When Rahul Gandhi first appeared on India's political scene, he was projected as the new-age neta, the politician that we never had. There was and ...
09:22 PM, Mar 06, 2012
Two days back my little star went on stage for the first time. She was completely unaware of what lay in store or the excitement ...
09:04 AM, Mar 05, 2012
Two month long exciting phase of elections in India's five states has finally come to an end. These elections have been a nightmare for the ...
10:14 AM, Mar 03, 2012
He was a school teacher, with a love for wrestling. He entered politics and became the Chief Minister of UP. That is a brief introduction ...
06:17 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Just yesterday I was looking at some Facebook pictures uploaded by one of my friends. The album was titled 'my first trip to a village'. ...
10:21 PM, Jan 20, 2012
![Shabia Ravi Walia]( "Shabia Ravi Walia")
It's that time of the year again when you sit by yourself and take stock of the 365 days gone by. Another year of your ...
02:34 PM, Dec 29, 2011
![Shabia Ravi Walia]( "Shabia Ravi Walia")
Motherhood certainly stirs and awakens things in you which you didn't know about earlier. Besides the usual love for your child, sacrifice, patience and other ...
01:21 PM, Dec 16, 2011
![Shabia Ravi Walia]( "Shabia Ravi Walia")
I debated and debated whether I should write about this. This topic which often is considered so personal that people advise you against even mentioning ...
01:47 PM, Dec 13, 2011
![Shabia Ravi Walia]( "Shabia Ravi Walia")
I admit I give up! I cannot compete with Shah Rukh Khan for my baby's attention. She is barely two-and-a-half years old but his biggest ...
11:22 AM, Dec 02, 2011
![Shabia Ravi Walia]( "Shabia Ravi Walia")
Last week, the school announced that they would be taking the little toddlers for a picnic to Joggers Park in Bandra. This one announcement evoked ...
01:05 PM, Nov 21, 2011
![Madhuri Banerjee]( "Madhuri Banerjee")
Times have changed. It is no longer a world where the husband works and the wife looks after a house. Definitions have changed. The divorce ...
11:58 AM, Nov 07, 2011
![Amrita Tripathi]( "Amrita Tripathi")
Delhi's not supposed to be on this list - not on a list of shame, for heaven's sake, when it comes to child mortality and ...
12:00 PM, Nov 02, 2011
![Ananthapriya Subramanian]( "Ananthapriya Subramanian")
"We want a school. Our children just sit around all day with nothing to do." Adamai implored the small group of visitors to the small ...
10:22 PM, Nov 01, 2011
![Shabia Ravi Walia]( "Shabia Ravi Walia")
So, we are back from Udaipur, the city of lakes. We were there for Diwali at my in laws' place and the trip was like ...
11:27 AM, Oct 31, 2011
![Tanuj Khosla]( "Tanuj Khosla")
My trips to India over the last few years since I shifted to Singapore have been few and far in between. However, every time I ...
11:14 AM, Oct 31, 2011
![Shabia Ravi Walia]( "Shabia Ravi Walia")
My daughter got her first report card last week. And I was stunned. Not because she didn't fare well nor was I too bothered about ...
10:28 AM, Oct 24, 2011
![Ananthapriya Subramanian]( "Ananthapriya Subramanian")
One scene never changes in Rafi Nagar, a sprawling slum settlement situated in Govandi, in the north-eastern area of Mumbai. Monsoon or summer the plastic ...
03:35 PM, Oct 20, 2011
![Dakshina Muraleedharan]( "Dakshina Muraleedharan")
Well, Kerala had a share of this debate recently when a newly formulated Women's Code Bill was submitted to the state government. The Commission on ...
04:19 PM, Oct 05, 2011
![Shabia Ravi Walia]( "Shabia Ravi Walia")
Recently, I was reading 10 important statements of wisdom from a well known ex-cop. And one of the pearls of wisdom was: "Do not have ...
02:18 PM, Oct 03, 2011
![Shabia Ravi Walia]( "Shabia Ravi Walia")
Beauty lies in the smallest of things. As seen through my daughter's eyes. Whenever we pass by a busy road, she manages to see something ...
11:54 AM, Sep 26, 2011
