There’s no dearth of viewpoints at Six Senses Fort Barwara. The Shikar Burj overlooks a lush expanse of the Aravallis that stretch into the stark immensity of Rajasthan. The foyer stands right across the Kharbuja Mahal and Zenana Bagh…

The earliest memories of 27-year-old Sarath K.R. are that of being enchanted by a neighbour’s rendition of nadan paattu (folk songs in Malayalam). He was all of two but remembers what he’d felt that day—the folk song imprinted on his infant…

Soaked in South Bombay In my first year of college, I travelled to Bombay, and by the end of our second year, COVID-19 had entered our lives. It was raining the day we took a cab to South Bombay to see Marine Drive. We got to the place…

Before crossing over the continent and making the UK her choice for an academic destination, Helly worked with the UNDP India and also with the Women Economic Forum in Mumbai. Helly says, “It was here that I shared the stage with the likes…

All BJP chief ministers and deputy CMs attended the ceremony which was broadcasted live from over 51,000 places nationwide. The inauguration ceremony has been named “Divya Kashi, Bhavya Kashi” (Divine Kashi, Grand Kashi). During his address…

Suyash Keshari is not answering the where-do-you-see-yourself-in-five-years question anymore. About five years ago, at a crucial crossroads in his life, his response to that question—his desire to be successful in front of or behind the…

Blurb: “Our war is with ignorance. As Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita “torch the light of knowledge. It is never too late to take a U-turn however long you are traveling in the wrong direction. It is morning whenever you wake up,” – Patri…

This year FIA Chicago unanimously elected its new leader Hitesh Gandhi and the new board. The event was presided by Founding Members Sunil Shah, Onkar Sangha, Neil Khot, Rita Singh, Mukesh Shah, Dhitu Bhagwakar and Current President Kamal…

Amchong Dorje is my father’s age and flutters with the same second wind that makes the sixties swing. He wears a baseball hat just like I do, and is a terrific road-trip DJ. “Do you know what Taglang-la means? Tag (pronounced stakh) means…

Paresh Maity, painter and boundary-breaking artist, has me enveloped in a bear hug on a particularly chilly night in Kolkata. I pause to let the feeling that I am face-to-face with the Padma Shri winner. We’re at the famous lawns of Birla…

The video that is now doing the rounds amongst the Indian American community in USA is going viral and people are expressing shock and anger. The enraged people are demanding that strict action be taken against the official and he should be…

‘Everyone should sit by a stream and listen’  Maurice Sendak’s utterly simple yet poignant words from one of my favourite childhood books, Open House For Butterflies, rang in my head as I boarded the flight to Leh. After months of being…

The City Council of Naperville voted unanimously 9-0 on Tuesday night to approve the petition for a new mosque project submitted by the Islamic Center of Naperville (ICN). Congregants of the Islamic Center as well as members from many…

Growing up in Australia, Brett Lee spent most of his weekends watching cricket with his parents in stadiums. At age nine, he had made up his mind to be one of those men he cheered from the stands, to don the green cap of the Australian…

A walk through the gridded town of Puducherry is nothing short of a simulation of walking through a box of crayons. Pink and yellow bougainvilleas, white balconies, pastel-painted bungalows and colourful scenes line its quaint alleyways.…