Why the Sabarimala entry issue is personal?: Thoughts from your run-of-the-mill Malayali woman

What are optimal ways to donate for Kerala Flood Relief and Rescue if you live abroad?

Here we’ve made a list of options for those based in the US/outside India to contribute to relief in Kerala floods. Each of them have been verified with a US based card. Do share…

Much Ado about Nothing

A closer inspection of the ‘Rally for Rivers’ fanfare

Recently, Dr Rajendra Singh, who has spend decades working on community involvement in water management, winner of the Magsaysay Award and the Stockholm Water Prize, nicknamed the ‘Waterman of India’ called…

The Case against Simultaneous Elections in India

During his address on National Law Day 2017, PM Narendra Modi reiterated the push for implementing simultaneous elections in India, where Lok Sabha elections and Assembly polls of all states will be synced to happen once in 5 years, citing…

Rains, Thieves and Broken Dreams

Unlike most of India that receives rains once, Kerala has two rounds of monsoons. The first of the…

What to know before donating your hair?

This summer, I donated ten inches of my hair to Pantene Beautiful Lengths that make wigs…

Adventures of Roomba: Tales of a Sentient Vacuum Cleaner

Part 1: Household Reflections

It is an ordinary day for me. Rob and Jenny have left for work and I stroll the living room in a pointless trance, accompanied by a droning whizz of my…

A Song of Hatred

The photographer Kevin Frayer explains the scene: “I arrived to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, in mid-September, a few weeks into the…

What did I learn/do differently this internship?

I spent the summer in the San Francisco Bay area, Sunnyvale to be precise. I was interning at Mercedes Benz R&D and had a significantly different(good different) internship experience!