…community in 2020. During the lockdown in India, Pratistha and her family were stranded in Pune for 10 months. Seeing many of her friends and colleagues tirelessly serving COVID patients,…
…constantly measured through assessments and examination results concerns over “lost learning” are loudly voiced. For pupils with clearly prescribed educational routes to careers such as law, medicine, and other professions…
…idyllic. Like lovers who keep red roses pressed inside books as souvenirs of a past romance, I too have a collection of pressed roses given by multiple lovers. An irrepressible…
…that these little “mistakes” cost me my entire progress. I wish I knew back then that a perfect run doesn’t exist and it’s normal to mess up. The fitness/weight loss…
…caged wild beast feeling the urge to roam I long for you Like a sound for an echo and lightning for thunder And I long for you Like a newborn…
…Add to this the part about the clouds drifting in and out of the windows on a whim, and the magic is complete. Then there’s also the bit about my…
…worldly assets was short-lived; they were snatched from them within a few hours of heading out, by the newly minted, hostile citizens of a newly minted nation. My father remembers…
…than entertain. They keep us company, and more importantly, on even the most mundane of days, they serve as a constant reminder that we are never completely isolated. That thought…
…picking up masks from Papua New Guinea, Africa, China, and just about any place that sold them. It only came to an end when I mounted them all on a…
…you lean towards each other. It’s the effect that comes from listening with intention. It can give a feeling of having had one of the best conversations ever. On the…