A last walk through Grandma’s house – and back in time: The life of an East Indian family in Bandra

Memories of mango pickle and music and mortuary cards of relatives long past.

Deborah Rosario

· Jun 12, 2022 · 11:30 am

Dragonfly races, cycling backwards and other childhood adventures in the Vile Parle Railway Quarters

Four buildings that housed generations of Western Railway employees and their families will now be demolished to make way for a new line.

Venkat Iyer

· May 01, 2022 · 11:30 am

I was at the 1983 Cricket World Cup final. Here’s how the movie ‘83’ spoke to me

Kabir Khan’s film brought back happy memories, from watching the Indians defy expectations to charging the ground after they won the final.

Karan Bali

· Dec 31, 2021 · 05:30 pm

I was at the 1983 Cricket World Cup final. Here’s how the movie ‘83’ spoke to me

Kabir Khan’s film brought back happy memories, from watching the Indians defy expectations to charging the ground after they won the final.

Karan Bali

· Dec 31, 2021 · 09:45 am

‘All routes to death’: A personal essay of friendship with Agha Shahid Ali in the early 1980s in USA

Agha Shahid Ali died 20 years ago, in December, 2001.

Padmini Mongia

· Nov 27, 2021 · 08:30 am

Tracing the overlapping lives of my great-grandfather and one of the heroes of the Bombay Plague

Dr Miguel Caetano Dias and Dr Acacio Gabriel Viegas had a lot in common, not least their zealous effort to save lives during the Bubonic plague.

Luis Dias

· Apr 28, 2021 · 11:30 am

My mother’s unlikely journey to becoming the Agony Aunt for Punjabi men and women around the world

Kailash Puri won many awards for her journalism and literature. But her most enduring legacy might be her work with people struggling with sexual issues.

Shammy Puri

· Apr 17, 2021 · 11:30 am

I studied 8,000 obituaries and found that we have always been afraid of writing ill of the dead

Obituaries, for Prince Philip or a commoner, tend to play down any negative aspects of character.

Janice Hume, The Conversation

· Apr 14, 2021 · 11:30 pm

How my uncle dodged death and escaped from East Pakistan to India (with a little help from a hen)

There were many occasions when death came close, but somehow, with luck and grit, my uncle made the perilous journey to safety.

Anu Kumar

· Apr 03, 2021 · 10:30 am

How I restored Bapu’s bicycle with the help of local repairmen and ingenuity

I don’t think the Mahatma would have approved of our little project.

Riyaz Tayyibji

· Mar 07, 2021 · 11:30 am

How Toru Dutt, who died at just 21 in 1877, pioneered Indian writing and poetry in English

The Bengali poet-translator is often considered the first Indian poetess to write in French and English.

Sutapa Chaudhuri, Sahapedia

· Aug 31, 2019 · 12:30 pm

What I learned about (and from) Ravi Shankar as a child hanging around his music room

The world may remember Ravi Shankar, who would have turned 99 today, as a performer and composer. But to me, he will always be my Guruji Dadu.

Chandrima Pal

· Apr 07, 2019 · 11:30 am