(Column in Khaleej Times dated 8 Sept, 2022) Recently, my computer refused to boot even after repeated attempts. I took it as a tantrum...

(Khaleej Times column dated 23 August, 2022) Last week I woke up to a Shamaal outside that had blotted out everything outside my window....

Precisely two weeks after I was tested positive for Covid, I am still reeling under its after effects. Something that was expected to...

Parenting is not a pushover anymore. In our times, parents didn’t ‘raise’ us. We just grew. Parents did what came naturally to them in...

When India celebrated and slammed in the same breath its first sologamy event a few weeks ago, beyond all the hype and heckling I saw it...

I’ve just got out of a creative writing class with my three 10th graders. It was a highly interactive session with discussions based on...

My biggest woe as a highschooler was having to wear a uniform that I detested: a long, pleated skirt made of terry cotton tied at the...

(Opinion column in Khaleej Times dated 2 May, 2022) How often have we reminisced the good, old times in our casual conversations,...

( My KT column dated 6-8-2022) I am writing this piece right after a disrupted dinner. It was a meal that I had to drop midway because of...

There is no way we fight it. How then do we face it?

As our children return to school, many of them striding up with backpacks for the first time in nearly 17 months, my loving thoughts are...

Ravi isn’t ‘mad’, I reiterated to myself. He is merely sick at heart, like people who are ill with other things.

You know, appa, I never believed you could ever go from the face of the earth.

(Published on DailyO) When we choose AC comfort or our own vehicle over public transport, we are harming the environment. It’s not just...

(Published on DailyO) ‘You are very talented,’ someone texted me recently in response to a random piece I had written and shared on...

(Published on momspresso.com) My dear child, I will be spending the whole of today and tomorrow thinking about you. Primarily praying for...

I knew it was coming. Sooner or later, somebody will ask me this – As a Malayali woman, what is your opinion about the Sabarimala...

1. First, drop the feeling that poetry is written by highbrow folks for an elite set of people. No, it is not written by and for scholars...

I am thinking of a time before Whatsapp, before Facebook and even before the internet. I am picturing in my mind (in fading flashback) a...

I hadn’t heard of singer Sinead O’Connor until her meltdown video trended on social media recently. Here was another celebrity openly...