Surviving a catastrophe requires the resilience of not just the body but also the mind. Research on the effect of the coronavirus on the Covid-19 generation— children carried, conceived, or born in the world around these times foreshadows an alarming future for this new bunch. The template for the social … Continue Reading
What if Rancho was Never Found?
While Chatur is still busy snatching his pants away from Raju, Pia makes a stagier entry by stepping out from the car in her bridal lehenga, probably too pricey to be quoted by a chutney spill. On the other hand, Farhan unclips his nose to take a long fresh breath. … Continue Reading
Creativity In The Time Of Corona
It’s late evening, my second cup of coffee finished, and I stare out the window at lights my neighbours have hung. I see people wrapped up in their jackets as the winds begin to turn cold and the leaves turn yellow, gold, and brown. This is my favourite time of … Continue Reading
Birth – Day Twenty of NaPoWriMo 2021
The birth isn’t about poetry
It is about screaming pain on a Saturday
Hailing a cab and head racing
To the hospital, then so close to our old apartment
July already, it is your birth month,
Nine months since the snow fell.
I set bauhinia twigs on my hair
torn … Continue Reading
Ed-En.Pro Launch: A revolutionary venture by MIT & KMC Alumni
XeA Innovations Pvt. Ltd. proudly launched its flagship product ED-EN.PRO (Education-Enhanced) on 21st January 2021 in the presence of the Vice-chancellor of MAHE, associate dean of KMC, associate director of MIT, Chief Innovation Officer of MAHE, CEO of MUtbi, and many other leading faculty members gathered together in the … Continue Reading
You’re Worth it: Not just a L’oreal Tagline
“Just be you” is probably the worst advice we could ever get or give someone. Few of us even know who we are. And yet, if we can get this art of self-acceptance, everything changes.
Which self ought I be? The smart daughter, my parents, want me to be? The … Continue Reading
Indian Households And Mental Health – Why The Long Face?
The need of providing proper care and treatment for mental illness is something like an elephant in the room- incredibly obvious yet incredulously ignored. Growing up and having no one normalize talking about the things that make you vulnerable, I hesitated to write an article about mental illness. For … Continue Reading
Pedophilia: The unwanted gate-crasher of the LGBTQ community
As Pride 2018 wrapped up, it brought forth an era of the sexual revolution with debates regarding ‘cross-generational sexual relations’, a phrase to re-brand pedophilia. The word alone leaves you with a heavy, sinking feeling in your stomach, and for good reason too.
Pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder where … Continue Reading