The Tamarind Tree

On a visit to Coimbatore a place where I had spent two years a few decades…


Strength and Confidence are Essential Attributes

This is the annual gala, and media houses, political parties, trade bodies and…


Rural Women Drive Change!

“You have come all the way from Hyderabad. Do you have relatives here?” The…


Democracy not Mobocracy needed

Can we allow mobocracy to overwhelm the law of the land and make destruction…


Never Say Never

Change is the only constant and all idioms describing the improbability of…


Inscrutable Masks

We know not whether the person before us is sporting a smile or a smirk and…


Harvesting Tears

Comedy shows that bring tears to our eyes through their low-quality jokes and…


Shun Bigotry!

‘Kupa manduka’-the Sanskrit phrase defines a small-minded person who foolishly…


Daughters Of The Soil

“Rootedness is a thing of the past, my dear, we have people today owning…


Whose Life Is It Anyway?

The image of a woman desperately trying to revive her dying husband through…