Goa gleams like a jewel in the Arabian Sea, its sun-drenched beaches whispering promises of escape, where azure waves cradle barefoot dreams and the air hums wi ...

It’s hosting season—when homes glow warmer, doors stay open longer, and the table takes centre stage. From intimate winter gatherings to glittering Christmas di ...

V Lakshman’s story begins with a word: house, which he spelt correctly. It was during admission to an English-medium school, something the teacher opposed becau ...

I was out with a group of friends last weekend. We’d gone to a restaurant where a friend’s husband, always extrovertish, chatted with the security guard, the ba ...

Lionel Messi didn’t leave Kolkata early because of heat, fatigue, or scheduling issues. He left because admiration in India has a habit of curdling into mob own ...

Traditionally, every Chettiar home once had a pettagam—a weighty iron chest that held not just jewels, but clothes, and what-have-you. Now Pettagam, the newly o ...

There are two things I remember distinctively in my great grandmother’s house—a red oxide floor, gleaming like water, cool and unmarred by tile-style boundaries ...

Children, we are always gripped by the fear of something or the other, and this is killing us every minute. Fear haunts us whether we are awake or asleep. We ar ...

At first glance, they look like cities caught mid-air—towers hovering above cracked earth, staircases leading nowhere, bridges that seem to levitate. But linger ...

Walking is supposed to be instinctive—one foot forward, the other follows. Yet across parks, physiotherapy clinics and gym corridors, a small but curious revers ...

Vincent Van Gogh once famously said, “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” The story of Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens reflects th ...

Rishi Valmiki is the renowned creator of the Ramayana. However, before he achieved this, he was not a rishi. He was, in fact, a common thief named Ratnakar. Som ...