ASI Babita Singh Reporting becomes a lens to examine the invisible ways women are silenced – through emotional abuse, humiliation, unpaid labour, financial control and expectations. This personal reflection explores how women can disappear within prescribed roles while appearing perfectly fine. It asks a crucial question – are women truly heard, respected and free?
This thought-provoking piece explores parenting beyond restrictions, arguing that children need responsibility, emotional resilience and critical thinking to navigate relationships, rejection, peer pressure and digital spaces. It stresses consent, boundaries, accountability and gender equality, while cautioning against victim-blaming. Ultimately, it calls for raising children who can make responsible choices when parents aren’t around.
Self-care is often mistaken for selfishness, especially by women conditioned to prioritise everyone else. This reflective piece explores embracing the unfettered 40s, rediscovering oneself through travel, art and solitude, and learning to let go of expectations. It is a gentle reminder to listen to your soul, protect your wellbeing and choose yourself.
Ravana is traditionally portrayed as the ultimate villain, yet mythology and literature reveal a more complex character – powerful, devoted, ambitious, and flawed. His downfall involved arrogance, betrayal, deception, and divine intervention. Through Ravana’s story and other mythological boons, the narrative explores how no power or blessing can ultimately prevail over Dharma and cosmic order.
A deeply personal letter to Krishna, blending devotion, love, mythology and admiration. The writer revisits his childhood mischief, courage, compassion, strategic wisdom and acceptance of karma, while reflecting on his role as protector, friend and divine guide. More than worshipping a god, she longs for Krishna as an eternal companion, muse and beloved.
A deeply personal reflection on Arundhati Roy’s Mother Mary Comes to Me, this review explores the complicated bond between a daughter and her mother, and the ways trauma, love, freedom and feminism shape a writer’s life. Through memory and language, Roy transforms pain into literature, introspection and acceptance.
This heartfelt story reimagines Ganesh Chaturthi through the simple act of giving. Instead of traditional offerings alone, children donate notebooks, pencils and school supplies to those who need them. What begins as a small offering to Bappa becomes a blessing for another child, showing how generosity can turn everyday objects into hope, education and prayer.
Thrissur Pooram is Kerala’s spectacular annual festival, bringing together music, decorated elephants, colourful umbrellas, fireworks and massive crowds. Rooted in a 1798 tradition created by Sakthan Thampuran, it is both cultural pride and personal emotion for Thrissur residents. The author celebrates its grandeur while urging safer crowds and greater compassion for elephants.
Ganesh Chaturthi has a deep connection with nature. Traditionally, idols were made from shadu clay and natural dyes. Today, eco-friendly celebrations promote clay idols, natural colours and smaller sizes that dissolve easily. Plantation drives, cleanliness campaigns and water conservation initiatives further reinforce the festival’s message of respecting and protecting the environment.
Vishwakarma Puja evolves from childhood memories of factory visits, decorated bicycles, hot khichdi and simple celebrations into a deeper reflection on work, gratitude and changing traditions. Through a doctor’s eyes, the festival also reveals the dangers of reckless celebration. Ultimately, the author longs for simpler festivities where memories, connection and feeling matter more than grandeur.
