India

Black and White Gods

Legends that my grandma tells me about Jagannatha

Being Berhampur

Through the eyes of a streetstrider

If you ask a man on the streets of Berhampur what you will find here that you won’t find anywhere else, he probably think for a long time and say “Nothing special.”

Chennai on the streets

I left Chennai with dirty shoes. On the beach I got oil all over my soles and sides. And on the streets the dirt stuck to the oil.

But the things that stuck the most were the smiles people gave me and all those sessions of trying to talk to people with whom I…

Art from the elusive valley of Kashmir

For almost three years now, my attempts to go walk the streets of Kashmir have been…

Beach Mornings…

Sometimes, it is just the mundane things that make your day. Especially when you are at Marina Beach, Chennai.

The Woman under the Tree

A moment of connection with a complete stranger

“He thinks we are stupid”

How two schoolkids brought me back to the ground.

Episode 1: To die of a name

A new original series about a girl and her journey to the end of this…

What Barry O’Brien taught me about being a quizmaster

The slow demise of professional gossiping

My hairdresser tells me about his childhood, when being a…