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Prejudice knows no religion
12 March 2015 9:35 PM GMTIndian society seems to be witnessing a peculiar juxtaposition of progress and prejudice. A friend refuses to employ a certain lady because she is a...
Magical mystery tour through Arunachal Pradesh
7 Feb 2015 10:50 PM GMTTime had broken into a gallop. It was our penultimate day in Tawang. The discerning traveller in me had begun to think that I had seen Arunachal in...
A journey of awakening through Tawang
4 Feb 2015 1:01 AM GMTIf Shangri-La conjures up images of a hidden paradise, mellifluous chants floating in the air and mystical monks absorbed in prayers, then Tawang is...
Love and honour en route to Tawang
3 Feb 2015 11:01 PM GMTWe woke up to a sun drenched morning the next day. The entire landscape seemed freshly washed by the rains of the previous night, having come alive...
On the road to Arunachal Pradesh
2 Feb 2015 12:36 AM GMTTawang had been on our radar since the past one year. The beautiful land of the Monpas, with its heady cocktail of history, religion and legends had...
Days and nights in the forest
29 Nov 2014 9:35 PM GMTTired of languishing in the city prompted me to run to some quiet place in the wilderness. I found the perfect companions in two of my friends who...
Why don’t we run for diversity, ever?
3 Nov 2014 11:36 PM GMTEvery year, young people from the distant corners of the country converge on this seat of government in the hope of better prospects of education and...
Letter to a father from a daughter
26 Oct 2014 9:56 PM GMTIn the prologue, she outlines the events leading to her father’s bloody assassination at the hands of the military; in the epilogue she voices her...
Past continuous in London Marts
28 Sep 2014 9:10 PM GMTThe white dome of St. Paul’s looms modestly over London; the Tower of London sits in a grey huddle; the famous bridges of Westminster and the Tower...