Parenting during this pandemic is starting to feel like mindful living, for me. Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a planner. I like things in my life to be fairly neat and tidy, and laid out in a manner that has been thought through well in advance. I make endless...
Digital Mobilisation

Digital Mobilisation

Digital mobilisation is not enough… 6th October 2018, Caravan Magazine: “How social media was vital to rescue efforts during the Kerala floods”   13th November 2020, Livemint: “Saving Mollem with Art and Hashtags”    2nd May 2021, Indian Express: “Helping...
An Ode to all Kinds of Friendship

An Ode to all Kinds of Friendship

Friendships and relationships need not be standardised Got the news of the passing away of a good friend last week. Since then I have been trying to make sense of the way I am feeling. As a 35 year old man I am not very used to the news of friends passing away. I was...
Move and Be Moved

Move and Be Moved

Art is a constant agent of transformation and is the soul’s drive to health Cathy Malchiodi I would like you to join me in a small exercise. Feel your feet on the earth and the support that the cushion/chair that you are sitting on offers you. Take a few minutes...
Atypical

Atypical

With a stronger sense of verbal articulation, I have taken the role of being Ved’s voice for this article. He began by narrating the events that his mother narrated to him growing up, which introduces the origin of his Autism, and his journey with it thereafter. Ved...