Borrowing the title from Carlyle, I am putting it to describe a tradition of the same in an entirely different context and with a different connotation.
Few days back, I read of some fan that had …

The short story, “An Incident at Owl’s Creek Bridge,” also known as “An Occurrence at Owls Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce, published in 1891 in the collection Tales of Soldiers and Civilians was adapted into …

The traditional and predominantly Hindu cuisine of Kerala is called Sadya meaning ‘the big feast.’ This gastronomic excess vegetarian cuisine is a necessary ‘lunch’ on almost every big celebration in Kerala. Though the population in …

Once upon a time( Pardon me for the clichéd beginning, but the Indian scenario, middle class to be specific, leaves me no option) the weapons and armour used by girls/women against the physical teasing in …

Time and again have I
stumbled upon these rocks.
Lying upon them
have been burned by the
metal-thawing heat.
At the distance of a breath,
there, I see flowers laden
for me. I can see
the velvet mattresses and
think of the soft and …

Until late, visiting a hospital for taking an injection had been a nightmare for me. A hyperactive person from my childhood days, it was almost mandatory for me to get big wounds or scratches on …

  
Probing into the personal relationships between the colonizer and the colonized, with a humane perspective, has never been an easy task, especially when it is during the colonial phase with revolts arising against the rule. …

The place of an individual in a society has been a matter of constant interrogation.  There are imposed certain limiting factors for an individual and those who do not conform to these parameters have always …

Suicide is never a topic for laughter. However, for me, it had once been so. How could the physics class at my pre-degree college be forgotten when Ria disclosed the big blunder of hers?
Physics was …

Once when I was home for a weekend, my brother called me aloud. He was watching the television and wanted to show me an interesting advertisement. Yes, I did enjoy it. Getting back to my …

I gazed, to be looked by you.
I breathed to be lived by you.
I moved to be traversed by you.
I smiled to be joyed by you
I throbbed to be felt by you.
I have been me to …

With slow and steady steps,
With soft, caring hands,
I had built a dream
- a cottage of glass.
I could see in and out of it,
crystal clear.
It reflected back on the sun
with so intense a glory,
the sun sunk …

A senior friend of mine has a huge fanfare due to his immense scholasticism. He is unique in being jovial and scholastic at the same time. His fame is, actually, more that of an established …

With confused eyes, Deepa was looking straight, from the ladies waiting room, at the Thiruvananthapuram-Chennai train halted in front of her, for cleaning. It was a crowded afternoon, approximately, 1:30 p.m.   Her handbag was resting …

Even during the busiest hours of the day, there are some sparsely populated parts in every city. At times it seems like those places have been evacuated by force. I am talking not about a …

‘Mother India’ narrates the tragedies of agrarian society in India and the sacrifices a woman needs to make in the Indian context. In this film, the woman emerges as the epicenter of the family, as well as that of the nation.

The Smile
Treacherous, these waves,
a hug they do the shore.
After arousing sweet passions,
retreat as a stranger,
just to fool the shore.
She waits and waits
again to be fooled by the same.
Dark was my mind
and i saw images of …