Apologising is an Art
One does not lose respect in the eyes of another when one apologises. An important thing to keep in mind is to maintain the tone of the voice,...
Tehmina Durrani: A Champion of Women’s Empowerment in Pakistan
Tehmina Durrani arrests worldwide attention immediately after the publication of her first novel Blasphemy. Her second novel My Feudal Lord exposes the miserable position of a woman pitted against the patriarchal background...
Balance Yourself through Chakras
There are many meditation techniques and each of these has its own approach. In Jamuna’s case, the first meditation she came across and experienced was Chakra meditation. In Sanskrit, chakra means...
My Journey through Fashion
We’re all storytellers, whether we think of ourselves that way or not. Shameena believes that the clothes have power over our mind! The clothes we wear can capture memories and...
Crisis of Identity in Azadi by Chaman Nahal
This crisis of identity of both Hindus and Muslims has been mirrored in some major texts on partition fictions in English and in English translation. The crisis of Muslim...
Which Poison Killed Mandira: Murder Mystery of a Rape Victim – II
In the second and final part of the fictionalised true story of a rape victim, Aftermath, we find that the plot thickens. Mandira’s diary, found by her daughter, Ananya, convinces...
A Day of Revelations!
She began by writing emails to those online friends she had not thought of, forget written to, in almost two years. As she hit ‘send’ each time, it seemed like...
Historicity of the Indian Partition in 1947
The partition of India, in 1947, was a human tragedy, an epoch-making event of the far-reaching impact on the lives of the people of this subcontinent. It created hardships...
Why Understanding the Teenage Mind is so hard? What can you do about it!
When you understand why teens behave as they do, it becomes easier to co-exist without judging them. Almost in every household across the world, teens have been blamed for ruining the...
Aftermath: Death Mystery of a Rape Victim-I
It’s sad that rape victims are victimised in India – and Southeast Asia. Nandita fictionalises a true incident, in two parts, showing the storms and turmoil within the rape...