Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Some 25 years ago, one of my relatives from in-laws side visited us. Uncle was around 60 then. While talking he told us about a friend of his divorcing his wife of 30 years. I was dumbfounded. That couple had four kids, and a few months back they had got their fourth […]Read More
Dr Sukriti Tankha When I was around 9 or 10 years old, I remember watching Sarabhai vs Sarabhai with my whole family. The characters, the plot, the subtle and classy humour, and the ahead-of-its-time writing were not as well received at the time of its initial release. But a few years later, it went on […]Read More
Taruna Sharma With the festive season behind us and year-end plans ahead, a weekend getaway can offer a welcome pause. A few days away—whether in the mountains, beside a river, amid the Aravallis or within a heritage-rich city—can be enough to slow down, recharge and return refreshed. Each of these luxury weekend getaways in India […]Read More
Beyond Clean Streets: How Swachhata Is Creating Livelihoods and Opportunities
Upasana Kaura In Loni, Uttar Pradesh, a group of women has found an unusual use for a material that often creates a waste-management problem — cow dung. Around gaushalas and dairies, accumulated cow dung can clog drains and sewage channels. In Krishna Vihar Colony, however, women began using it to make incense sticks and Loban […]Read More
Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh Bhalla India is ageing, and with this demographic shift comes a health concern that deserves far greater attention: the rising burden of fractures among senior citizens. India is already home to around 149 million senior citizens, accounting for approximately 10.5% of the population, according to the UNFPA India Ageing Report. By 2036, the […]Read More
An illustration invites a particular kind of attention. A viewer can pause over a line, compare two shapes or return to a small detail without being carried forward by a timeline. Adding motion creates another experience. It can guide the eye and suggest a sequence, but it can also change the balance that made the […]Read More
Upasana Kaura Wastewater reuse in India is gaining ground as cities begin to treat used water as a resource instead of waste . India’s cities are increasingly looking at wastewater not as something to simply treat and discard, but as a resource that can be recovered and reused. At the centre of this shift is […]Read More
Some artists perform an art form, some preserve it, and a few become inseparable from it. Shakuntala Nagarkar was one of these. Shakuntala Nagarkar was one such extraordinary artiste. Shakuntala Nagarkar, known as Shakuntalabai, was a Lavani dancer, actor and singer from Maharashtra who spent more than five decades on stage. She died at 66 […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha It is truly said that heroes are not born, they are made. These men and women are created in moments of exigency. Heroism is revealed during the times when everything is going wrong – not by words, but actions. The one who rises to a difficult situation becomes a hero, the one […]Read More
Dr Aditya K Sharma Diabetes and high blood pressure may seem like conditions that can be managed separately, Diabetes and kidney disease are often discussed separately, but high blood sugar and high blood pressure can both harm the kidneys quietly for years. The concerning part is that kidney damage can develop quietly for years, without causing […]Read More