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In Pics: The Island God
Read more: In Pics: The Island GodIndian mythology has some fascinating tales. An hour-long ferry from Gateway takes you to Elephanta or the Gharapuri Island, where different forms and facets of Shiva are laid out in vivid detail. The imposing figure of Sadashiva (above) is the tricky one – even at 17-feet, it shows only three faces of the hermit God;…
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Poetry Corner: Volume 2
Read more: Poetry Corner: Volume 2The world is hurting – there are wars afoot, we are still reeling from the pandemic, there is an alarming rise in fascism, fake news, poverty, hunger and ignorance. It’s time we recognise that it’s important to take a stand for human rights above everything else, for one can’t remain insulated from the divisive forces…
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Melting Pot
Read more: Melting PotIt was evening when we walked into the blue gates of Andretta pottery. Country music was spilling out into the lane, blending perfectly with the whirring of the wheel even as the hands guided the clay. The mound was thrown, centered, shaped and lessons imparted as we stared, tapped our feet a little and soaked…
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Reading Braille with White Print magazine’s Upasana Makati
Read more: Reading Braille with White Print magazine’s Upasana MakatiMore than 9 million people in India are blind and millions more are visually impaired. Yet, a simple question – What do the blind read? – yields only a handful of answers. When weeks of research led Upasana Makati to just a few newsletters printed by the National Association for the Blind, she decided to…
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Poetry Corner
Read more: Poetry CornerOutside my window it’s never the same—some mornings jasmine slaps the house, some mornings sorrow. There is a word I overheard today, meaning lostnot on a career path or across a floating bridge Boketto—to stare out windows without purpose.Don’t laugh; it’s been too long since we leaned…
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A Thousand Mornings 