She/He/They: how an old fashioned family navigates gender fluidity
Don’t shut out the hypocrites and bigots in your family. Engage with them instead. You may be surprised.
For Khaleej Times Dubai on Hyderabad
Sufi singers, history, and gardens in Hyderabad
Baking Christmas cake with Uncle Chandy for HT Brunch
All great cooks have three qualities: stubbornness, irritability and an instinct for proportion.
On conquering WhatsApp addiction
The problem with a WhatsApp text is that it doesn’t detect tone of voice. It allows you to forget who you are speaking to since the audience is largely invisible.
The life and death of a WhatsApp group
There are two types of WhatsApp groups: one with a zero-tolerance policy towards forwards and the other with a laissez-faire attitude towards all content including forwards.
Did WhatsApp group messaging make Diwali fun?
Even a festival cannot be all "happy happy" when you are a member of a massive WhatsApp group.
Columbia Women’s Snow Rival Interchange Jacket
Two winter jackets that can see you through the cold
When do you become “plus one” to your children at social gatherings?
This Indian life: When do you become just your child’s ‘Plus One’? Graceful ageing is about giving up power but retaining self-control.
Jamdani
Why did the jamdani weave thrive in Bengal? Of all places? How to tell an authentic jamdani? Why is the jamdani so special? What does the name mean? I talk about this and other topics tomorrow
What are Indian family values?
What are Indian family values? Would individual principles work in a population that is largely contradictory, inconsistent and boundary-free?