The concept of ‘home’ has been explored in literature in different contexts in different ages of human civilization. It is a known fact that ‘the conceptualization of creating a home’…
निवारा ही माणसाची मूलभूत गरज आहे. उत्क्रांतीच्या विविध अवस्थांत या भूतलावर माणसानं विविध प्रकारचा निवारा शोधला. स्वतःसाठी निवारा निर्माण केला. त्यातून ‘घर’ ही संकल्पना विकसित झाली. पण माणसासाठी घर हा…
Nearly 2300 years ago, Ashoka,a ruler of ancient India, inscribed his edicts on majestic pillars and natural rock surfaces at several sites across his kingdom. If we trace an imaginary…
I feared going to Hell as a child—I knew exactly what it looked like. Against an indigo sky stood a well of fire into which you were thrown while the…
The experience of pandemic and the eventual lockdown has been quite unnerving for all of us. A few days into the lockdown, a Marathi lullaby resurfaced on social media. It…
आपल्यापर्यंत कोरोना येणारच नाही असे वाटता वाटता तो आपल्या गल्लीत पोहोचला आणि आता शेजारच्या घरात पोहोचला. इतरांकडून या रोगाबद्दल ऐकत होतो पण आता मित्र, नातेवाईकांपर्यंत तो पोहचला. कदाचित, एखाद्याच्या घराच्या…
लहान होते..मोठ्या गटात होते शाळेत. तो वर्ग म्हणजे आगगाडीचा सरळ, लांब डबाच. त्या वर्गाला दोन दरवाजे होते, त्यातला एक कायम बंद असायचा. पण ते दार काचेचं होतं. बाहेरून येणाऱ्या-जाणाऱ्यांची गंमत…
I learned to tell when the sea was turbulent, having taken a ferry to college every day, from Mora to Bhaucha Dhakka, the smelliest dock in Mazgoan (Sassoon Dock was…
Chennai-based artist and sculptor Benitha Perciyal has created a body of work that presents a philosophy of faith that in turbulent times, allows us to find endurance through experiences of…
Some Notes on Listening to Land of Gold
This summer, we are dealing with the fear of a disease that travels with moving people. Apart from the virus, the things…
Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, You must know sorrow as the other deepest thing. You must wake up with sorrow. You must speak to it till…