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Women and dabbas

TCA Srinivasa Raghavan

There is a classical saying in Hindi “Pran jaye per vachan na jaye.” It means a person will die before breaking a promise. For many Indian women, it’s more like “Pran jaye per dabba na jaye,” meaning if they have sent you something to eat in a box, they are very loath to forfeit the box, or dabba. They don’t care whether you liked the contents of the dabba; they care only about the dabba and absolutely insist on getting it back. I found this out to my cost nearly

A drawer dilemma

TCA Srinivasa Raghavan

Two months ago, my 98-year-old mother passed away. She was occupying the only bedroom on the ground floor. That was fine except that as I age and become less steady on my feet, going up and down about 25 times a day is steadily increasing the probability of a fall. So last month I decided

The taste of… home

TCA Srinivasa Raghavan

From 2018, my wife and I have visited Switzerland every year except 2020, the Covid year. This is because my son lives there, working as an economist. Each year, within a couple of days of arriving, my wife reviews the kitchen for stocks of Indian ingredients. Then on Day-3 we go shopping for whatever might be missing and what we have not carted over from India. In Lausanne, where my son lives, there are quite a few shops owned by Sri Lankan Tamils. One or two of them now recognise

Journalism of sense and nonsense

TCA Srinivasa Raghavan

For the last 45 years I have been a journalist. Not just any journalist, but an economic journalist. Mind, not a business journalist but an economic journalist. Someone asked me why I chose this utterly boring specialisation. I hadn’t ever thought about it. But when I did, it quickly became clear that (a) very few journalists knew economics; (b) amongst those who knew economics, very few could write English properly; and (c) amongst those who knew both, hardly any wanted to become low-paid journalists. I was thus rare as a
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Words World

No story is too small to be told

Sandhya Rao

Banu Mushtaq’s Kannada short stories reveal human nature in its myriad minute manifestations with wit, warmth and vivid detail, all

When women writers meet…

Sandhya Rao

‘Stories are all we have’… Stories and sharing in a number of Indian languages at a recent three-day meet of

Gujju Maal!

Sandhya Rao

There was a time in our youth when my friend and I made this amazing Gujarati kheer every single time

Our words, and in other words

Sandhya Rao

Reading Jayasree Kalathil’s article on translation, ‘Literary translation and its discontents’, in scroll.in recently

Making books for children

Zai Whitaker

Children’s Books: An Indian Story is a treasure for those interested in Indian literature, whether total immersion or a toehold;
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Health & Fitness

Skin care – more than just beauty

Bharat & Shalan Savur

What really defines you and pigeon-holes you in society’s memory bank is your skin. More accurately, your colour — black, white or brown — is your most visual characteristic; it profiles you in the mental folder. Most often, your reference is not your facial features. It is the more obvious

Heart under siege

Bharat & Shalan Savur

Stress is spread over our daily bread. Office work stretches beyond the eight-hour shift quite naturally. Because the sun doesn’t rise or set on it because service industries, in particular, can seldom be conveniently compartmentalised into global time zones. Back-office stress stalks the post-Covid back-to-office routine as increasing globalisation goes

Footloose and injury free

Bharat & Shalan Savur

Build your resistance

Bharat & Shalan Savur

Holistic health for longevity

Bharat & Shalan Savur

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Go Green

Tiny drops make mighty oceans

Preeti Mehra

When you live in a coastal city like I do, you become deeply aware of the vast expanse of sea, its smells and sounds. The vast expanse of water impacts our life. Recently, we were enlightened about the sea and its linkage to humanity, animals and plants at an event

Set the birds free

Preeti Mehra

Our apartment block’s WhatsApp group often buzzes with messages about how a pet bird has flown away and if anyone spots it, she should alert the owner on its whereabouts. Such frequent attempts to retrieve birds have always made me wonder why people keep avians as pets, and whether this

All for a sustainable summer

Preeti Mehra

With summer upon us, keeping cool is a big concern and the subject of much discussion. For those trying to follow a sustainable lifestyle, it is much more challenging to figure out how to save the planet by consuming less energy, yet tide over the hot summer months in reasonable
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