Known Turf

His name I know well. He repeatedly told me - Ramji - and repeatedly told me not to forget. I'd only wanted to get away from the shore, ...

I didn't ask his name, but now, I wonder. In Benaras, this man was unusual. He was one of those who had a chance but didn't ask for ...

A must-read, and a please-acquire book . And not just because I was included. These are 21 stories written by South Asian women under 40. I...

Benaras. Everything I thought it might be, it seemed to be. But who knows... I did not go out much. Except that one evening, for someone tol...

Finally, it's out there. Update : It is definitely available in Landmark bookstore, Gurgaon (and in Chennai and Mumbai, I hear). I spott...

When words begin to curl up in the corners, and meaning begins to drip off the blurry edge, you know it has rained all night in Delhi. Adhch...

Once you've put into writing the truths that have hammered your life - your commutes, your streets, your nights, your finances - into ...

On an impulse, I went. I had not yet received a brief, or permission, to cover this exhibition. But because the teachers - Mioi and John - h...

A comment on my last post prompted this question: why should we expect the world (the world of manufacturers- advertisers, at any rate) to c...

Gloria Steinem . Second-wave feminist. Famous feminist. I hadn't attended any feminist lectures before. I hadn't been to any feminis...

Last year, around this time, I first started speaking up about street sexual harassment. Thanks to Blank Noise's blogathon , many wome...

Sarojini Nagar market. Thursday. 15th Feb. I'd been here only two days before: getting new curtains, socks, sunshine, weird banana split...

I've been told that those who do not love themselves will never be able truly love anyone else (although they often do/say things that w...

A string strung across two trees. Half a dozen calves strung to the string. It is momentarily eerie. Almost as if the calves – child-bulls –...

Jallianwala bagh ... I had not expected to want to visit it. Just like I do not wear white khadi to show support for Gandhian thought, just ...

This is about freedom. Fottal gives you free space and let's you be what you want to be. It's an intriguing question: what, indeed...

One of the newspapers recently had a letter (to the editor) on page 2, where a concerned citizen was asking: when will UP learn? Sooner or l...

So, are we spending 12 paise per child per day? Not really. The vast majority of the 35 million kids get zero paise per day. About 10 percen...

So, 35 million children need to be provided for. And what can we do but provide? Provide shelters. Provide uniforms, food, exercise. Provide...

When somebody asked me about my politics (was I right, left, liberal, anarchist?), without thinking much about why, I responded by saying, ...