Storytelling has always been the core essence of sparking imagination, and there has never been a more immersive way to experience it than through childhood stories. Remember those cherished moments of bedtime stories? The gentle glow of a bedside lamp, the cosy embrace of a blanket, and the soothing voice weaving tales of wonder—these memories […]
The Lines of Separation: Book Preview
The Lines of Separation is a story of three women, Subhadra Menon, Zohra Khan and Rehana/Saraswati Sheikh. Each woman has a past that intersects at some point in the story. Subhadra the central character, having lost a lover, Altamash, to the Mumbai riots, is constantly in a state of guilt and yearning. Rehana an illegal migrant from Bangladesh, who changes her name to Saraswati, to assimilate into majoritarian India is a domestic […]
मातृत्व
निम्न मध्यवर्गीय प्राइमरी स्कूल की अध्यापिका सुषमा जी आज पहली बार ट्रेन के ए. सी. कूपे में बैठने के लिये छोटे बच्चे की तरह उत्साहित थीं। उन्होंने सदा कल्पना लोक में विचरण करते हुये ए.सी. कूपे की ठंडक का अनुभव किया था। बेटी की जिद और उसी की अनुकंपा से उन्हें आज यह सौभाग्य मिलने […]
The Untold story of Shakti Peeth–Kalighat
Shakti means manifestations of the goddess of Sati, Parvati or Durga, the main deity of power in Hinduism. Mythology claims that on the death of the goddess Sati, out of grief and pain, Lord Shiva carried Sati’s body, and roamed around the universe with it. Shakti Peethas are those different parts of Goddess Shakti that […]
हम थोड़ा थोड़ा परेशान हैं
अब हम पचपन पार हो गये हैं इसलिये चिंतित और परेशान है माथे पर लकीरें बन गईं हैं मन ही मन परेशान से रहते हैं लेकिन चेहरे पर मुखौटा लगा कर मुस्कुरा रहे हैं बच्चों के कैरियर की चिंता उनकी नौकरी की चिंता नौकरी है तो लोन की चिंता ई. एम. आई .की गाड़ी की […]
हरियाली तीज स्मृतियां…
तीज पर्व के दो नाम प्रचलित हैं ….आसमान में उमड़ती घुमड़ती काली घटाओं के कारण इस पर्व को कजली(कज्जली) तीज और सावन की हरीतिमा के कारण हरियाली तीज के नाम से पुकारते हैं । इस तीज पर्व परतीन बातों के तजने ( छोड़ने ) का भी विधान भी पुस्तकों में मिलता है –1…छल कपट2…झूठ दुर्व्यवहार3…पर […]
Rashmi : Dhajcraft
Despite the fact that the term “entrepreneur” is gender-neutral, it has traditionally been associatedwith men. With the passage of time, the rise of female entrepreneurs in India has demonstratedthat women in business can achieve the same level of success as their male counterparts. Despitethis growth, female entrepreneurs still confront a number of specific hurdles. Low […]
lovewomenshine
I was still in 12th std and had joined a coaching class for Chemistry. There were boys and girls from several other schools. There was one such very sweet guy, who was throwing glances at me, throughout the class, for the entire period of coaching. It was obvious to the whole class by then, that […]
Kavya Mohindroo
Changing the World… with Warmth, Wisdom, Wit & Words! “I was extremely happy when my books came out in print! Today, my book accompanies others kept in a bookshelf with all popular authors like Ruskin Bond and Sudha Murthy. Before the book was published, I was just a normal little girl like many others, who […]
#lovewomenshine | My first crush
I was in Standard 8 at that time when I first saw him. He was the son of my mother’s colleague. His sister and I used to study in the same school together. She was a year younger than me and looked up to me for everything. That was the first day I noticed Shagnik […]